Collaboration Was Always A Difficult Art

by ruth barker, 9 Jun 2009

Hello,
And welcome to the start of the PAR+RS Collaboration Season. The season will run from June 2009 – August 2009, and somewhere during that time we’ll also be announcing our Autumn Season, so keep your eyes peeling for that.

I’ve had a busy couple of weeks making sure that everything is ticking over, and reading the brilliant (as always) submissions that many of you have contributed. Over the next week or so I’ll be starting to upload the first of the new articles, and you’ll also see a Collaborative flavour creeping into the news and opportunities, and the events. If you know of any collaborative projects happening near you, do let us know!

I’ll be using this space as a way to think about some of the questions raised by the articles, and by the idea of collaboration more generally. The Editorial Blog will also provide a focal point for my coverage of the PAR+RS commissioned event that’s taking place in Dundee on Saturday June 13th. I’m hoping (against hope perhaps – fingers crossed for technology) to provide regular Blog updates during the day as a way to record as well as comment upon the collaborative process. Wish me luck on that front…

So, a factual post today for which I’m sure you’ll forgive me. Back to the brain work soon but for now it’s All Systems Go! towards to utopian ideal of collaboration…

Feature – Between Conversation and Memory: Collaborative Conversation-Making.-

Reflection – We Have No Choice: Collaboration as a Place you Don’t Expect

Event – The Elevation Station: GANGHUT Collaboration

Opportunity – The Garden Gallery, Portobello

More later,
R