If the cartoons didn’t trigger a response then the text, or in this case the letter z seems to have been the key. Overall the responses seem to fall into 3 categories. Narrative, text/word or letter inspired or abstract as a response to colour, tone, texture or shape.
The responses of the participating artists have been polarised. “It was really hard, I wasn’t inspired & I took a while to make something. OR “It was great, I did if after a stressful day & it was fun and restorative”
Again the key to every response it not having to chose the materials. Someone else has done that, it is fun, there are no value judgements and it does seem to inspire other ideas and inform other work.
Today when struggling to shape an idea I tipped out a collection of relevant reference materials. There was no help where I needed it but instead something new has appeared. Lying among the scraps & cuttings, a random chance arrangement. I have left it as I write this and will return later & look again.
