That's also what I've reduced the map of my project to.
How easy is it to have a conversation? It depends on who it's with, what it's about, medium, and individual styles, plus if you actually want to say anything, that itself rests upon the personality and skills of the speaker. Plus a myriad of other factors. It's easier for ideas and meaning to get lost in translation or for there to be an impasse if one is less communicative than another or to keep silent when you have something to say, or the opposite can be worse- having to speak when you have nothing to say. I have a requested target of at least 8 blogs, so let's just see where these words take us. Like much of 2020.
I've been thinking about this in relation to conducting a project and the logistics to make it happen in Covid times.
When distance, zoom and email are the main modes of connection, and when there are instructions and questions and tags to be relayed in different directions with the developer and the organisers , there's a huge margin for words to get lost in the highways. Especially when coding a site is a language in itself.
I am working with an artist who is learning coding for the backend of the site. The organisers also have their input, so it can feel like a Bermuda triangle when you're overlapping, or out of sync in rhythm or transmitting an idea because you're reliant on digital and the coming together of different neurons that belong to different people. Especially when a rally needs to take place, waiting for a response or next steps when you need to advance can disrupt any kind of flow or synchronicity.
That's what makes the immediacy of speaking to the launderette owners feel greased, warming, easy. It's just an exchange of stories without trying to achieve anything but the undulations of a personal history. It's reassuring.
It seems also that a visual is the most reliable way of conveying a concept. So visuals and vocal preambles about life, another reason to do a project about launderettes.
Comments
Post a Comment