Question Finding
Erica Richards lead us through an ideation exercise about finding a BIG question to investigate. Here is what we did:
Draw quick sketches of art you have made in the past, things that interest you, or take a walk and sketch things that grab your attention.
Talk with your friend about your images and have them look for connections, themes, and patterns. Your friend records these on translucent sticky notes on top of the images. Add more to your web after talking with your partner.
Turn your most intriguing observation into open ended questions.
Ask one of the questions “why” three times to dig deeper and discover your true wondering.
Revise into one final question.
Here are some of our final questions:
What is worth protecting?
Can magic sustain you?
Why do we communicate the way we do?
Why do I always think I’m never doing enough?
How can we tell stories about ourselves through pattern and environment?
How can I transform a difficult topic, using art to inspire?
How can you take your immediate surroundings and make a temporary work of environmental art?
How can we explore deeply and see ourselves in our environment?
Can painting about domesticity be a talisman against the Trump era?
Can interactive, transient community create artist-matter and carry it away, come back to the source, and be validated?