Have you made work?

Question number 4: Have you made work?

Nina Chua

Yes, both as Nina Chua and as Association

Ying Kwok

answer pending

Jessica Longmore

Yes

If so, why have you collaborated?

Question number 3: If so, [refering to question number 2] why have you collaborated?

Nina Chua

I’d been working singularly in my studio for a long time and had got to the stage where I wanted companionship and critical dialogue to be part of my studio life, so first and foremost I collaborated for the shared experience and the sense of possibility.

Now, I’d like to add to the list: challenge. I enjoy the challenge and the negotiation of ideas that comes with collaboration.

Ying Kwok

Put myself in the creative thinking mode.

Get some pressure and excitement

Jessica Longmore

To stimulate my own practice and put myself in a position where I don't know what will happen next.

In the meetings preceding this residency I had become aware of what a huge challenge working in this way would be. This realisation had manifested itself as sheer panic and these moments of panic have continued through out our time at Islington Mill. So in terms of why I have continued to collaborate, despite the difficulties, is, it has made me work harder; it has made me let go of some aspects of my work, brought clarity to others.

Have you collaborated?

Question number 2: Have you collaborated?

Nina Chua

Yes. We have collaborated to create a series of shared events and experiences

Ying Kwok

Yes.

I responded to the reaction and interests of other members.

I have done something, which only makes sense in our collaboration.

Jessica Longmore

Yes - or have I cooperated? I've done both.

Jessica's answers to question number 1

Please list the most significant moments of the Islington Mill Residency (as many as possible)

Islington Mill

Role Forming

Pink

Disintegration of roles

Wall of newspaper

Conversation

Tension

Democracy

Instruction

Care

Wasteland

Communication

Desire to preserve

Association

Please can we change the name of our blog to Association.

To Jessica

Please remove all the photo's you have published on this blog that show me.

Do you want it to come together?

Please answer the above question.

Nina's answers to question number 1

Please list the most significant moments of the Association residency (the more the better).

Wednesdays – discussion followed by immediate action

Time limits, constraints and appointments

Trashing the studio

Clearing the mess in the studio – putting it back to white, undoing our actions of the previous week

Finding a big piece of foam and a plant in a carrier bag on plinths in the studio

The graceful rock that Ying showed me during our walk

Wang Jun and Hong’s contributions

At any point, discovering new work in the studio

Outdoors space – orange tiles, the graceful rock, rail arches and people living there, bits of land turned into car parks

Labeled pens and pencils

Small dialogues forming in the studio and on the blog 

Ying's answer to question number 1

Please list the most significant moments of the Association residency. (The more the better)

Every single Wednesday in Islington Mill.
Live elements and spontaneous response every time when we get together and need to produce something.
The excitement, pressure and confusion of doing Deconstructive Drawing.
Totally different ways of response from different member.
Trying to analyze and understand different member’s personality.
The mental status/ routine parallel to the actives and experience we create during the residency.

Important questions

During the final week of our residency at Islington Mill, I asked the members of Association four important questions about their experience of the project. The answers to these questions were intended to inform what we decided to present during our final open studio, but they also relate to my thoughts on the success of the association as a whole.

In the subsequent posts, Nina and I will document the answers given.

The Studio as a Wasteland

Touch