No, I haven’t just slammed
my fists onto the keyboard; that is our group name! Just rolls off the tongue,
does it not?
Triskaidekaphobia, meaning ‘an irrational fear
of the number 13’ came about as a result of our first group meeting on Tuesday.
After going through the
facts that we’d come up with about 175, there wasn't much that jumped out at us
as something we could push forward as a group project. That was until it was pointed out simply that 1+7+5= 13...ground-breaking! Its kind of obvious but the point is we didn't have
to use 175 since 13 was a significant number in itself. We came to the
conclusion that since 13 is an unlucky number we could begin by looking at
superstitions as this gives us a broad scope for ideas at this initial stage. Besides,
it’s far more fun to research something morbid!
On Wednesday, we met up
again for a group exercise in which we set down some ‘ground rules’.
#1. Warn others if you cannot attend a group session, or workshop
#2 It is your responsibility to catch up on anything that you have missed.
#3 All information is to be shared with the group, either through posting on Facebook or in regular group meetings.
It's not much of a comprehensive list but the general gist of it is that all members need to co-operate fully and make time for the group.
#1. Warn others if you cannot attend a group session, or workshop
#2 It is your responsibility to catch up on anything that you have missed.
#3 All information is to be shared with the group, either through posting on Facebook or in regular group meetings.
It's not much of a comprehensive list but the general gist of it is that all members need to co-operate fully and make time for the group.
Our final task for the week
was to create a collaborative poster to present to the rest of the group which
would demonstrate our chosen theme. An issue that we came across was that we
all had our interests and could not yet agree on anything in particular. So we
decided that our posters should be a compilation of the various themes we want
to look at- with the over-arching theme being superstition. To continue the
running theme of the number 13 we decided to make 13 Tarot cards as an
additional nod to our theme. We also felt that it was important to maintain a
group aesthetic. In order to tackle this issue we decided that our individual
posters should share a similar format. So in reference to Tarot cards, we
appointed Alex to the prestigious title of official 'card-designer'. The
purpose of this was so that the overall look of the posters would be similar
whilst giving each individual just enough creative licence.
I think we've made a positive start to the project as each member of the team has taken an active part in the meetings and so far everyone seems to have very diverse and exciting ideas.
I think we've made a positive start to the project as each member of the team has taken an active part in the meetings and so far everyone seems to have very diverse and exciting ideas.
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