Still poking around the streets (and the Murgia) in Matera
A chance meeting with Rosella got me dragged into her sister’s artwork renovation atelier for a tea. After viewing the resortation techniques, we had fun proposing the idea of cyclical projected patina upon major works to satisfy the nostagic fanatics like me who insist that resortation should by and large stop at stabilising or retarding damage and that the tear of time should be visible.
We then discussed the unMo workshop – why was it so valuable?, the following emerged:_ Most workshops are about the me – they even called self.-development workshops – this one was most clearly about the We…
Another lesson of the gathering was the clear sensation that we need to introduce a fourth column of project proposals to add to the understanding that they could be concerned with in-house, interface or out-reach objectives – it became obvious that the community drive to make use of our presence is so focused that some projects will inevitable be implanted. The call to the community might be to devise projects and invite selected guests to become imbedded among us…
Next step for me: invited guest instructor at two Monday night drama classes. The best way to work.