- Feedback about intensive week - what worked and what didn't, what did you enjoy/didn't enjoy and what have you taken away from it to use for the Thursday Late event?
- How to apply that to BROKE - how can what we've learned be applied to the evening and BROKE as a fictional brand.
- Report back about manifesto and writing for hand outs etc - most is up to date, my piece is currently being made and I am in the process of drafting and re-drafting the information for the hand out and the information label that will accompany the work. This includes update on individual contribution - ONLY 5 PEOPLE IN THE GROUP TURNED UP. With two weeks to go until the event, it was not only unprofessional and embarrassing but it made it really difficult to ascertain exactly what stage we were at as a group and what was left to do. We couldn't answer a lot of the questions about workshops and individual pieces which really put a strain on the effectiveness of the meeting.
- Two groups - MANIFESTO, EVENT PLAN AND LAUNCH OF FACEBOOK EVENT - we were unable to carry out these essential tasks as there were not enough members of the group present, which also meant that the Facebook group was not launched as soon as it could have been, effecting the reach of the event among social media audiences.
- Context is everything, find out exactly where BROKE sits in terms of House Proud and Eastern Exchanges and strengthen the links between the event concept and the work.
- we managed to tackle this problem by seeing BROKE as a company in its early stages and is using Manchester Art Gallery as a 'think tank'/creative hub for the night. This way, the workshops are contextualised: this is where were are generating ideas, coming up with designs and really pushing the hands-on, do-it-yourself ethos of the BROKE brand. The members of Unit X would ideally be all wearing white t-shirts with the BROKE logo on the breast, fashioned like a work uniform - it gives the evening more of a theme, a look and a vibe that visitors can latch onto. This also tackles the issue of the manifesto:
"As a result of a collaboration between Manchester School of Art and Manchester Art Gallery (Unit X), the Broke Collective invite you to a Thursday Late takeover in a playful and interactive experiment exploring our perceptions and questioning our consumption of home design.
The Broke Collective present you it's latest project; an innovative furniture/ homeware company in its early stages, BRÖKE. MAG's current exhibition House Proud will be used as a platform to launch an 'ideas think tank' in which Broke will present, explore and encourage conversation about its developing ethos.
Broke expect this Thursday Late event to take us through the history of home design, to look at our current attitudes towards home design and explore the future for it.
Expect interactive workshops, artistic interventions, performances, films and plenty more. Drinks will be flowing, the Broke Collective will be out in force and carpet taste will be discussed."
- Stickers have also been sorted for the night by Sam Whitham, and are what we will all be wearing on white t-shirts so that the public can identify who is 'working' for the company.
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