REPORT
THE TACARIGUA SCULPTURAL PLAYGROUND PROJECT.
FORM SHAPPING IN SOCIAL DESIGN.
THE PEFORMATIVITY OF ART-DESIGN.
Friday 17 October 2014- 7-10 a.m @ the Trinidad and Tobago Hilton Hotel; we presented to the national community the project. After long deliberations and back and forth, there would have come the time when the project will be mature enough to be presented. Its in this presence that it will find form, here it will speak, here it will come into the world, not of a whisper but of an acknowledgement of a wondrous adjective.
Here in the La Boucan Room, in the early morning of light, with salt fish, breads, eggs and an assortment of Juices, we made a performance, an oratory performance of voices, models, catalogs, programmes, food. All set the stage for consumption of thought. To keep minds open to digesting possibilities, finalities, direction, economics, politics, communalism, roles.
Model of Sew Saw.
On this day we lay not only on the red carpet an idea, we lay our souls, integrity, ethics, we placed a philosophy away of working that has certainties all wrapped up in how it can happen. This just can't be pulled out of a cardboard box, this is an investment in time, a struggle in finding values which belong within our communities, then in extension us. As I mentioned to one corporate citizen, it is brand building. We were saying, here, we can!, with you, we can. I understand that they will have to retreat to their meeting rooms have a conversation and return with roles, mandates for participation. I look forward to this. As I mentioned in a letter to Gillian Marcelle
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| photo by Joshua Lue Chee Kong |
Hi Gillian,
On that note, Friday 17 we presented the Tacarigua Sculptural Playground Project to the national community. We got in attendance a small but influential group of people. What was noted was the comment made by Dr. Tewarie, who was impressed by the development of the idea, how the concept was develop as a concept, rather than a concept for money. This is important to note. We got some interest in the project and we will have to follow up on the interest that was shown.
Here now we sit at the cusp of something interesting, something that can contribute to a structural understanding of how we invest in innovation. So far the data is,
- Develop a strong conceptual idea
- Negotiate properly
- Collaborate well
- Walk in-between conversations- which will allow people to understand properly what is being said
- Know your terrain-socially, politically, economically
This is just Part-1- innovation takes a lot to just find that one stage to make the other move to physical development.
Keep you posted.
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| photo by Joshua Lue Chee Kong View of model |
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| One view of the presentation space, the La Boucan Room, the Trinidad and Tobago, Hilton Hotel.
PRESENTATION SPACES
Ideally the presentation of the space should be in a room that can take manipulation, a little grey room will have been cool. Then you have the opportunity to manipulate the space to your intention. The La Boucan Room, is way busy. The carpet bright like sun, the shades and that little screen. Wanted a room that we could have easily created a sensation in design through easy manipulation. Maybe Hilton Hotel can invest in a Grey Presentation Room or a small white cube.
photo by Joshua Lue Chee Kong
Senator Dr the Honorable. Bhoendradatt Tewarie,
Minister in the Ministry of Planning and Sustainability
Dr. Tewarie, made an impressive presentation as a man of literature, a learned man who came from the bowels of UWI, politics and business. As the Minister of Planning and Sustainability. Dr. Tewarie, in my sense removed his hat temporarily and spoke as a man of letters; on hearing the virtues of the Tacarigua Sculptural Playground Project. As I'm thinking the other participants where.
Negotiating through space an idea, that was once called the Sculptural Park, morphing into playground; why?
A lot of these things have to do with our society, with our education, our concept of art and our concept of design; and the inability of our cultural and education organization in supporting or organizing project that have strong conceptual cost factors.
photo by Joshua Lue Chee Kong
Dada&Projects -
from left-Josimar Bholia, Prof. Rhoda Reddock, Dean Arlen, Valerie Taylor, Anna Lisa Arlen-Benjamin, Prof. Clement Imbert.
Dada&Projects has been formed to see other like minded projects will evolve into the light of day. This one project will give the NGO the working strength to grasp other projects and run with it. There is this need and there are other groups out there, as much as there are other playspaces, like the digicel playspace. What we want to bring to the open is the ideation of art-design, there have been other self made projects, built by hands and installed in our parks. Right there in the same savannah there is a home made built swing set.
What we want to add to this self making, Do It Yourself, DIY culture is the design ability component of DIY....this project says let us test our abilities in innovation. Let us find where we truly stand in the concept that we have in our mind that we're so very innovative and creative. There are several of the innovative aspects to this project.
This project will bring to the light data, and so far the data as mentioned above of how we get a idea from one position to another position. In designing social positioning this ritual is important. This performativity with our community is as important as the idea itself. I have learned that I must push to the back my artist selfish orientation and struggle to be patient in the development exercise.
Bubble Swing Set.
Social Art-Design has this process, long deep breaths, with an anxiety that comes, especially when as an artist in studio, I get the material, build, present, hell with it all.
There is another deliberation, and what happened on Friday 17 October, 2014. Was as necessary for the money but the sharing act of social design, to say there is something else, let us have a conversation, if you like what you see, let us talk about how we can see this happen. So far the response was enthusiastic. Let see where we can go from there. Energy changes suddenly.
There was a wonderful mix between Valerie Taylor and Prof. Clement Imbert. Here were two different styles coming to make things light and serious. I will have liked to see Valerie walking not tied to the podium, getting to move around
photo Joshua Lue Chee Kong
Valerie Taylor
As you see the screen is a still to small there should be a screen that makes presentations larger than life, monumental, awe inspiring. Behind the screen the curtain, the paintings, all the noise that exist in that challenge consumption of ideas.
photo by Joshua Lue Chee Kong
Prof. Clement Imbert
The little Grey Box or White Cube, a space where I can engulf a view in a participatory process that engulfs their body, a space where for a moment I can truly thief your head. Three Canal have the Black Box, maybe we can get a presentation space that will advance presentation to a level of serious fantastic. But this will be for the other presentation.
The story of an Art-design project continues.
Dean
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