Creating new editions of ThoughtCounter.
Hackney Art Week – audio
Submit 200 word synopsis- Clarify which pub(s) I can use for the show & do site visits, take photos
- Choose which one to do private view at & confirm date for private view (based on what else is going on nearby)
- Create poster for private view (in toilets of X pub)
- Send invites
- Select insights from survey responses
- Record audio male/female
NHS show – installation
- Continue developing the pop-up prototype
- Guided instructions / sound ideas for booth/headphones
- Music (ie. Concentration; Dark Loop)
- Script/voice-over for the intro & counting guidance
- Ref: WakingUp app (Joseph Goldstein) – wait for the thoughts to arise
- Space / just closing the eyes opens up a whole new landscape to create work in.
- Ie. Have instructions to cover / close the eyes and get them to feel all the sense of the body
- Thought form book — visual ideas
- Decide on the format and sensory entry point for the activation – what does the experience begin with, and how does the structure communicate that?
- Blog post: 5 artists/installations that use sensory entry points before cognitive framing
- Begin sketching how sensory elements (smell, sound, texture) could be introduced before the participant engages cognitively with the task
Research paper
- Re-read research paper CSM session notes
- Decide on topic. Ie. nomadic and temporary spiritual structures across cultures, and the inversion – what a contemporary version appealing to younger audiences could look like
- Write up the outline
- Line up research paper interviews: Mark Farid, Lucy Orta (Betty recommendation), Guy Sherwin (Man with Mirror), Sarah Sze, Chiharu Shiota, Kaz etc
- Ref: Pim interview notes & v/n – Bio-geometry & Negative Green
Creating meaningful change
- Re-read Unit 1 tutor feedback & comments
- Blog post: Renata’s comments on questionnaire and method
- Blog post: Summarise first 10 product interview learnings – what problems are people actually describing
- Draft longitudinal sequence structure & content overview
- Short email series linking to daily practice guides, interviews, videos etc
- Creating a platform & formula to host guided meditations, interviews and teachings
- Revisit the responses and quotes from questionnaires in detail – highlighting any that can be used in longitudinal sequences or marketing materials
Research key articles and scientific findings on meditation, why people lapse, how long it takes to see results etc.- Blog post: Summarise Atomic Habits book notes
- Send the first longitudinal follow-up touchpoint to all participants captured across workshops and activations
- Set up a simple database or mailing list (ie. Mailchimp)
Workshops
- Discuss with Nitesh re: OM Being collab – Meditation X ThoughtCounter X Art materials
- Ref: Concrete Poetry workshop (words to represent feelings and recreate the perception)
- Plan Workshop:
- ThoughtCounter experience
- 20-minute guided meditation
- Art materials to visualise thoughts
- Test the new questionnaire variants within this format
- Capture email addresses from all participants and add to the longitudinal sequence
Other
- Update study statement: Write a more honest statement of intent for the project – what it is trying to do and what it is not; make the tension between design as critique/desire explicit
- Define what meaningful change / success looks like in measurable terms. How will I track/measure?
- Blog post: Deep dive into Annabelle Schneider & Miranda/Bolson’s work
- Blog post: Summarise material research including the main considerations to resolve
Running throughout
- Study statement: refer to aims and objective continuously and refine as the tensions in the work become clearer
- Documentation: photograph and film every activation, prototype iteration, and workshop
- Marketing: build gradually using footage, data, workshop output
- Website: Develop after the summer and review against WCAG accessibility guidelines; test with at least one person with low vision, one with dyslexia, and one on an older or basic device