Tutor: MS. MANON VAN KOUSWIJK (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

ON COLLECTING

Dates: 12. - 15.6.2006
Fee: 80 €
Number of participants: 12

Collect.

to gather together; assemble
to accumulate; make a collection of

Collection.

that which is collected; a set of objects, specimens,writings etc, gathered together
group of things belonging together

Group.

number of persons or things belonging or classed together

The workshop will explore different aspects of collecting;

* Collecting as an activity prior to the making, collecting materials / sources of inspiration

* The nature of a collection as an outcome of the making process; working with groups of objects that are somehow connected.

Through a series of exercises and questions participants will explored the possibilities of collecting as a starting point for a working method. It will be explored variety and diversity, but also similarity as a way to achieve a link between a group of things. By means of sketching in diverse materials we will take the theme of the collection through various stages of translation and transformation. Each stage will be documented in a suitable way, according to the nature of the specific collection.

Which visual means are there to establish connections between different objects? How can you translate existing methods of selection, arrangement, classification, presentation from other disciplines or from daily life into your own work?