BOW REFLECTIONS: HANGOUTS

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Hangout summaries – relevant to BOW as of 15.3.22

I have been involved with regular student hangouts for several years and have found them invaluable. If I’m honest, I have not been contributing so actively the past few months, though attending, and need to find the space to give more to peers in between times, this will in turn help me.

The level 2/3 student group that I participate in has been very supporting as we have progressed through from level 2 together. We meet approximately 3 weekly. This seems to focus more on BOW that CS.

As this has recently grown in numbers, I have found lately that I need something a more focused on level 3 and have been accepted to an OCA Level 3 closed group hangout with 6 members. I am just getting started in this group.

I am also participating it Ariadne Xenou’s Contextual Studies online groups monthly, and though based around contextual studies, we do also touch on BOW.

L2/3 group takeaways to March 2022:

24.2.22

  • Shared my work. Presented my close-up work and discussed my ideas for signposting. Others suggested collaging with humans, and we discussed other possibilities, even jokingly the work of someone who dressed as moss in the woodland! Using druid symbols was also suggested.

6.1.22

  • A reminder to watch surrealism BBC 4 program

9.12.21

  • Sharing of others work

25.11.21

  • Fed back to group on Bristol photo fair.

L3 closed group take aways

23.2.22

  • A general catch up and motivation session

1.12.21

  • Lynda suggested the book landscape and memory by Simon Schama
  • Interesting to hear about those working on SYP

CS group BOW relevant discussions:

28.2.22

  • Ways to move your work forwards when blocked were shared: break things down into bite sized chunks, use a 15 minute (pomodoro rule), start somewhere else, getting photographing for pleasure without a purpose, divert gaze…

31.1.22

  • Read widely – tease ideas out

29.11.21

  • When writing think about visual work and when reading think about your CS.

These sessions are written up in more detail for CS.

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