Thursday, October 23, 2008

Class list of Reasons for Being-Heading Towards a Mission Statement

Reasons for Being
Engagement
To connect
Involve the public
Inclusiveness
Where we are
Locate a position
Create something
Critical discussion
Learn the art of collaboration
Create a form of equivalence between participant and artist
To accomplish something
Form a sustainable model, (self geerating, self perpetuationg) that can go on outside
Solve a problem
Critque the canonization and institutionalization of social practice
To know more about ourselves
To be honest, sincerity
Tactition and/or strategy (how they differ, how they relate)
Dystopian
Learn when to give in or fold, give and take, let go
utopian
Enjoy
The magic moment

The statement should be simple, 1-3 sentences, easily remembered and free of jargon.
When composing the statement, the following should be considered:
Who are we, why do we exist, what do we do.
Who is this for.
How do we go about achieving it.
Aspirations-future of the project.

2 comments:

danisom said...

Will someone please elaborate on the idea of creating a form of equivalence between artist/participant? I think it's presumptuous to assume that the relationship is unequal to begin with.

hillary said...

I think that it's meant as ensuring that artist and participant are on equal ground. I agree with you, but I think that there's potential for a misunderstanding. Just as "to enjoy" could be considered fairly obvious, it was one of those things that we want to be certain we are doing.