spacesof[aesthetic]experimentation

Where next for EwG?

The last day of the workshop finished at lunch but we still managed to fit in several presentations, the two designed soundwalks from the day before and a short session discussing feedback and the future of Experimenting with Geography (EwG), the documentation of this event and possible sources of funding for another ocassion. There was a sense of sadness that the event was coming to an end, and there was much talk of forming a new experimental department (or hijacking another one)… Even if that does not come to pass, I really hope that the workshop in Edinburgh was just the beginning of some sort of experimental network, with the potential for future collaborations. There was a lot of swapping of email addresses and my impression was that everyone was keen to share materials from the week. I’m not sure that here is the best place for the audio recordings but if you’d like a copy (and I haven’t linked to their location in the comments soon), then please get in touch.

Following the end of the workshop, now two weeks ago already, there have been an incredible number of emails going round, and an outpouring of thanks to the organisers. If I might, I would like to add my thanks to those who organised, presented and participted at EwG – it was a lot fun. Eric perhaps best summed up the week when he wrote:

Can you come again next week? This one has lacked crackly birdsong, vibrating balloons, soldering irons, city symphonies, anechoic chambers, autumn salmon roe, centrifuges, quarry hammers, avian corpses, men on scaffolding (well it hasn’t, but has in that storyboard way), violin-voices in the foyer, cycle rides to the Wild West and most importantly, the music of your enthusiasm.

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