Isabelle outlines her 100 media project which has been to compose a list within a constrained space in an artist’s studio. This is a formal exercise in making, similar to the work that fluxus (outline, and their project) and OULIPO (try here, and here) undertake.

Thomas has some good notes from the studio where we started to pay attention to our writing. This involved some close line editing by me to model ways to develop tone and voice in your writing. And to give you permission to stray behind the self assured game that academic writing feels obliged to perform. This included using pomodoro’s to write to, as picked up by Ai Vee. Ai Vee recognises the stress of week 11 (SO MUCH TO DO), and adroitly returns to Latour (some staff were shocked when I said I had asked you all to read some Latour) about situated viewpoints. Then she provides us with the commentary for the film, but after some critique I reckon there’s just one paragraph in there that is needed as commentary (less explanation, more exploring and opening up a space for thought).

Monique is concerned about some great ideas but doesn’t want to sound pompous or pretentious. LEARNING MOMENT ALERT: the idea of the essay that we’ve started to explore is one where we can see and participate in your thinking. As in the opening of Sans Soleil that we watched last week where he wonders how to start a film with this image of happiness. Just include this in your essay. Say you don’t know how to do this without sounding pompous. Let us be included in this thinking because this is a significant part of the thinking that is informing your thinking. Don’t think it over there and not include it in the writing!