Our groups presentation was a bit of a disaster though. I think we misinterpreted the brief in that we didn't prepare a verbal presentation. Our manifesto was in a poster format and our expectation was that this could simply be viewed by our peers and tutors.
The result was then that our presentation was rather awkward which was picked up on by the tutors, who gave us constructive criticism on how to improve. In hindsight it would have been more impactful to read out our manifesto, maybe taking it in turns or even making a recording of it to play. It could have been like a mantra or chant even. Kate and Mark pointed out that this would have fitted with the powerful statements and instructions that our manifesto contains.
What we did take from the experience though was that it sparked new ideas for the project. Kate picked out a particular line from our manifesto: "Undermine the authority of an established system" as a particularly interesting statement. We thought about playing on the idea of awkwardness and creating fun and subversive works that force the user to act in an awkward or odd way.
It also brought me back to the idea of built in conformity in design, from the talk by Nick Hall. I thought about the different spaces in Manchester that are designed to make you conform in some way.
(benches in the corn exchange_anti skateboarding design, also prevents the homeless sleeping on them)
And thought about how we could counter this with the roof top; creating objects or spaces that allow for as much flexibility and creativity as possible.
We had a group discussion about what direction we wanted to take the project in and came up with the name Awkward Rooftop. Molly set up an instagram page for us to use to document the progress of the project which I think was a really good idea to bring us together as a strong collective and begin to create an aesthetic style.
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