We had the chance to see what other groups were planning to do, and picked up some useful pointers; the best groups had individual research that all related to a central theme, which played to their strengths but didn't obviously link to their home subjects, for example a textiles student researching textiles. A couple different groups had the same themes or sub-themes; superstition, victoriana and time were common, so looking beyond initial research would make a project more interesting; for us this means not sticking too strictly to manchester school of art; finding new materials and more abstract ways of presenting information will add a lot to our project.
We noticed other groups arguing about the best way forward, and fortunately we have avoided that so far; although we care about the project, we are willing to compromise, and have communicated well with each other. We created a facebook group so we have been able to contact the media students who we didn't know before easily and keep each other updated on what's going on. There is still a member of the group we have not met, Michael Redmond, but the tutors are aiming to track him down! There are enough members of the group to come up with good ideas, so we will just stick to our plans.
We will not be around in Manchester over Easter but will keep in touch through Facebook and Twitter, providing blog links so we can see anything exciting that we find. I will be visiting Chester Zoo, which will be a great source of colour, and aim to see exhibitions at the Craft and Design Centre and Manchester Art Gallery.
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