As part of the research for the 'Corner Shop Project' I used Goldsmiths Degree Show to gather information and generate ideas:

 

A set up of easy seating, music, tea and cold water, in a room with carpet and windows to the yard of Goldsmiths. Here the visitors were invited in by the host, me, and told that this was research for a community art project and I encouraged them to participate. Visitors to the show could express their views and ideas via:

 

• Questionnaires about shopping, and events related to

shopping

• Hot Box, where two people talk about what supermarkets

could be used for other than selling products

• Video Soap Box, where one person talks to a video camera

about meeting new people and places they like to be in

 

The role of the artist and audience was inverted so that the

audience was the one with the interesting and sought after

knowledge.

 

For further information please see the 'Corner Shop Project'.