Triads

I am running a bit late with my posts since I am being quite busy.
This monday I had my first triad crits which means that they are done in a specific format.
There is one speaker (a person who speaks about his or her work uninterupted for about 10 minutes (our tutor was actually timing everything exactly). One listener, this person listens to the speaker and then asks questions and or reacts to the story that has just been told (also for 10 minutes). And one observer. This person takes notes on what exactly happends, how there is being spoken and if anything is being left out. This kind of moves into an open discussion.

Since alot of triad groups where about to start on the mezzazine above my studio (I was in a group with 2 first year students and we where supposed to start with them), I suggested to look for a quieter space and start with me instead. Unfortunately that meant that I had to go first with something I have never done before, so it felt very uncomfortable and rusty. Luckily it was new for everyone and the questions I got about my work kind of helped me to explain it better (sort of a second chance for me to talk).

After we rotated it became easier and I think the last session (where I was the Listener) went quite well. I wish that we could just stay in the same group for the next triads since I am affraid that it will be the same rusty start if you have to talk to people you havn't really talked to before, but I guess that's kind of the point of it (getting different views on your work). Annywhay I would really like to ad that I was very happy with the 2 other students in my group who made it a very interesting afternoon.