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- | Flotilla debrief | + | ==== Flotilla debrief, Friday, 14 December 2012 10:34:48 AM ==== |
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Rasa, Shelli, Tim, Nik, Maja, Uroš, Bart, Carole, Alkan, Christina, Pacome, Dismas, Natalya, Marko | Rasa, Shelli, Tim, Nik, Maja, Uroš, Bart, Carole, Alkan, Christina, Pacome, Dismas, Natalya, Marko | ||
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+ | Notes on the outcome of [[the Flotilla]] scenario, our final [[Future Preparedness]] prehearsal for the Resilients project. | ||
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three questions about how we work together on interesting things in this scenario: | three questions about how we work together on interesting things in this scenario: | ||
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the prehearsal method | the prehearsal method | ||
- | /// you and the collective | + | === Yourself |
Tim | Tim | ||
- | like being permanently stoned in a safe space | + | * like being permanently stoned in a safe space |
- | useful even if something self-imposed, | + | |
- | the ladder added an extra degree of silliness to the proceedings, | + | |
- | gamemaster roles unclear | + | |
- | engineering problem with the power - what is the scenario and what is a “real” issue? - unclear where the line was between this | + | |
- | made-up responsibilities, | + | |
Carole | Carole | ||
- | entering a very pretty and welcoming space, a home but different from home | + | * entering a very pretty and welcoming space, a home but different from home |
- | inspired by the names - first session transported me to the ship | + | |
- | took me a while to realise about the electricity crisis - need a system in place for critical or dangerous situations | + | |
- | names created an imaginary of a faraway land and involved a long rite of passage in choosing, which turned my journey into something else | + | |
- | an emergency at home meant I had to leave my persona for the whole afternoon - really affected my personal experience - frustrating | + | |
- | need to be very prepared for a 24-hour period in another role | + | |
- | enriching over-excitement about so many great ideas and things to do | + | |
- | felt everything took a long time to do - took ages to do simple tasks | + | |
Bart | Bart | ||
- | challenge to still be yourself while being something different | + | * challenge to still be yourself while being something different |
- | difficult for a non-human | + | |
- | inspired by Ben Okri | + | |
- | I was not an agave plant | + | |
- | wanted to stir up things if I was bitten by a rat | + | |
- | impressed by the level of activity that developed | + | |
- | struggle the first day, next day easier | + | |
- | talking/ | + | |
- | lots of ideas about the future development of the non-human | + | |
- | people created a multiverse, talking about external world a challenge | + | |
- | surprised by the activities - not more done with the mayhem | + | |
- | wanted to see people find resilience in their flotilla roles but people took up their typical roles in daily life | + | |
- | the fiction vs nonfiction tension | + | |
Rasa | Rasa | ||
- | natural role to play, suited me very well: serving food, organising, etc. | + | * natural role to play, suited me very well: serving food, organising, etc. |
- | festiveness worked well | + | |
- | as a collective we have such a great bond with partners - like a family coming together, no need for ice-breaking | + | |
- | great diversity | + | |
- | group was a nice mix - at least one person you didn’t know but also lots of people you know | + | |
- | names were great but difficult to remember | + | |
- | creating the feast was extremely special - wow! | + | |
- | some things quite silly and not necessary but they brought interesting dynamics | + | |
Christina | Christina | ||
- | activities very interesting but without aim or purpose | + | * activities very interesting but without aim or purpose |
- | only 24 hours to invent these purposes | + | |
- | no real tasks or problems to solve (except preparing food) | + | |
- | difficult to leave the scene of Marko’s departure and go and meditate | + | |
- | constant business - strange to me | + | |
- | skills make the group very resilient, but we had to invent tasks to use our skills - we managed this very well | + | |
Pacome | Pacome | ||
- | didn’t want a specific role - nice to be a passenger | + | * didn’t want a specific role - nice to be a passenger |
- | food - basic task | + | |
- | a passenger staying longer becomes something else | + | |
- | ritual very important and nice for creating the fiction | + | |
- | the mix of reality and fiction: a tool or liability? | + | |
Uroš | Uroš | ||
- | came late to the ship which changed my experience - missed the rite of passage, of leaving something behind | + | * came late to the ship which changed my experience - missed the rite of passage, of leaving something behind |
- | at first tried hard to observe and analyse | + | |
- | then just enjoyed being at FoAM - a time off, a different tempo | + | |
- | roles not very structured, not boredom, though some element of laziness | + | |
Dismas | Dismas | ||
- | French | + | * French |
- | choosing the name, chance to read about the culture novels | + | |
- | collective responsibilities confused with many ideas | + | |
- | being a cook was flexible - learnt a lot of things, e.g. making bread, schnapps, French kissing workshop, gardening | + | |
- | working and living together with diverse people really good | + | |
- | flotilla structure perfect | + | |
- | all activities a bit chaotic | + | |
- | openness about sharing information | + | |
- | getting answer from flexible demeanour you got a flexible answer | + | |
- | Theun was always trying to find time to sleep | + | |
- | power cut - contingency plans for this | + | |
- | real world vs imagined scenario - need to preempt the future | + | |
- | never tried yoga - everyone talking about energy - bringing energy to people | + | |
- | collecting resources for the future | + | |
Shell | Shell | ||
- | entry to the Flotilla very moving, opening it up to people not currently at FoAM | + | * entry to the Flotilla very moving, opening it up to people not currently at FoAM |
- | enthusiasm and stress about the costumes was really touching because it showed how important they were for everyone | + | |
- | many different roles esp. with documentation - really nice but on reflection maybe just one role would have been better - as a quiet meditation | + | |
- | meditation on responsibility | + | |
- | relationship to the collective - sometimes I need my own space | + | |
- | didn’t take time to be there for myself | + | |
- | dinner was magical | + | |
- | a vague scheme materialises | + | |
- | sense of humour really resilient | + | |
- | to see the space transformed into the Flotilla was magical | + | |
- | not sure if I understood the role switch - getting into character - maybe more distance to get into character | + | |
- | magic to be floated away on the Flotilla | + | |
Maja | Maja | ||
- | continuous weight of responsibility of captain | + | * continuous weight of responsibility of captain |
- | this ship would have sunk | + | |
- | things going wrong - electricity was a simple thing but nothing happened | + | |
- | magnifying glass on how things already are in this group | + | |
- | amazingly strong with simple clear fun tasks, celebrations - rare to find such trust and ease of togetherness - we could run a restaurant or club easily | + | |
- | but I’d be really scared to rely on other when things go wrong | + | |
- | marko’s escape got done really well | + | |
- | but the shared purpose part was lost in the flurry of activities that are nice but not relevant beyond the group | + | |
- | very painful because it became crystal clear that many things need to change | + | |
Nik | Nik | ||
- | three main components of the exercise: | + | * three main components of the exercise: |
- | feast | + | * feast |
- | publication | + | * publication |
- | maintaining and exploring the scenario | + | * maintaining and exploring the scenario |
- | good at randomly dissipating nervous energy - exciting and frivolous things | + | |
- | a distance between activities and scenario - making the connection was difficult | + | |
- | feast leaving behind apocalyptic visions | + | |
- | the world didn’t end | + | |
- | publication a good task to reflect on | + | |
- | brought into focus patterns and antipatterns | + | |
- | getting into character and finding a place within the scenario enjoyable | + | |
- | we were building something, but it was very unclear | + | |
Natalya | Natalya | ||
- | as a mushroom, mixed feelings | + | * as a mushroom, mixed feelings |
- | didn’t know the people or the space | + | |
- | confused with the costumes - over costumed, over-theatrical - just wanted to shake people out of this | + | |
- | wanted to some inner connection | + | |
- | lack of observation, | + | |
- | overplayed and artificial, but very enjoyable - still need to digest the experience | + | |
- | Slovenia was very different - more time to develop | + | |
- | good to see the same people in different situations but still within one network | + | |
Marko | Marko | ||
- | lost my resilience | + | * lost my resilience |
- | just had an intense month of real-world practices | + | |
- | liberating situation - thought it was going to be very different - expected very concrete tasks - realised this was not the case | + | |
- | stoned or removed from reality but shared common interests | + | |
- | leaving the Flotilla was like bringing an inner world into the outer world - great sense of purpose in the morning - we actually had the ladder, otherwise would have to use sheets | + | |
- | interesting to see what we were doing made sense | + | |
- | role-playing was great | + | |
- | sleeping arrangements and rhythms of sleeping interesting - rest extremely important for resilience | + | |
- | tendency to sleep in this scenario - in any normal gathering no one would just start sleeping - quite beautiful | + | |
- | morning really well executed - really sad to leave | + | |
- | sent SMSs to report my progress after disembarking the Flotilla | + | |
- | met the Slovenian prime minister (surrounded by about 20-35 women) at the airport after the Flotilla - how to explain where I’d just come from? | + | |
- | 24 hours very short - read the bulk of the documentation just before the scenario | + | |
- | shows we still have a child inside - this is the most important and resilient lesson we can learn | + | |
- | how I described the Flotilla to others: “I was just with a group of very beautiful people” | + | |
Alkan | Alkan | ||
- | had a screw loose | + | * had a screw loose |
- | struggle with the whole issue of personal vs collective | + | |
- | compressed 24 hours was a nightmare come true, was dreading it | + | |
- | will never be resilient in this kind of scenario | + | |
- | planning was nice, but got flu just before starting - this made the lack of inner connection to the scenario more pronounced and made it unenjoyable | + | |
- | but lot of beautiful little moments - like the the late-night silent “ghost” party | + | |
- | but difficult to find a connection with prehearsal overall | + | |
Cocky [via email] | Cocky [via email] | ||
- | the group dynamics were going down the drain | + | * the group dynamics were going down the drain |
- | the ones not willing to participate or giving to the whole might have the hardest time, and were just sucking energy from the others | + | |
- | this mechanism amplified on the Flotilla | + | |
- | everybody was sort of more floating around rather than heading towards a clear direction | + | |
- | for myself, I would prefer not to to dedicate myself for/in a community (unless | + | |
- | feels too enclosed - the Flotilla felt more like a cut off entity from the world instead of living in the world | + | |
Trudo [via email] | Trudo [via email] | ||
- | IMO it proves that linear, and non linear travel are best suited as a way of working, collaborating, | + | * IMO it proves that linear, and non linear travel are best suited as a way of working, collaborating, |
- | overall, the 24-hour timeframe, and the politeness of the participants prevented much of the fragility to break | + | |
- | timeframe was short, on the positive: no need for a lot of magic to make us believe in the trip | + | |
Nico [via email] | Nico [via email] | ||
- | it is not an everyday thing for me to find company to speculate without boundaries | + | * it is not an everyday thing for me to find company to speculate without boundaries |
- | somehow it ended happening that about a couple of dozen of us where gathered in the same space at the same time | + | |
- | it is a efficient exercise to spend the most valuable resource that we all have (time) under this conditions | + | |
- | being shameless in proposing new subjects which are then fed by the others is a dynamic in such interesting projects | + | |
- | I just found a great tool that can be used many times and that will be shared with many others | + | |
Loes [via email] | Loes [via email] | ||
- | I think the well established setting (location, costumes, food supplies, gifts) was very good and turned out very important | + | * I think the well established setting (location, costumes, food supplies, gifts) was very good and turned out very important |
- | appropriating a role went quite naturally when you can stay close to your own person | + | |
- | there was place for different ambiences: serious thoughts, silence at the campfire, fun, party, .. | + | |
- | open questions that were posed: | + | |
- | what does the outside world look like during flotilla? | + | |
- | what catastrophes would make us actually change our lives this drastically? | + | |
- | would you ever join a community like flotilla? | + | |
- | the prehearsal reflects very well the travels and experiments we've taken during Resilients - it was good to have this experience with the whole group | + | |
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- | /// what resilient and what fragile | + | |
- | + | ||
- | respect | + | |
- | agreement on shared means | + | |
- | shared supply issues | + | |
- | issues with taking care of your own trash, awareness of your traces - cleaning up after yourself but goes beyond this to an awareness of the space, of others, of what you use | + | === What was resilient and what was fragile? === |
- | as a group we could have resolved this - seeing the real problems and addressing them immediately with people able and willing to help | + | |
- | issues of self-sustainability and responsibility | + | |
- | documentation - important but fragile | + | * respect |
+ | * agreement on shared means | ||
+ | * shared supply issues | ||
- | lack of clarity in certain situations | + | * issues with taking care of your own trash, awareness of your traces |
- | but this is in conflict with the fiction | + | * as a group we could have resolved this - seeing the real problems and addressing them immediately with people able and willing |
- | weird in-and-out fiction-real situation contributed | + | * issues |
- | set of principles (not rules) | + | * documentation |
- | imbalance in principles | + | |
- | rules and responsibilities emerging spontaneously | + | |
- | how to self-organise when working together | + | |
- | roles and real things - if every role had a concrete duty it might have enhanced the prehearsal | + | |
- | practical down-to-earth survival vs cultural creative resilience - Carole did not know we were doing both - work and life - bot resilient and fragile | + | |
- | ritual | + | |
- | no game master, laws of physics - fragile | + | |
- | 100% commitment fragile | + | * lack of clarity in certain situations - e.g. in an emergency: what is an emergency and what to do? |
- | sharing knowledge, resources | + | * but this is in conflict with the fiction |
+ | * weird in-and-out fiction-real situation contributed to this feeling of being lost | ||
- | number | + | * set of principles (not rules) |
- | original idea of flotilla to have 100-200 people | + | * imbalance in principles |
+ | * rules and responsibilities emerging spontaneously | ||
+ | * how to self-organise when working together | ||
+ | * roles and real things - if every role had a concrete duty it might have enhanced | ||
+ | * practical down-to-earth survival vs cultural creative resilience - Carole did not know we were doing both - work and life - bot resilient and fragile | ||
+ | * ritual important | ||
+ | * no game master, laws of physics | ||
- | demon of resilience - high expectations | + | * 100% commitment fragile |
- | angel - playfulness and lightness | + | * sharing knowledge, resources |
- | and for non-humans? | + | |
- | time for feedback | + | * number of people involved - a limit to the number of people in a group that can function without resorting to formal rules - 25 people? |
- | e.g. group photos | + | * original idea of flotilla to have 100-200 people - a mini-society |
- | /// prehearsal method | + | * demon of resilience - high expectations |
+ | * angel - playfulness and lightness | ||
+ | * and for non-humans? - they are both angels and demons | ||
- | names - good for another role but took too long to remember | + | * time for feedback |
- | introduced | + | * e.g. group photos |
- | made the exchange more difficult | + | |
- | everything too complex to do in 24 hours | + | |
- | people went out of role | + | |
- | first shift too short - too many things to do | + | |
- | first shift too long? | + | |
- | boat metaphor good | + | === Prehearsal ethod === |
- | 4 hours a good time - long enough but short enough | + | |
- | actual design of the flotilla not clear | + | * names - good for another role but took too long to remember |
- | unexpected future but no unexpected things happening | + | * introduced a fictional element that had less to do with us or our context |
- | Rasa for example had lots of predefined tasks - she knew what would happen - but most of us didn’t have this sense | + | * made the exchange |
- | Rasa not aware we would have to divide roles so strictly beforehand | + | * everything too complex to do in 24 hours |
- | unequal situation - e.g. Rasa was at home and knew the space/ | + | * people went out of role |
- | time to allow roles to evolve - part of the [pre]design | + | * first shift too short - too many things to do |
- | everyone involved in the prehearsal should be involved in the scenario preparation from beginning to end - or else have a much more defined structure | + | * first shift too long? |
- | dilemma | + | |
- | a neutral or new space | + | |
- | methodology really important and takes time - is it really in character, performing, are you playing roles or is this necessary? | + | * boat metaphor good |
- | extrapolation of yourself - what would have made this more clear? | + | * 4 hours a good time - long enough but short enough |
- | email terrible way of communicating complex stuff - so much left unsaid, what is really important and not | + | |
- | briefing as important as the prehearsal: more time to talk before going into the prehearsal | + | |
- | no focus on the dinner the night before, and the morning was also chaotic | + | |
- | last big meeting 6 months ago, wanted to catch up and talk about our projects | + | * actual design of the flotilla not clear |
- | an unstructured day where there were no roles, names, responsibilities | + | * unexpected future |
+ | * Rasa for example had lots of predefined tasks - she knew what would happen - but most of us didn’t have this sense | ||
+ | * Rasa not aware we would have to divide roles so strictly beforehand | ||
+ | * unequal situation - e.g. Rasa was at home and knew the space/ | ||
+ | * time to allow roles to evolve - part of the [pre]design or collectively decided | ||
+ | * everyone involved in the prehearsal should be involved in the scenario preparation from beginning to end - or else have a much more defined structure | ||
+ | * dilemma of more or less structure - if other people are coming in more structure is needed | ||
+ | * a neutral or new space | ||
- | but with formal thing first then people | + | * methodology really important and takes time - is it really in character, performing, |
- | tried the informal gathering in June but only two people | + | * extrapolation of yourself - what would have made this more clear? |
- | handbook discussion first? | + | * email terrible way of communicating complex stuff - so much left unsaid, what is really important and not |
+ | * briefing as important as the prehearsal: more time to talk before going into the prehearsal - deeper collective briefing | ||
+ | * no focus on the dinner the night before, and the morning was also chaotic | ||
- | preparation vs playing - different between preparing it for ourselves | + | * last big meeting 6 months ago, wanted to catch up and talk about our projects but if I’m this character what do I do? |
- | confusion over playing for yourself and for others | + | * an unstructured day where there were no roles, names, responsibilities would have been good |
- | Marko’s role can fit in the scenario - so let it happen | + | * but with formal thing first then people are committed |
- | strictness vs spontaneity | + | * tried the informal gathering in June but only two people would have been there |
- | we could work Marko beforehand, didn’t know about Bart’s | + | * handbook discussion first? |
- | several briefings? | + | * preparation vs playing - different between preparing |
- | e.g. only told our stories once | + | * confusion over playing for yourself and for others |
- | but if at every shift change there was an elaboration of the story it would be more effective | + | |
- | sit down for 20 minutes to write down our roles as a ritual | + | |
- | prehearsing a skill you can learn? | + | * Marko’s role can fit in the scenario - so let it happen |
+ | * strictness vs spontaneity | ||
+ | * we could work Marko beforehand, didn’t know about Bart’s | ||
- | if we were on a ship, where are we going, what was the weather, sensual experience | + | * several briefings? |
- | scenario round the ship itself - out to sea on its own, travelling round from place to place? | + | * e.g. only told our stories once |
- | work on narrative details | + | * but if at every shift change there was an elaboration |
- | lots of details not decided on - the network, the water, etc. | + | * sit down for 20 minutes to write down our roles as a ritual |
- | world-building - more frequent discussions would helped this | + | |
- | integrate | + | * prehearsing |
- | building up the values | + | * if we were on a ship, where are we going, what was the weather, sensual experience |
+ | * scenario round the ship itself | ||
+ | * work on narrative details would have made it more effective | ||
+ | * lots of details not decided on - the network, the water, etc. | ||
+ | * world-building - more frequent discussions would helped this | ||
- | characters - picked beforehand, not changing characters quickly | + | * integrate |
- | confusing changes of characters | + | |
- | could have made roles more clear from the beginning | + | |
- | observers - where the ship was heading to - observing even the music as a way of telling where we were | + | |
- | clearly integrated we could know where we were | + | |
- | never put your eggs in one basket | + | * building up the values of the flotilla - curiosity, integrity… |
- | never put all resilients in one boat | + | |
+ | * characters - picked beforehand, not changing characters quickly | ||
+ | * confusing changes of characters | ||
+ | * could have made roles more clear from the beginning | ||
+ | * observers - where the ship was heading to - observing even the music as a way of telling where we were | ||
+ | * clearly integrated we could know where we were | ||
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+ | * never put your eggs in one basket | ||
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- | world-building vs improvisation | + | * world-building vs improvisation |
- | develop links, foster the mycelia, where will the mushrooms pop up | + | * develop links, foster the mycelia, where will the mushrooms pop up |