Today was executed very well. We occurred no problems with setting up prior to when the event begun and came across no issues with the display. Two things we noticed throughout the day that could had improved our table further was explanations about how to do our puzzle, as some people approached it confused at first but then understood shortly after with us standing by explaining our subject theme and instructing them how to complete then perform the puzzle. Secondly, although our postcards contained a digital output for our animated alphabet, we realised it would had been nice to do a set of postcard designs that had the full alphabet in lino print to take away with them. I think this was something we thought about initially but thought that on A6 it'd be difficult to see the detail of the illustrations, causing it to lose it's ability to instruct people how to perform certain letters. I didn't imagine that the majority of people that approached our table and interacted with it had many stories to tell us about people they know or worked with that are deaf, including stories about how other people overcome their own personal handicaps. I found it fascinating about how many people had a connection to our table as I, on a personal level have none alike any of these stories to share as I've never experienced it, and therefore had a limited mindset about how many people have some sort of link to being aware of sign language. Although there was many people that knew of it, very little knew how to actually perform (or "speak") British Sign Language. Everyone that took part in the activity and listening to us explain/teach more about sign language, thanked us and mentioned how important it is to be able to know at least the basics of sign language and felt like they had learnt a new skill. Being told this made me feel that our group achieved what we put out to do. We were able to raise more awareness about deaf society and british sign language, but as well teach the basics to the public who then felt proud of their new skill that can help both themselves and those that rely on signing. Overall, I really enjoyed the event, I thought all the stores had created innovate ideas that probably wouldn't had occurred without the formation of collaboration. I'm glad that priorities for the tables had to include engagement and gift as I think that led people on to develop ideas even further when thinking about appropriate resolutions for the public that still stemmed their subject theme. I had a lot of fun of trying out everyone's tables and then receiving little gifts to keep as souvenirs, because it created a vibrant atmosphere for people to get creative and play around whilst learning about each subject theme at the same time. I believe that this had made me realise more that I care about creating interactive artwork that encourages being creative and educational at the same time, which is ensuring as I know that my research report is definitely going to be effective for my practice as I come to realise that this is something I'm serious in wanting to do.
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Recorded by the group, edited and montaged by Chloe.
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