Week #1 summary

This week, our curator Winnie set some perimeters for Aki's residency with us. For the next 3 months, Aki would be livestreaming her work desk on Facebook from 3PM-5PM weekly, from Monday to Wednesday. This would culminate in over 72 hours of livestreaming. While chatting and going through texts on their own, they would be writing down their notes separately on a shared Googledoc. They will then compare the contents presented by each other, and complete a review of the notes at the end of each session. As they each go through Nicolas Bourriaud's Relational Aesthetics, they utilised the "triplet method" to establish and break down their different understanding on the same topic, thereafter establishing a common ground that addresses and consolidates both persons' knowledge in the sphere. They regard this as a performance and demonstration of knowledge production. They communicated the issue of trust building and transparency, citing the trust they developed in sharing information with each other is only possible due to their mutual understanding and synergy. Aki has also broken down her system of knowledge digestion, calculating her speed of reading and note making at 4.5 hours a day to complete the text in 8 days. Aki has also raised the issue of being conscious of the gaze of anonymous viewers during her livestream, and is curious about what this invisible observer is seeing, thinking, perceiving and understanding. She is also curious as to how the medium of live streaming develops an audience for the artist. Leave your comments and questions down below!