Meredith Lewis

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Remote creativity

Meredith Lewis

Recently I presented at DIF2023 Festival:

“How do you develop connectedness across disciplines and sectors, time and space? I have been researching, interviewing, and writing about people working on multidisciplinary, complex, and creative projects. Join me to hear my reflections and participate in a conversation about building bridges between co-creators from different fields, platforms, and locations.”

Here is the recording of that session, followed by key points below. Enjoy!

The inspiration behind this session:

  • Writing about using the arts and creativity within multi-disciplinary or cross sectoral projects in the Near and Far project. What happens when a creative walks into the room and takes a seat at the table? What are the challenges, benefits, surprises?

  • Experiencing best practice in the use of digital: What enabled meaningful connections to be made online between groups of people from different disciplines and located in different places?

Provocations:

  • “If we have an agreement about how we're going to show up and how we're going to treat each other, especially when it gets shitty, yes, we'll be fine. But we can't skip over that conversation: And that is about respect, about how we're going to work together, show up, and a little bit about how we're going to show up when it gets hard. I think the relationship is vital.” – Paulina Larocca

  • How do we show up together online? Are you designing for this?

  • What values drive your collaborations? How can you show as well as tell these?

  • Are you allowing time for relationship building? If this is happening digitally, how are you facilitating genuine connection and mitigating Zoom-fatigue?

  • What tools or tactics do you use to generate a feeling of connectedness? Digital? Social? Imaginative?

References:

Near and Far has now been finished. Curious? Then come along to the free online event I am facilitating to talk about what I heard during my research. It’s on at 6pm, 28 February 2024 AEDT. I’d love to see you there.

And, of course, I would also love it if you bought the book! You can do so HERE!