diario del proceso artístico-colaborativo de Ania en Labein Tecnalia.

miércoles, 28 de mayo de 2008

5 and 1/2 days in Bilbao = 7+50+3+45+2+11+9+0+0+3+3+1+0+1


















7 white chairs in 1 blue sky meeting room,
50 badges distributed through vending machines,
3 dynamics lasting 45 minutes each during 2 days (and 11 people taking part),
900 copies of manteles distributed in the restaurant (and i have seen at least 3 people who took some copies away!),
3 shapes of SUE M,
1 day spent at the conference,
0 coffees from coffee machine (1 real coffee during Para los fans de Google course)
= 136

Picture by Juan Carlos Espada

Poll - and the winner is...








¿qué opinas de la idea de disonancias?

mola - 14 votes

incomprensible - 14 votes

yo también quiero un artista - 9 votes

el enemigo está en casa - 4 votes

para iniciados - 2 votes

SUE LAB - evaluation of the dynamics

















1.
+ dynamism! movement!
= co-creation
- tools to go deeper with ideas

2.
+ thinking in a free way with other is like having sex in groups
= i came late! (lack of time to put things, create things)
- in some moments, we were not acting as a team, we were not creating all together (to have sex alone is much more boring)

3.
+ positive imagination effect
+ team work
+ working with physical things
- not enough time!

4.
+ i understand how this LAB coudl fit with my job!
= don't know if we (Labein) are preapred for this kind of LAB

5.
+ plenty of little things to continue building with
= not enough time
- clearer tasks!

















6.
+ made me think about future!
= are these things useful or is it just a dream?
- abstract! (maybe too abstract?)

7.
+team work!
+ spontaneous!
- will it continue?
- will we have a chance to take advantage of these ideas?
- can existing working enviornment be changed????

8.
+ made me realised how working in a different environment would be!
- it seems a bit abstract and technologically too difficult to achieve

9.
where is SUE? are we taking it into account or this is just a special Lab for everything?

Pictures by Víctor Iriarte (& More pictures from Disonancias!)

martes, 27 de mayo de 2008

out of our minds

suggested by the TAE, i read this book by Ken Robinson. i'll comment on it following their proposed 4 questions:

Why did i choose this book?
the title is completed with the following comment "learning to be creative". i thought it would not harm me to learn it, how if possible, and, if i was already a little creative, why. this was after i tried to get how to "change the world" (which i have finally managed today).
on the 14.12.07 i chose 6 books from the list the TAE planned to acquire:
1. change the world
2. out of our minds
3. creativity
4. reframing business
5. leading the revolution
6. the innovator's dilemma
although some people say i'm a creative person, i still have doubts. at least, i'm very aware of many times when i act and react pretty conventionally, with no creativity at all. as you see, being and acting creatively is for me a burning issue and i regret being conventional.

what is this book about?
it deals with the dilemma between conventionality and creativity. it explains differents ways in which people are intelligent and use their talents where they work/spend their time. it tells about standard education and social expectiations, which hightlight one type of mental abilities in detriment of others. it helps to recover confidence in everyone's innovative capacities, what makes one reflect deeply into his/her neglected skills and react quickly. it presents a nearby future in which both organizations and personal ongoing formation need plenty of imagination and few automatic responses. it demands from individuals and companies a colective interest on being creative together, interacting and communicating our-selves.

what have i learned?
this is not a specialized book. it speaks about culture, management, art, history, accounts, education, innovation, forecasting, psychology, etc. it does not analyse problems, but deals with personal dilemmas and blockades managers, scientists and artists have on daily routine. i have learned that everyone has at least these three roles, that human intelligence is esentially creative, that we manage it through symbolic representation and that these symbols include words, images, sounds, movements, gestures and other interactive capacities that can change events. i have learned that involving oneself into artistic activities might develop best one's managerial talents than iterating endlessly projectmanagment.

how will i implement what i've learned?
i will appreciate in greater fairness my artistic incursions and not see them just as relax or holiday, but also as work and personal development of the best kind. i will challenge people who argue "i was educated so" and facilitate them to use and enjoy their creative talents. i will support any educational activity which brings forward an integrative thinking and imaginative approach to life.

viernes, 23 de mayo de 2008

SUE LAB - third proposal












The third group also decided to build their LAB rather than grow or change already developed ideas. The group started with a long discussion, watching the floor, walls and ceiling of what used to be La Q before I have dismantled it.

The group built a Sustainable Laboratory (not only a laboratory for sustainable urban environment research). Made out of various elements and inspiring people who are going to work there to not only work but also live in a sustainable way. Your work style is your lifestyle. Your colleagues are your friends.

Another conclusion and selling sentences was: This is a space that adapts to your needs!
Is it enough to make your life sustainable?

Some of the ideas of the group:
- water in the lab should be coming from the humidity (re-using!)
- the lab should be powered by solar panels and solar re-charge area has been incorporated into the lab
- the space has a rubber floors (not sure about rational behind it. is there any? or was it done for aesthetics reasons? - group - please comment!)


















- workplaces are shared and people are not attached to one working area
- tables/walls are portable and adaptable to the needs of workers
- space included spaces where one could reflect (MOMENTO ZEN) as well walk while thinking and developing new ideas (quote: a place to move without any other distractions; protected, no photos, no air-conditioning, no people)
- shower (called detox chamber) - for those who arrived to work on bikes and would like to refresh themselves. (the bike park is also included)


















- no clothing restrictions (ties allowed?)
- vegetable patch and flower patch alongside with cooking area
- sea nearby (or swimming pool in the worst case scenario)
- personal conversation area (for 2 or 3 people to solve personal conflicts) - area without chairs, open, allowing people to move and express themselves in a free way

Ania during lunchtime had a chat with people who haven’t participated in the dynamics but have seen the space. They called visual outcomes of all 3 sessions looking as: ' an after earthquake mess'.

Who knows, maybe coming up with new ideas requires mess?

SUE LAB - second proposal

The group that participated in the second dynamic said that the first proposal did not look as a laboratory and started from the scratch.

The main concept of the space: the floor is your table. Floor would work as an interactive surface or one could project on the floor from multiple projectors suspended from the ceiling. In order to view large-scale projections the group proposed a balcony - as a viewing space.

All resources necessary for work should be hidden inside the floor: one can open parts of the floor to access storage area. If you need to have a meeting in the room and want to sit, again within the floor where could be hidden corridors with comfy sits. All one needs to do is to open the right part of the floor to access sitting areas. The walls of the room should be both portable and deformable and flexible and comfy so you could i.e. rest your elbows on them while standing by the wall.

For this group the laboratory would be a place to analyse existing components and challenge current thinking; search for new solutions and alternatives but also this could be a show space (show room) to visualise future, present projects outcomes and share knowledge.

miércoles, 21 de mayo de 2008

martes, 20 de mayo de 2008

missing elements


















Heat conversation about missing breast!
The final mantel design has not included breasts present on original work.


14/05/2008 09:55 to Borja Izaola


Egun on Borja.

He oído que en el comedor tendremos como mantelitos el dibujo ganador en el
"concurso" ese que hicisteis. Lo he visto y quiero manifestar mi más
absoluto rechazo. La censura ya acabó, en ese dibujo no están las
protuberancias que le hicieron ganador (porque no creo que haya sido por el
gordo durmiente).

Además de hacernos pensar, pues también disfrutar, no?

Para lo próxima que alguien dibuje el contorno de Darek (el de la bióloga),
que también estamos con eso de la igualdad, y quién mejor para que nos
podamos comparar y superarle, je je.

Un saludo. Agur.

Con cariño desde los EX-Servicios Generales


14/05/2008 10:30 to Gorka (CC: Aitor & Ania)

egunon Gorki,

me has alertado de un hecho importante, que no debe quedar sin comentario.
a mi la censura me aterra. a si que he vuelto a las fuentes y he
descubierto que los pechos originales efectivamente han desaparecido. he
investigado...y...

el autor pidió explícitamente que no aparecieran en los manteles.

¿es esto autocensura o propiedad intelectual?

respóndeme please a la pregunta.

agur.

(with love...)

14/05/2008 10:49 to Gorka (CC: Borja & Ania)

Tienes razón, Gorka.
Una pena no poder disfrutar de dichas protuberancias pero he preferido
evitar la posibilidad de que parte de la sección femenina de esta nave
comentara con tono disgustado que haber quien era el “cerdo” ese que dibuja
pechos en los manteles…
En cualquier caso, os prometo dibujar un par de razones como las que
aparecían en el mantel en la fachada principal del edificio para alegraos
la mañana cuando lleguéis a trabajar. Seria eso considerado un acto
vandálico???
Un saludo.


14/05/2008 10:55 to Aitor (CC: Borja & Gorka)

con el respeto de todos, esta conversacion emailera es dignísima de
aparecer en el blog; prefiero que lo hagais cada uno, aunque sea como
anonimos, pero si no, lo subo yo en plan "comentarios via lotus notes
publicado en el blog; sin nombres"

muchísimas gracias por conversar!

Borja


14/05/2008 10:58 to Aitor (CC: Borja & Gorka)

how about accompanying breast on facade with a pair of male buttocks?

ania


14/05/2008 11:55 to Aitor (CC: Borja & Ania)

Aupa Aitor.

Creo que no existe innovación, ni el resto de palabros-actitudes tan de
moda, que no tenga una parte de transgresión. Transgresión fué lo que
hiciste y la gente te premió por ello. Ahora bien, te has vendido al Poder
con ese acto de "autocensura".

¿Qué mensaje quieres dejar al resto de tus compañeros? ¿Véndete por un
mantelito? ¿Es así como llegaste a médico?

Creo que no. Es por ello por lo que te insto a que recapacites y que en
próximas convocatorias vuelvas a ser transgresor, vuelve a nacer y
sorpréndenos.

¡Ánimo, estamos contigo!

G.

14/05/2008 12:00 to Gorka (CC: Aitor & Ania)

en esto estoy una vez más con Gorki.

creo que necesitamos transgredir bastante más en esta empresa, sin perder
el respeto, por supuesto. aprender a gestionar los tabús.

por lo menos, que estas conversaciones nos ayuden a no perder el animo!

14/05/2008 12:05 to Borja (CC: Aitor & Ania)

Y que nos ayude a que Ania nos cuente algo de su paisano, el tal Darek (ex
de la bióloga). Agur.

g.

14/05/2008 12:50 to Borja (CC: Gorka & Ania)

Buenas tresena,

Estoy de acuerdo con lo que escribís aunque existen ciertos aspectos de los
que discrepo.

En mi opinión, dibujar un par de pechos no es sinónimo de transgresión
(mirar la Venus de Milo y veréis como no os sentís transgredidos). Había
además manteles mucho más transgresores y cargados de mensaje que el mió y
no fueron elegidos. Creo que el único motivo por el cual mi dibujo fue
elegido es la caricatura del Gernika y no por los pechos (los cuales eran
perfectamente prescindibles).

En cualquier caso, me quedo con la recomendación de Gorka a nivel artístico
para futuros “proyectos” personales que no laborales (según mi experiencia
de Medico, transgresión en el trabajo es sinónimo de conflicto, no nos
engañemos).

Aitor

miércoles, 14 de mayo de 2008

Trapped in the Lift

dia de la persona emprendedora

si haceis click en el titulo os lleva una entrada que he publicado en el blog de ideas, que está un poco muertito ultimamente, pero sigue existiendo.

SUE LAB - dynamics in progress















During ongoing reserach on Sustainable Urban Environment Model (SUE M) came up an idea that maybe what is need is not a Model but Laboratory. The aim of the dynamic is to develop this Lab & look into ways how it can be introduce as a working space in Labein.

The first dynamic has happened today!

Suggested Lab space seems to be quite traditional. It consists of many elements of traditional working environment such as: a desk (but mobile), a computer and storage space (again on the wheel). Innovations? A portable large board that would allow you to draw/stick/pin your ideas to it and see your thinking process in a larger scale. And... introducing terrace where one could move the necessary equipment and enjoy working outdoors (umbrellas, sockets, light and easy to move equipment...). A! The need to have more intimate working spaces so inspirations come to mind also has been mentioned.

Two more dynamics are going to take place tomorrow but you are already welcome to comment, suggest, improve... Pop in to La Q if you would like to CHANGE existing first arrangement!

viernes, 9 de mayo de 2008

dibujo en el mantel :D

disanialia glossary (abcd)























objects in envelops


















in Labein from Monday

"By an object, I mean anything that we can think, i.e. anything we can talk about."
([Reflections on Real and Unreal Objects], MS 966, not dated)

jueves, 8 de mayo de 2008

switch on blue-sky thinking - the new meeting space














Blue-sky meeting space is a new DisANIAlia intervention.
The pilot project will take place between 12th and 16th May.

All Labein is invited to use a new meeting space created on Level 4 balcony (it will be possible to book the space for meeting via the system) and a rest space on Level 3 garden.

Balcony and the garden have always been there as an oasis during lunch & coffee breaks - spaces to stretch legs, drink coffee and have a very informal chat.
During the weeklong intervention we propose to use the space as a new meeting place. Why not to discuss your project outside? Why not to be inspired by the blue sky and Derio-scape? You will be able to book balcony on Level 4 for your meeting that can accommodate between 2 and 7 people.

Chairs are going to be introduced on Level 3 garden as well, for those who would like to sit while enjoying their break.


martes, 6 de mayo de 2008

Imagination Experts by Victor



Víctor Iriarte is working on a short video about Imagination Experts. The full version will arrive soon!

viernes, 2 de mayo de 2008

Searching for sustainability (in UK) for 3 days = 14 + 12 + 3+ 1 + 2+ 13+ 7+ 10 + 1 + 7

















More or less 14 hours on a train or tube (we have visited sustainable locations in and around London, Leicester and in South Shropshire)
12 hours long working days (I was ruthless and we worked during lunch breaks and dinners)
3 guided tours (around BedZED, EcoHouse, Ludlow, Craven Arms and Bishop’s Castle) and 1 self guided tour around Brock Hill in 2 groups (Borja preferred to visit the location on his own…)
13 great people met on the way (some of them are chairmen…)
7 postcards sent as a memory of the tour (I was actually testing a new evaluation tool)
10 minutes long performance on the graves in front of the Abbey in Shrewsberry (the town has been re-named during evening walk)
1 nasty cold brought back home (and I have managed to develop into something a bit more serious – 7 days on antibiotics! ouch … but i am back! )
= 70