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Katrine and I met at the British Library to brainstorm our upcoming contribution to the Art as Text gathering, where we'll explore three kind of hybridity: the tensions between the group and the individual, between institutional space(s) (research and art), between reading, seeing, listening across text/image.

Last night's reception at Tate Britain was a bit like a dream, like walking through Future Reflections' recent history. Old friends in attendance included Maarit Mäkelä and Kärt Summatavet from The Art of Research Symposium (Helsinki, October 2007), Luis Firmo and Tiago Miranda from Desvios/Detours III: Relational Spaces: The New Expanded Field for Art and Thought (Torres Vedras, October 2007) and Michael Schwab from Figurations of Knowledge (Berlin, June 2008).

Future Reflections Research Group is presently reworking a submission we made to The Art of Research Seminar (2007) publication. Below are a few aspects of our co-authorial/editorial process. These are my reflections. Katz and Katrine  may well have similar/different/additional impressions. 

This submission braids together three different texts:

Text One - The original text written for and read (in parts) at the Art of Research Seminar, Helsinki (October, 2007)

At the end of May all members of Future Reflections Research Group went through what is called a Cofirmation Interview - which it the process used by University of the Arts, London to confirm whether a candidate's final research classification will be a PhD or an Mphil. All members were upgraded and confirmed as PhD candidates. 

This week all members of Future Reflections will be presenting on their individual research during RNUAL week.  

Right now…at this very moment…FR is meeting for the very first time…(drum roll please) on/in/through skype chat. Our plan: to cut and paste our discussions into this blog (edited, of course—or not). This first meeting is focused on familiarizing ourselves with the tech: the delay, turn taking, keeping our threads straight. The discussion is weaving back and forth and side to side—apt given we’re brainstorming tomorrow’s activity for our presentation at the Three College Graduate Research Exchange at Chelsea. Our current focus, you ask?

This is litterally my first time ever blogging.

High time no doubt. Look forward to see what it looks and feels like.