{"id":178,"date":"2017-07-12T10:42:32","date_gmt":"2017-07-12T14:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/?p=178"},"modified":"2017-07-12T10:42:32","modified_gmt":"2017-07-12T14:42:32","slug":"july-10-critexperiential-chair-prototype","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/2017\/07\/12\/july-10-critexperiential-chair-prototype\/","title":{"rendered":"JULY 10- crit\/\/experiential chair prototype"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>all our crit room brainstorming culminated in several ideas for different kinds of seating to disrupt the status quo of critique.<\/p>\n<p>bobbie made this genetically modified donkey seat, incorporating\u00a0the idea of therapy donkeys into seating for the crit room.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-179\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/74AB12D7-F087-4E3F-9529-9081384C9C11-e1499869851596-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/74AB12D7-F087-4E3F-9529-9081384C9C11-e1499869851596-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/74AB12D7-F087-4E3F-9529-9081384C9C11-e1499869851596-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Audrey and I both modeled high chairs to draw attention to the person presenting, elevating them physically to indicate that their work should be the focus of attention. they did not turn out as beautifully as bobbies and I don&#8217;t have pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Lisa made a kind of see-saw chair which spoke to the idea of destabilizing, recalibrating and balancing different voices and works in the crit room.<\/p>\n<p>we decided to run a behavioral prototype in crit on Monday to get a sense of how a version of Lisa&#8217;s idea might work. Inspired by the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/a.1stdibscdn.com\/archivesE\/upload\/8866\/14_14\/25357994_1_x\/25357994_1_x_l.jpg\">victorian courting seat<\/a>, we placed\u00a0chairs in pairs facing opposite directions and arranged them in a circle with the fronts and backs facing inward\/outward<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-180\" src=\"http:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_1487-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_1487-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_1487-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pages.vassar.edu\/experimental-classroom\/files\/2017\/07\/IMG_1487-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we asked people to sit with someone not in their project. we quickly realized that the seats were better off arranged in a sort of pinwheel formation with the sides facing inwards\/outwards. we also asked people to speak (after) if and when their partner spoke to more evenly distribute conversation.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>here is some new &#8216;data&#8217; we gathered after running this prototype:<\/p>\n<p>-difficult to see other people<\/p>\n<p>-space is still centralized- there is an implicit center of attention<\/p>\n<p>-noah described this formation as an anticircle<\/p>\n<p>-better facilitates pair convo rather than facing each other directly<\/p>\n<p>-WHAT IF we could add rotation so that the inner and outer positions could swivel and switch???<\/p>\n<p>-tom expressed that he felt more likely to give credit to a partners idea in this intimate formation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>all our crit room brainstorming culminated in several ideas for different kinds of seating to disrupt the status quo of critique. bobbie made this genetically modified donkey seat, incorporating\u00a0the idea of therapy donkeys into seating for the crit room. 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