Space, Freedom and Playfulness Aesthetic intervention to Leadership & Organization Jouke Kruijer KruijerVermeer Amsterdam Metanoia Helsinki 24 August 2013
Program Create collective drawing Introduction Create a personal canvass Make a composition together 10 minutes15 minutes 10 minutes
Frame Aeshtetics: sensory knowledge and felt meaning of objects and experiences Objective: Stimulate individual and collective creativity Hypothesis: This inquiry allows us richer insight into the dynamics of organisational Life Ecological field trip How are living systems connected? Create work of art How can we trust and enjoy a process of emergence?
Aesthetic experience Where to begin Trust emergence When to stop 1.Set conditions 2.Take a not knowing position 3.Just start with a smear or a blot 1.Trust simple rules 2.Use white 3.Zoom in and out 1.The present canvas is the study for the next 2.A new painting is just another layer 3.Creating is an infinite game
Create a collective drawing Assignment 1 Paint: What is the world calling for? black, white, buff Ernst Reijseger: Cave of Forgotten Dreams 10 minutes
Create a personal canvass (1) Walk around the collective drawing Select a piece you like Tear or cut it out Paste it on to small canvass 5 minutes
Simple Rules
Create a personal canvass (2) Assignment 2 Paint: What is the strength you are contributing? Use coloured paint/paper 10 minutes Philip Glass and London Philharmonic Orchestra, The American Four Seasons
Play together Assignment 3 Collaborate in silence to make a coherent whole? 10 minutes
Reflection Why is this an emergent process?