Space: Throughout the building, ongoing during opening hours.
Andy Thomson and Joel Fisher have taken as a unit of measure the eight and a half minutes that it requires for the light from the sun to reach the earth and will use this measurement to frame the works they will present. The result will be a cluster of short 'particles' each of which will last precisely eight and a half minutes.  

These units might approach the given time limit in different ways. The construction of some of works might be completed in exactly eight and a half minutes, but afterwards the audience would be allowed to experience them for an unrestricted period of time. Other works might take a considerable period to prepare or construct but would take only eight and a half minutes to experience.

A few of these works may anticipate a particular situation that we are being given: that our event, the full moon, and the autumnal equinox are all coinciding. Consciously or not; it is likely that something in the work will reflect this short period of balance and extremes.
The artists consider themselves as both collaborators and co-ordinators and plan to make these pieces in the spirit of light-hearted sketches, not particularly striving for seriousness but allowing it to emerge effortlessly out of the exercises.  
 

THE GENERATION SEQUENCES
In a process which is distinct from the collaboration above, Joel Fisher will use this opportunity to extend a long term research project, the 'Generation Sequences' and to share some of the results with those who participate.

Volunteers will have an opportunity during connecting principle to experience and contribute to this process. Participation involves trying to remember a simple drawing (the project is also sometimes called 'Memory Sequences').

A schedule will be posted specifying times of open public access. This schedule will be divided into two periods, one by appointment , and another 'first come first serve'. Appointments can be made anytime during the week preceding the event, as well as during the event itself. Booking details below.
 
FIVE FRAMES
Coincidentally, Joel Fisher will also be talking with several volunteers for his 'Five Frames' interviews, a research project set up to reveal how we view things differently at different periods of our life.

Although the overall structure is designed to eventually include people of all ages, preference in the beginning is likely to be given to older participants. It is conjectured that at this point that more clues on how to proceed, including ideas for future questions, might be gained from older participants.

If someone would like to volunteer to participate, either now or at a later stage, or to nominate someone else they feel would be an outstanding interviewee, or to share relevant insights, please contact Joel Fisher by e-mail j.a.fisher@ncl.ac.uk or phone 0191 222 6036 or post c/o Department of Fine Arts University of Newcastle NE1 7RU. A brief summary of your age and experience in relation to creative practice would be helpful, but is not necessary.