This week we were introduced to the Collaboration unit, and were given some topics to choose from.
One that stood out to me most was Utopia and Dystopia, as I have always been interested in dystopian settings and environments. I also was interested in Ephemeral: A fleeting moment, and Cyberpunk, costume nad AI.
After our discussion session and finding some people I would work well with, I decided to put my name down for Utopia and Dystopia.
I decided this would be most beneficial to my showreel as an environment artist.
We then had a workshop on how to succesfully work in a group, what the unit entails ans some examples of previous student work.
This was very benefital and made me understand this unit more. What I found interesting was the dynamics of working in a group, and some theories about this. Our workshop leader introducesd me to a thoery called ‘Forming, storming, norming, performing, informing’ (Tuckman 1965).
This informed me on the apprach to group work more, and the objective being of getting to the ‘norming’ stage as soon as possible.