Notes/Minutes 18th April 2009

Copy date 15th May 2009

Maps and such available here: http://www.aoh.org.uk/artists-open-houses/trails

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MOC: "We refuse to recognise 'Visual Art' as a distinct thing."

MS: "Isn't saying that just recognising it as a distinct thing?"

MOC: "Yes it is"

HB: "Yea"

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HB: "The question is how to account for the number of Open Houses"

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MS: "You can always go and knock on someone's door and ask: is this an Open House?"

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We will not be looking at work inside Open Houses as such.

Mathematical Play may be involved:

Calculate optimal or most efficient routes around various trails (the classical Travelling Salesman Problem?)

What is at the mid-points between open houses? Give this attention.

The maps themselves of the Trails may look interesting.

What is the furthest point from an Open House within Brighton (& Hove)?

Number Clusters.

Centre of Gravity.

Various Metrics.

The OHDI or Open House Density Index.

The houses themselves.

Footfall and techniques for measuring success.

A Questionnaire.

This is Sociology, population studies.

Guy Debord. Psychogeography.

The Whitehalk Trail?

A colour-keyed map OS type map.

Comments on what might be termed the Kapoor Aura or 'Kapoora'.

Data.

Apology to Sandy Hyland for printing his text message without proper consultation.

On-beard Advertising. Joe M and Seb P. Thanks Ruby.

UAC = 1/TP . The Cornflake Paradox.

National Geographic article.

Bus trip for Mike and Huw.

Vacuum advert (at special rate).

Open House Scene from point of view of Homeless Person.

Interview with a burglar.

An lots more.