How accurately does this assignment simulate the range of collaborating experiences that sound practitioners participate in within a professional context?
This unit has felt very disconnected; the (cross discipliniary) collaboration and communication was minimal and if this was occuring within the confines of a professional job I would feel unsure as to the exact conditions for a successful set of deliverables. Someone playing the role of a producer or creative organiser would have been very helpful when it came to marrying the two fields of study, although spending the project partly in the dark seems to be a realistic preparation for the world of ‘real work’. Low budget projects often seem to be disorganised.
Internally, amongst my sound arts group, the communication and ease of collaboration was through the roof – all went well there, but I think that often happens on teams of sound practitioners. We mostly get along well, at least this has been my experience encountering sound workers in the world of professional work.