At the end of each day we had a focus group, where we could discuss opinions and thoughts from the days events. I scrawled down a few notes such as the following:

- "chairness" vs. the representation of a chair. << capturing the essence of a chair, how it would move if it could, its intentions as a chair etc rather than just the silhouette of a chair, moving as a human etc.. (this idea can clearly be implied to any object, chair being the example in this case.)

- our own personal memories, and how this can alter our perception of an object. << e.g, i could look at a mug character, and feel really positive about that mug because it reminds me of my favourite mug back home etc, where someone else could look at the same mug character, and feel negatively towards it, as it is like the manky one their nan gives them with a naff brew in it when they go to visit etc. You see what i am getting at? this could either benefit or hinder audience emotional reaction.

- object carrying its own meaning << this example is from Elizsa but i like it... A red poppy in this country is a highly symbolic object, which represents the lives lost in WW1, which we wear every novemeber to remember all lives lost in wars, but the same red poppy in venezula (for example) would mean nothing...

- connotations to past memories
- objects demanding anecdote
- an object being a portal to imprint human emotions onto
- object vs. subject

- some languages pre-assign gender to objects << e.g 'le' and 'la' in french, where its plainly 'the' in english, no gender assignment to objects. I thought this was one of the most important and interesting points made during the whole seminar.

- how context affects audiences perception of an object << a funny anecdote was made during the discussion, where a student and her friends visited the Tate, and there was a bucket in the middle of the floor with water dripping into it from a leaky roof. They thought it was fascinating and part of the exhibition. This instantly reminded me of my naff shopping centre back home which always has buckets dotted around the place catching water from a leaky roof, which i found less fascinating and more annoying.