Group activities

Reflection on Group Activities

Throughout Project Six, I recognised the importance of engaging with other students and the value that different perspectives can bring to a developing body of work. Sharing work with others encourages reflection and reminds me that every viewer approaches an artwork from a different personal and cultural background.

However, I have also found that the format of group activities can influence the quality of the feedback received. While discussion forums and larger online groups provide opportunities to share work, I do not always find that they encourage the depth of dialogue that my practice benefits from. Because my work is interdisciplinary and deeply rooted in memory, migration and identity, meaningful conversations often require time, trust and an understanding of the broader context in which the work has developed.

For this reason, I believe smaller peer partnerships or ongoing conversations between two or three students would encourage richer critical engagement. Working with the same peers over a longer period would allow ideas to develop gradually and enable participants to understand each other’s evolving practice rather than responding only to isolated pieces of work. I believe this approach would encourage more thoughtful feedback while also creating stronger learning relationships within the student community.

At the same time, I recognise that engaging with students from different disciplines can be valuable. Different creative practices often raise questions that I may not ask of my own work, and these alternative perspectives can challenge assumptions and open new ways of thinking. I would therefore welcome opportunities for sustained interdisciplinary dialogue alongside conversations within my own discipline.

Ultimately, I see peer feedback not simply as a way of evaluating finished work but as an opportunity to exchange ideas, challenge assumptions and support each other’s creative development. The quality of that exchange, however, depends less on the number of participants and more on the depth of the conversation.