Prompts
contact:
p.palmerini@mmu.ac.uk
r.higginbottom@mmu.ac.uk
s.howe@mmu.ac.uk
The word ‘prompt’ comes from the Latin meaning to come to light - a clue of sorts, opening up a trail to follow. The contributors were asked to provide something from their own practice: a blurry image, a sign found on the street, a direct instruction or process to follow, a crossword or a sticky image.
A prompt suggests a use for the photographic that is both active and curious, asking ‘what would this look like?’ It opens a playful and oblique dialogue with technology, especially AI. Photography comes into contact with language: it is an extension of teaching, a set of conditions and scenarios in which work can be produced;
The collection is ever growing and open ended. An end or a beginning can be arrived at any point. A prompt here is a provocation to make, to act, to think aligning with our practices as artists, publishers, writers, and tutors. We invite you to use this as a starting point to create your responses.
This project is led by Richard Higginbottom, Sarah Howe, Polly Palmerini and Duncan Wooldridge.
Prompts is available as a free creative pedagogical resource: Download pdf here.
If you use this in any of your creative endeavours,
please get in touch and send us your outcomes here.
Supported by the School of Digital Arts.