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Workshop 3
16 Dec. 2003

The group used Paul McCarthy's conceptual chess set, viewed at the Gilbert
Collection, as inspiration to construct their own chess set, made from found
objects in the Artscope Studio. People spoke about the reason for choosing
the individual pieces, and how they represented the actual chess pieces. The
group also celebrated Christmas, as this was the final session before the
Christmas break, and Zahid used a calculator to work out the number of
squares on the chess board. Keith read an extract from Italo Calvino's
'Invisible Cities', which refers to chess.

Chess workshop diary

Zahid Mirza

I did chessboard this morning.
I did my work properly now.
I made myself some cup of coffee this morning.
I had. Coffee this morning.
I wrote my own story.
Keith. Gave me. Grape juice. I am having my grape juice.
I made a mistake. This morning.
I was guessing this morning.
I am not allowed. To have mince pie.
I didn't have anytime to write my own story.
Last week. I was laughing at robert keith bernie this morning.
I have finished now. I had grape juice. I worked on the calculator.

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Keith Simmonds (Arts co-ordinator - artscope) + Roberto Bono (Volunteer worker) + Monica Furlan (Volunteer worker)