SURVEY

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We have been thinking a lot lately about the creative potential of query. Every day, we are asked questions, we demand response from others. We correspond; we volley. It is not call-and-response but something less ritual, more conventional, perhaps more embattled? In asking, in answering, sometimes, we are self-aware, nervous, or strategic. Other times we are casual and loose, comfortable or even arrogant. And art is this way too, maybe: an opportunity to recognize our context and root for more answers, different questions, whether we are the makers or the viewers.

The assignment for Folio No. 6 will go a bit differently, and this is the process by which this strange new art-weapon will be forged:

ONE Arrow constituents were invited to submit questions.
TWO Questions are fashioned into a survey, now available, below. (Scroll down to participate!)
THREE The results of the survey answers will be curated and expressed graphically, an entablature of survey-as-collaborative-art, presented as the FOLIO for our summer issue.

PHASE TWO: SURVEY will be open from April 17 2012 to May 17 2012

A list of those who contributed questions and ideas to this survey -- to whom we are so thankful -- may be found at the bottom of the page.

You may want to read the whole survey first, just to get an idea of its shape, and then fill out. Or not. Maybe you want to marathon it blindly. We're cool with it either way.

Questions marked by * are required. Please answer as many of the questions as you can, with a full throat, full thought, full throttle.

After you press the submit button, you will be asked to prove that you are a human.

One survey per persona, please.

1.	Name, Or Alias: *
2.	Email: *
3.	Please enter your address, if you'd like to be considered for a surprise prize drawing.
4.	How are you feeling today?
5.	How good are you at what you do? (Choose the most accurate answer.) Exceptional More Than Decent Average At Least I Try Hard At Least I Have Fun
6.	Do you get tired of playing it cool sometimes? Yes No I've given up on all that.
7.	Do you go to the party? Yes No
8.	What color was the hi-definition rose light everybody turned into? Rose Rosier No one answers.
9.	What would you feed me?
10.	Would you tell me if I were on fire? Yes No
11.	Who do you steal from? People I know People I don't know Everyone I can No one at all
12.	When you wake in the mornings, how do you keep your dreams?
13.	What do you do when you're by yourself?
14.	If all the objects in your home came alive and attacked you, which would you find most threatening, and why?
15.	Is it cool to have doubts? Yes No
16.	What would you be if you couldn't do what you do? A nomad A tradesperson An astronaut
17.	How does your art-- in its subjects and forms, and in the time you take to eke it out-- interact with the daily responsibilities and cares of life? Wiping noses, tuning up bikes, working at a desk or counter, weeding, praying, answering emails?
18.	When can a question be more than a question?
19.	Is it all worth it? Yes No

So many thanks to William J., Iain Mulder, Mary Rothlisberger, Shawn Sebastian, Kit Kennedy, Jordan Hicks, JoAnna Novak, Jeremy Allan Hawkins, Philip Matthews, Sean Thibodeau, Benjamin Nardolilli, Jay, Joe Milazzo, Adam Peterson, Tamiko Beyer, Sage, Emily, Alec Hershman, Kim Rogers, me2, Sharky, [Anonymous], who all sent in wonderful questions in order to fashion the above sleek and searching customer.

 

 

 

 

 

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