Prototype market

We came prepared with

• the abandoned materials/wasted banners I made
• the booklet kristen made
• a wasted sign (on newspaper) that george made

Which we set up by the entrance to the market room itself, and also started up a timelapse inside to film the prototype market.

We were made aware that people coming up the stairs wouldn't now exactly where to go, and that we should make use of the whole area at the top of the stairs. (Also to research The Welcoming Party, think about colour/props/music?)

In order to use the space better, we moved the table with the booklets to directly at the top of the stairs, and hung an arrow and the origami wasted sign on it; put the newspaper wasted sign and another arrow on the wall up the stairs, as well as an arrow pointing right to the entrance (where we left the abandoned materials banner). 

The table with the booklets is also right by the exit door, which means people can hand us the booklets when they're done to be reused for new people coming in. This also made us think about how we could use the number of booklets to dictate how many people enter the market at one time. Would they go in a group? Would that create a bottleneck and what would we do with those people - maybe they can sit and watch the video of the prototype market/ people making things while they wait.

When people from the other markets came around to look they generally came up to me (I was the only one at the desk at the time) and I explained our booklet and then directed them in the direction they should go in. Everyone seemed to think the booklet was a good idea and they liked it. They also really liked the sign on the wall up the stairs. Some people just ignored me and walked around the corner but they followed the arrows, so it was clear at least?

Then I went to look at the other markets. They were generally a lot less cohesive - I wasn't sure where to walk in or if there was a specific entrance (especially on C floor - I didn't even realise there was something in the pit), and some of the groups weren't really engaging, I wasn't sure if they were a stall or just a group sitting discussing things. I think it helped for us having a smaller space rather than being really spread out. Some of the individual stalls were good though - I particularly liked the terrarium happy place, the choose-your-own-adventure game and the dentention one (though I didn't actually participate because I couldn't think of a story to write). Some of the simpler things like playdoh and drawing on things were nice too, though could be made a bit more interesting somehow.

Then we got together and discussed what else we should do, and what to do over the holidays