Today we had our first workshop with the people from the turn around centre. We decided not to go straight into creating work with them but to play some games and get to know each other a bit better. I think before we met them many of us has stereotypes in our mind of what these 'youth offenders' would be like and what their interests would be. When we started the games however, they all contributed in some way and we all seemed to get along. I could tell that some of them would need some more time to get comfortable in this environment and to be able to take it seriously, but mostly they seemed really enthusiastic. I think this helped some of us to feel more excited about the project and to let go of some of those stereotypes we may have had.
After the games session we showed them around the school to all the main points they would need and to show them the facilities we have access to. They seemed to really warm to our school environment and were interested in all the different things we had going on.
After the tour we discussed what kind of work we would like to create. One of them told us about how he had lots of film ideas that he would like to explore and another said they would like to write and record some music. I think this was surprising for us to see they had so much passion about it and had so many things they wanted to do. I got the sense that most of them were interested in creating a film as opposed to a live performance, but I think it be great if we could find a way of combining both. Overall I think it was a really positive session and I look forward to creating work with them.
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