Small Talk Starters Kit
A rollable, foldable
construction that supports five woodcut Rorschach's (ink-blots) to
give ideas to start small talk. Based upon following remark of a
Norwegian “We are not good at small talk”. The reasoning behind
this value statement intrigued me. Is it true? How to find out why?
Could it be the nature? Is there more need for personal space because
there is so much space? Juggling with these and other questions I
came to following: The nature in the
Norwegian fjords resembles Rorschach's. Rorschach's are used to
understand the human psyche. Can they be used to understand the
nature of Norwegians? And will a rollable, foldable construction
create the needed personal space?
Centered around the Small Talk Starters Kit the local
population shared their small talks, songs, bites, jokes and drinks in
Norway's
First Small Talk Festival, Storhaug, Ålvik, Norway
