Magnetic Fields opened up an experimental environment to explore collective forms of authorship, introducing students to chance-based processes of production and taking the Surrealist process of the exquisite corpse as its point of departure.
In the autumn term of 2015, Art School invited artists John Beattie and Sven Anderson and writer Michael West to work in partnership with art teacher Anne Deeney Walker, English teacher Thomas Ahern and the students of Scoil Chonglais, Baltinglass, for two full-day workshop sessions each. Magnetic Fields developed a working environment in which the students created fragments of imagery, texture, and narrative, exploring collective authorship and learning about the collaborative and at times unpredictable nature of many contemporary creative processes.