JAMMING: Collaboration, Cooperation & Chance. The practices that have evolved around cultural production affiliated with textiles are often the outcomes of collaborative and cooperative effort and this has been so throughout history. 'Jamming' is a term most often associated with music making but it also has application in other areas. This is particularly so at a community level. In the past it was often the kind of thing that underpinned the social and cultural capital that gave richness and meaning to community life. Collaboration and cooperation also lead to innovation, the evolution of the new ideas and 'the unlikely' all of which enrich communities and carry them forward. In 2007 The SPINin plans to celebrate the 'collaborative idea' and use it to extend what is imagined might be possible.

Against this background the concept of collaboration and cooperation will underpin the structure and the form of program elements such as demonstrations, workshops, performances etc. Furthermore, by focusing on collaboration and cooperation it is envisaged that this will inject an element of chance into the event and bring about outcomes that otherwise would be improbable.

For The SPINin 2007 it is planned that there will be a series of events and presentations outside The SPINin grounds and marketed as The SPINin's spinOFF PROGRAM. The program is under development and details will be posted on the Website as information and details become available.

Along with The SPINin's final program The spinOFF Program will be announced in October 2006 via this Website.