I wanted to research the subject amongst different age groups - from primary school children to old people (9 to 90 years old). I prepared questionnaires, tested them and then gave them out to primary schools, secondary schools, a university and a care house in SE1 area in London. In questionnaires I asked people what is originality, to write the word 'original' and to draw something original. I got 101 questionnaires back, which means I gathered 101 definitions of originality, 101 writings of the word 'original' and 101 original drawings.

I wanted to investigate a process of creating something original, so I did a live exhibition. I wanted to create an original artwork created by many people and have a great source of research for my final project as well as a very original outcome.
In a corridor, at London College of Communication I stuck one, blank, A4 piece of paper on the right hand side of the wall and one A4 paper saying: 'Original story. A story, that begins at the end and finishes at the beginning, drawn by many people. Add something to this original story and then print your name below'. So when people would look at the final piece, they would see the last drawing first and they could see the process of how people were inspired by others. I asked random people to draw something original, and in the meantime I was putting up more paper on the left hand side of the previous drawing. I told people they could continue the story or they could draw something completely different. At the end people could draw over someone else's drawings, adding something new to the story. During over 2 hours over 100 people drew something original.

Participants really enjoyed taking part in this experiment.