BS: So how would you say your role has changed at Techniquest over the years?
HW Oh God. Done most things at Techniquest. For, phase one, I was,
the main person on maintenance. But I only did it my lunchtimes running across
town from the University, so I didn't put that much time into it except at
weekends. Eventually we took on Gareth Smith to, to do that. So, so I, I designed
and built the exhibits and I was involved in the maintenance. When we moved
into phase 2, it was coordinating the workshop to do that sort of work, but
also putting together what, is now called the Public Programmes on the education
side. At that time Brian Delf was talking to schools about what schools wanted
from a place like Techniquest. And it, Techniquest's approach has always been
to go out to the, to the people you're trying to reach and find out what they
want, and then give them it, rather than trying to thrust what you think they
need on them. So, yeah, I've, I've, my role has developed from that. My role
as exhibitions director was getting more removed from the actual fabrication
of things mainly because the people who we can afford to employ now are better
at it than I am. You should see some of the horrible things we put out in
phase 1. We'd never get away with it now.
