1. Do a little research. I was asked by Constant to be a respondent for the Lining of Forgetting, a two-day seminar about archiving that was organised as part of VJ7. This meant that I was supposed to lead a discussion with the invited guests. So the first thing I did was to find out about the guests. They were: De Geuzen, who are a group of women from the Netherlands; Anja Westerfrölke, an Austrian artist; Nomeda and Gediminas Urobonas, two Lithuanian artists; Jorge Blasco Gallardo, an artist from Spain; and Nathalie Trussart, a Doctoral candidate from Belgium. All of them were working with the idea of archives, though from very different standpoints.
2. Write your questions. Make them about what you want to know. Don’t make them too complicated because they might be confusing.
3. Go to the seminar. I took notes while people were speaking so that I could adapt my questions to the discussion.
4. Ask your questions. Listen to the answers.
5. After the seminar, write a report based on your notes. Give it to the seminar organisers ( I gave mine to Constant)