Monday, September 23, 2013

Day 7. Sunday. A participative Gazebo. Exhausted. Looking forward to 'normal' work tomorrow.

11.00am got up.

1.30pm Set off to see my old tutor, Fran Cottell's piece in a Gazebo at Spitalfields City Farm.

http://www.happenic.com/main/event/66698/gazebo-fran-cottell-and-kristina-page-little-shadow




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Future Telling in different ways.

Sunday cafe Project.
A Friend to friend drawing our future imagined dwellings.
[Known each other since 14yrs]

Start same. same pen, same latte. same napkins.



Laura's drawing for me.
Depicts a jungle house, a flight away, a river, a boathouse, giraffes and elephants in pairs, studio,
a dark figure.

Mine for Laura. A temporary detachable tent, to take and set up wherever she needs to be, to always have that base, and a studio art-making she takes everywhere with her, not to seperate, and quick escape route by bike or boat from concrete house.


My latte future- theres a person in there doing a headstand.

Coffee cup future- laura says its 'the world'

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Leave Cafe to find Farm. I know where it is,  worked next door in school for a year. Just want to cross railway. 
Ask crazy old man outside £5 plimsoll shoe store, remember they used to be so hip aka 2008.
Shit.

After giving directions, He says 'Slow down, take it easy'.
Strangers keep giving me messages.




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Gazebo
Quare

 Fran Cottell and Kristina Page - little shadow - Sunday 22 Sept

Gazebo Architecture: a functional choreography.
A series of performance  ‘works’  
2-4pm 

Performers are invited to join in at 3pm (no specific skills required)


We arrive at 3.15pm
to this;





fran



unwanted gazebo wrapper


post-performance- used equipment
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last artist photo of the week. find a key and other white objects making a ready made;

Too much  art-think, over-thinking, photos, obsessive recordings and chat by the end. Can't wait to work with normal people tomorrow. Phew.... I don't know how artists handle it.

Saturday, September 21, 2013

Day. 6. Spending Saturday as 'being' an artist. Performing and a bit of proper East End.

11.20 am wake up

 Action 27. 'Listen to your favourite album from start to finish.' [David Blandy]





Research for Action 28. 'Choose a 1-2 min youtube video, record, reenact and upload.'


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6pm

Walk to performance space along the canal.

spot man brushing his teeth. Priya phoned last night to ask if I could brush my teeth for 10 minutes tonight. Coincedence? Managed to take sly photo.


found this scribbled pic on floor. not unlike our aimless scribble.








what event? only the people going to it know.

is it a performance? what do these numbers mean...


wow you can get double expresso shot packets!
this led to lots of questions.
he said it didn't taste nice

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6.50pm
Performers preparing. Was told not to take photos of performances.











pre-performance


post-performance

me, got my toothbrush.
post-performance

post-performance

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Walk home past the Adam and Eve.
Get hauled in to a private 60th Birthday party. 
'Whats the theme? '
'20's you idiot!'









the landlady. 

 I tried jellied eels in a bucket.
Cat food.