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| bit of sky in hackney library square. Think budget James Turrell. |
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| Warning on stairs on way up to Library. |
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| bloody Hackney saving money expert session, for non-broke non-public, lots of free nibbles, name labels and blank faces. no computer/printers allowed, and 'scanner is broken anyway' |
Dear artist, for project- trying to be artist - can you text me a daily action/ task/ routine, that a cliche of an artist does. I will do it tomorrow. Thanks Sadie
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First Reply came through;
'watch paint dry'
from Ansuman Biswas
Sam Hacking 'Eh?! I don't understand that text'.
Kate Spence text 1. 'Be late for everything and litter your conversations with quotes from Sartre'
text 2. 'Paint a watercolour landscape'
Nat Pimlott 'Look at the sky whistfully'
Rena Meyer Wiel 'Meditation and encouraging a child you didn't know before!'
Zoe Charaktinou 'Paint something whilst being whimsical. Oh and wear clothes full of (accidental) paint marks.'
Ram Samocha 'Scrabble when you talk on the phone'.
Priya Mistry 'Not a cliche, take time to; Day Dream. I'd commit 25% of your awake time to imagining all manner of fantastical things and sexy possibilities.
Priya Sudani 'Wake up. Look out the window. Meditate and write the first bits of thought of the morning, the note book has to be special in someway... Reflect on this writing in years to come.'
Lee Borthwick'Makes tea and long lists of tasks often featuring doodles using an inky black pen (looks more sophisticated)
Una Hamilton 'Sits in their studio staring at the wall!'
Louise Ashcroft 'Drink Absinthe. Cut off your ear. Destroy your work in a fit of rage. Visit prostitutes who you also paint pictures of, wear a beret, break rules, avoid cliches...'
Harriet Jones 'Wear a paintbrush in your hair'
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Then sent this email;
Hello,
This week I am spending a week being an artist.
I felt this was the right thing to do for lots of reasons.
Today I am asking other artists to tweet me a routine/ task or daily action they see as part of an artists day.
It can either be a cliche or pastiche of an artist, or something that you do, or something you think I should do.
Please email me any tasks or actions.
Today I am just doing these actions.
And live tweeting them here; https://twitter.com/SadieEdginton
And recording everything here;
Started to recieve emails;
Andre Verissimo:
wake up, have two sips of a glass of warm water.
then stand in a place facing outside, preferably towards the sun (even if cloudy)
-shake ur body gently as if listening to slow tecno- 2 min
-rotate both arms in full circle- going up breath in, going down breath out- 10 times
-move your arms slowly as if wings of a bird- going up breath in (nose) going down breath out (mouth).
-seat down in silence breathing slowly
In all of them when u breath in first fell up lower lungs, as if filling up ur tummy and then upper chest.
Jasmine:
I would suggest would be writing lots of lists and creating an evolving manifesto
Gerald Curtis:
For one morning I want you to go swimming, until lunch time. Then after lunch I want you to make a piece of work from your experience of swimming in a medium of your choice. You might also want to record things in situ for use during this time.
You have until the end of the day to make something or a series of outcomes. Then during the morning of the next day go through your work and decide on your strongest piece. Write down why it is strong and if you have made any that you are not pleased with, destroy them as you please (send them to people etc). Spend no more than 1-2 hours on this task. Then I tweeted people;
Dear artists, for project …http://spendingaweekbeinganartist.blogspot.co.uk/ can you tweet me a routine, action or task, that an artist does. I will do it tomorrow.
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