This week I am off work and preparing for my next performance at Gallery Jangva in Helsinki, Finland. I go in two weeks time and with a lot of personal stuff going on in my life I am struggling to get the simplest things done. My biggest challenges have been organising my travel as Easy Jet no longer fly from Manchester to Helsinki. I have now got this sorted although it is costing me more money, as I have to fly from London to get the best deal. My next task is to send a life size cardboard cut-out of myself to the gallery. When I originally had the piece made I could have had it constructed to fold down although I didnt like the visible crease across the centre. Now I am regretting not doing this, as it would have made it easier and cheaper to post. After the car not starting this morning and then walking into town with this unusually large object the post office then inform me that it is too big to post. I was furious, as I had been to the post office the previous week to get a quote with the specific dimensions, which at the time seemed possible to send. I guess one out of two isn’t bad and I am considering folding the cardboard cut-out myself just to get it out there. Hindsight is great although I never thought I would be taking Miss Eventé abroad. When I arrive in Helsinki the next day myself and Anna will be going to her summerhouse out in the forest. We plan to make some work together although it’s hard to think what without actually being there. I want to promote my performance and the event at Gallery Jangva and I am thinking of ideas for different mini public performances.
Walk the streets with cardboard cut-out
Try and recreate pose in the same costume
Music plays as I walk/dance (music on mobile)
Hand out gift bags with show details
Direction cards of scenery, which is not there
Rehearse/mark out performance in silence in busy public spaces with notice advertising dates of actual performance
