It’s day four and I’m coming to the end of the first week of the residency. The sun is out today. We’ve had more people coming in and for the first time a volunteer has come by to help promote the space and the park, leaving me some time to get to grips with the wealth of material on the different types of butterfly species.
I also have been given a key to the park and a personal tour with Carol, her kids and volunteer Jean-Pierre who takes photographs of the park. There are little in the way of butterlflies there as of yet but still there are a lot of other signs of life coming through. The soil is laced with lime, tiny stones and pieces of glass here and there. Cats have year round free access.
Otherwise workshops are looking good with a local film maker on board to help out with shooting and editing. Just waiting for group confirmation! A lot of work for me appears to be organisation together with a frantic period of production near the end. I think it will be the case with this residency.
I am also helping to put together a show for my london studio Hatch Space. It is a strong show with a lot of good work being made for the first time. I will put on small snippets of info as I get them confirmed but I hope that the artists will get some well deserved acclaim for their efforts!
In the meantime I am looking forward to making new systems, poems and living a partial hermit-like existance in the Butterfly Park.
