Annoyed with myself for not having really considered the sound in the installation. I realised this week that I couldn't have. I hadn't gathered enough material. With Paul agreeing to talk I have got the confidence and ideas to go and pick the sounds. The crane slewing bell, that repeated mobile phone ring I keep hearing, J&M Morrison's lyrics (boom shakka lakka) in my head these are all starting to link together. Tomorrow I talk to the media guy at the Herbert for his advice on the recording and editing.
With only 8 weeks before the opening the studio is now plastered with wet prints and the box dimensions have been delivered to Rob who is building my boxes. My first 'employee' and a good reminder that I can't do all of the work for these projects on my own now with family committments, much less time and with out all the neccessary skills. Admin is taking up time too, writing interpretative text sorting out another CRB check. So it feels good to have the prints underway, but difficult to envisage them together in three dimensions in my studio- which is a fraction of the size of the gallery. Next job to book a space to set them out and view from a far.
