Erik at wip:sthlm has been wonderful in getting everything sorted out so that I have the studio from 1 August.
I can’t quite believe how well it is all working out. After meeting Erik and seeing the studio on Wednesday afternoon I agreed to take it for the three months. On Thursday afternoon I was able to collect the keys and leave my details for the contract to be drawn up.
The studio is great; big, clean, light. The windows are double-glazed and there are radiators. It makes my studio in London look very poor.
I said hello to my studio neighbour and two other artists. It is fairly quiet there at the moment as most Swedes take summer holidays in July.
The bookshop is an open area immediately inside one of the entrances, it is clean, neat and full of books. I can’t imagine that a studio with nearly 100 artists could have such a bookshop in London or anywhere in the UK.
The studios are divided into four ‘zones’, each zone has a large shared kitchen and toilets, there’s even a shower.
The studios are on the second and third floor of a large modern industrial building on the south-west edge of the city centre. And even though I will be staying on the south-east side of Stockholm it shouldn’t take more than 30 minutes form door to door. I’ll find out this afternoon when I go there …..
