A very interesting energy, buzzing, chatting and the odd “bang bang” … infact as I type the bang bang has become BANG BANG..
Tina Gonsalves – The screen is starting to take shape now – hayley and connor have left for the day – Karl has gone back to London. I have set up the studio next door for tonights shoot. I am getting a bit tired but also know its rare that you have access to such space, help and technology – I need to make the most use of it we can. Gen and Jamie from Lighthouse have been great as always. – helpful. nothing is a problem. Natacha and Michael have been given keys to Lighthouse now – I have a feeling Michael will be here all night – working away – he seems a bit panicked – he is building the ‘guts’ behind the pixy screen – he is an amazing artist/thinker/technologist who makes pretty hi-tech stuff with lo-tech.
We had some great talks today – about space – as in gaps, about stillness, about interventions, about connectedness, sharing. karl’s back ground as an anthropologist is incredibly interesting. He discussed a lot of books and philosophers. Its been great to have him about. I discussed a few future ideas I am trying to get off the ground. Jane has an interest in ‘Liminal spaces’ – she is doing her MA at Brighton and is here to help out for a few weeks. She wants to know more about the project/process and is thinking about writing about it for her dissertation. Natacha talked about a project natacha talked about an artist working with hexagram that embeds the screen into the mirror.
These thoughts are interesting – Michael mentioned a french company that makes video screens that are mirrors. Then It would be nice to explore all of this further. Gordon Brand is here on Thursday, so it will be interesting to discuss things further. I want to see this project shift into something beautiful – more aesthetic, more seductive. More realized than past iterations of the work.
Natacha has found my process of work interesting. She says that the way that I work is very built into the concept of Chameleon. She says I should discuss it more – but its hard to be objective about it when you are in it, and its part of your everyday. I have asked everyone who is taking part in the next two weeks to write about their experience, and hopefully post it to this blog. I hope they do. I want to know what they get out of it. Natacha calls it an iterative process. I am not sure what I call it.
