Day 2
Enjoyed a steady day exploring the rules within the space, emptying my over-packed box of tricks, delighted that I had brought a copy of 501 scientific experiments. Made several large sketch pads. I want a blackboard, something visible but transient, non permanent. Something physical that we, the visitors and myself, can work on together.
I arrive with a plan to gather visitor opinion on whether ‘we the people’ have a voice. There are expectations to engage and to be engaging but haven’t decided how to gather this information, Vox Pop, video booth, interview, written, drawn responses, voice workshop, I have until Thursday to decide. Will find out how quickly I can place an ad in the local rag.
Realised that overnight I had translated ‘Love the extraordinaire’ into ‘embrace’ it/he/her. I think of celebrity worship followed by a gratuitous leap to stalking, unrequited love, ritualised adoration, ceremony, sacrifice. A meeting with Outi Remes, fleshes out the curatorial intentions of the selection. ‘React’ was chosen in preference to ‘research’, selected to promote more spontaneity. ‘Extraordinaire’ as opposed to ‘extraordinary’ for specificity but not intended to be limiting. ‘God’ in rule number four is quite overwhelming- What God, Whose God, Is there a God? Do the people have a voice? I download images of the Stop the War March (2003)
