on insurance
it is because i am going to borrow 10 projectors and dvd player and put them in artists' studios for a week and have a private view on 26th april, i decided i will insure the event – and guess what, i will have to pay for public liability and event property cover and still have to sleep in the building! because the insurance company is not covering in case of theft in unattended space… of course i dont have money to pay 24 hour security and all the equipment i got for free from various friends – i cannot live with the idea that something can get stolen while not insured – and still i have to stay in the building over night for a week, just because there is no other way for the time being…
on the bright side, eveything else is coming up really nicely: rob worley of free form is making sure i'll get the boards for the projector/dvd mounts. today i finished filming artists' eyes. windows are clean :) still have to buy hooks and chains for mounts. from sunday, i'm fixing screens. from wednesday, projector mounts… just sent short version of press release to several mailing lists and everybody seems to be very excited about the project :)
on washing windows
i developed a special technique for this task: soak and scrub :) and it is as hard as i thought it will be… i was washing windows today in alistair kendry's studio. because the windows are very big, some of the artists painted them over so the amout of light it not overwhelming… hard manual labour is sometimes quite interesting… it gave me space to think why do i wash windows on a building that is scehduled to be demolished in less than couple of months…
it is not my intention to make a sterile screen… but the paint that covered some of the windows was really in the way of creating two lines of projections. i'll leave the rest of the windows as they are… it is nice to see trace of artists existance in the building.
there's one more studio which windows are painted over… that's tomorrow and maybe one more afternoon…
in the meantime, i'm waiting for an insurance company to give me a quote. i'd like to insure all the projectors and dvd players… fingers crosse di'll be able to afford it.
email teaser is out: this week one opened eye, next week one closed eye, the week after that full invite and then a day before the private view a reminder… oh, have just heard some publications are going to write about the project – both online and in print. heavy fires of marketing, it's got to be done :)
fliming, more filming next week… have to be careful with light! the material i have filmed so far has different light from eye to eye… i'm not sure if this will prove to be problematic since the building has a streetlight right in front of the facade… which means a lot of uncontroalble light and low contrast as a result… hm. i think i dreamed last night about low lumens projectors… so much about hopes and fears for this project :)
now, quickly move to postcard design for open studio weekend 18th, 19th, 20th may – frixos and i gave it a name: OPEN END – in interactive narratives, there is an option of open end – an end that is not determined, that is not the end at all :) i like this word play, hopefully it will be welcomed by everybody involved in the open studios.
errr, just wrote everything i had on my mind for this entry and then i did not upload it :( and it's lost. well, next time copy and paste into text editor as this media is super unstable…
so, i reflected on the stuff i bought and what else needs to be bought – i'll go in about an hoeu to see alexei's mount to idetify what i need to fix projectors to a ceiling and i still need to buy, probably some adhesive tape to fix curtains i bought yeaterday.
i'm very gratefull to everybody who helped – already made credits list for my web site – i'll upload it closer to the event… it was a meeting with frixos and vasiliki this saturday at the building, that reminded me how many people selflessly helped the project so far :) thank you all.
then, i wrote about postcard – digital version is finished and now i need to make a list of people who i'd like to invite + to send it out to several mailing lists… that should help marketingwise. i decided not to print invites… we'll see but i'd like to have printed material next time. for private view i'll have A4 press release and postcards will be sent by email.
video is moving slowly – there's still no click, but it is maybe because i did not do a test with two stripes of eyes to simulate the projection. also, have to remind artists about new shoot next week…
