Wednesday 25th
Tired, its starting to catch up with me. Spend the morning writing an application for Aspex open submission, Emergency 3. Will put this in next week as haven't finished by the time i have to leave (interruptions again!) to head to Brighton. Join the train at Fratton, its quite full so find seat and settle. Am mistaken by conductor for a Rail worker investigating the 'annoying whistle' in that particular carriage. Explain I'm not and talk about AP. Trouble is after he has gone there is an 'annoying whistle' all be it intermittent that i hadn't noticed before. Now i do and it stands out… almost 'tinnitus' in its intrusive presence once noticed, ironic as this is one of the projects i am working on. (Pedantically i notice this noise is hovering around E whereas 'my tinnitus' is B flat )
Thankfully distracted, as i notice red and white granite stones newly laid between the lines from Nutbourne station on-wards. Later this is covered up by a very noisy child who insists on screaming, can't win….
Arrive in Brighton (with headache) and unusually promptly get lost looking for the Gallery, The Lighthouse. Embarrassingly i have to ring and soon find the gallery down near the ACE:SE office. I have come to meet with Dada South and to the showing of a new video work by Sabine Gruhn called 'Nonsense on stilts'. This was a 'go make' commission funded by ACE and commissioned by Dada South and the Lighthouse-Brighton. Catch up with all the Dada staff earlier and with ACE/ Art Plus staff and friends during the evening. The Installation showing is really moving and imaginative and this is followed by the artist talking about her work. Exciting and mainstream….
Informed during the evening that a 'major' gallery have kept one of my interventions on permanent show since i left it back in March. Excited, makes a change from them getting stolen, not that I mind that either. Catch last train home to Portsmouth, mostly uneventful although do chat with one passenger about his life 'journey'.
