A bit of a gap since my last post I know but trying to upload images and realising I needed to resize them was enough to make the enthusiasm drain out of me and I put it off till another day. Good news though, the children's centre got back to me and would love to be involved so we're just trying to set a date for that. With their input I feel much more confident that I'm fulfilling my ACE requirements. I can sleep easy at night at last.
For some reason (the feel of Spring in the air), I've had a real surge of resolve and focus and stormed ahead contacting people and catching up on opportunities. The recordings I've been working on are off with a friend who's collating them onto DVD. Alas the old camcorder finally packed in and I bit the financial bullet and bought a new one which I can download straight into the computer. The weekend was spent following up contacts with the Salisbury Arts Centre and Salisbury Arts Trail to see if I can piggy back onto their programme to exhibit an installation in a domestic dwelling later in the year- no answer yet – and I've even mowed the lawn and cleaned the bathrooms.
Last week I had the luxurious indulgence of leaving the children with a sitter and attending a talk by Alistair Gentry on documentary making – I also got to see Jordan Baseman's Dark Is The Night on at Artsway in the New Forest. It really helped to crystallise what I want to do with the sound recordings I've made. All in all I feel that finally my thoughts are solidifying, fed by all the extra info I've absorbed from seeing shows, chatting to people, getting advice etc. I need to do some sound recordings at night – both indoors and out and begin working to juxtapose them with the voices I've collected, but it's beginning to come together.
