the visit now seems very real. i can relax and look forward to the weekend, all the necessary care for pets and children are in place and the maps of grizedale have been looked at and mulled over.
i can’t remember just how much detail i’ve gone into about how we arrived at visiting grizedale. it was a long period of searching online to find somewhere to visit after our choice in the application was affected by some unforeseen circumstances.
there of course was a great benefit in those unforeseen circumstances as we discovered more and more activities and endeavours happening around the uk. along that path we discovered big lunch extras at the eden project too.
somehow we arrived at where it all began. grizedale being the first place in the uk to make a collection of site specific art. (1)
this week i’ve spent sometime on the mighty fine archive site set up for grizedale through a phd ship. one of the best bits of the site are the podcasts of some of the artists talking about their work made at grizedale. for me hearing the artist speak is always so much better than reading what they have said. for me to hear their intenation, their pauses, their moments of realisation about something act as increases in the arc of the door to understanding.
i really recomend the grizedale archive site http://www.grizedalearchive.org/
