Paidblog:
Alas, still no money through. I guess when a bigger amount is transferred the bank like to hold onto it for a bit longer to make themselves some money.
Linzblog:
An incredible weekend.. to the house of a local artist up north, a gorgeous 18th century cottage with a huge garden and orchards looking out over hills and hills and hills. Beautiful. Also discovered that Stephan is an amazing cook, so we were fed on gourmet titbits all weekend while we lounged on sunbeds and deckchairs reading through his collection of art magazines. Bliss, and a much needed break from the Salzamt. Living and working in the same building is fantastic, intense, productive, but also too much after a while! On Saturday there was a trip to Atterseee (one of the big lakes in the Salzkamergutt area.) and swimming in very clear water followed by smoked makerel from a little wooden hut by the Danube on the way back. Sunday night and Monday I spent in Vienna, while Stephan collected some large prints for the next exhibition here. I went to see Mind Expanders, Performative Bodies – Utopian Architecture at MUMOK
http://www.mumok.at/program/exhibitions/mind-expan…
Very relevant to my work at the moment and really meaty stuff. Very nice to see some work of Austrian/German artists that don’t get shown much in the UK. Valie Export is a new favourite.
Cy Twombly was also on and I was surprised how much I enjoyed that.. especially the sculptures and photographs, or maybe it was the mix of everything. Made me realise I too am guilty of putting artists into neat boxes (it’s just what I am fed, sorry!!).
I also had a good walk round, went into some of the commercial galleries – really nothing I could recommend unfortunately. A walk past the Secession building sent a shudder through me as I relived working at the Tate during the Klimt exhibition last year. Thank god it was closed Mondays so I didn’t have to decided whether to go in or not… although they do have contemporary art as well as the Beethoven frieze! My Tate staff card actually gets me in everywhere free… well almost, somtimes you have to pay 50 cents (tax?). This in incredible, changes the way you look at exhibitions, how long you spend and also saved me at least 40 euros.
Yesterday we spent four hours sorting out the flyer for the upcoming exhibition. Uck. A struggle working with a group of headstrong artists with whom relationships are still fairly new, but we have an image. Just need a title now… oh dear! My cardboard idea for the image was the one we ended up using, so I was very glad about that..
Anxious about time/work/finshing/whether what I’m making is a pile of crap or not, but just doing it now – it’s too late for too much worrying.
