I have now moved to Gloucester and have officially started the residency. Well I actually moved last Sunday the 15th and slept in this new house for two nights but had to go back to Brighton on Tuesday. The move was good and not much of a problem, but managed to forget most of the things that I need. Luckily Gloucester is not to far and I can go back and collect things as and when I need them.
Is been a very busy time for me at the moment, too much going on. I know I shouldn’t complain I should be happy that I could work and do my work.
I was asked by the Director of the National Gallery in Macedonia to propose a project for the 53rd Venice Biennale, which will be assessed by the Ministry of Culture in Macedonia. I believe there are 10 other artists who have been proposed to give an idea and this will then be taken to a shortlist and one lucky person will be going to Venice next year. This is an amazing opportunity but am trying no to get too high about it, as there is still long way to go. I hope to find by the end of the summer who will be the lucky one.
So this is why I had to go back to Brighton to try and finish the proposal and send it to the NGM on time. The office here in the new house wasn’t really set up, I didn’t have broadband and my laptop was being cleaned and reinstalled by a friend in London.
Now I am back in Gloucester I have started slowly to get things working. I have an office and a desk in my new house with working computer and I can get on line. Is amazing how much depending we become to technology and find that we cannot do with out it. Isn’t that remarkable, how did I manage just few years back when I didn’t really have all this technology!!!!
On my first day here, yesterday I really got to know people and they new of me very quickly. I managed in 1 hour after arriving to break the front door key. It was very weird how it happen, I just put the key into the lock to open the door and tried to turn it and the key snap, but the bit of the key stayed inside the lock, so you can just imagined…. And all this happened just after I’ve been back to the office where I had a meeting and have forgotten my mobile, so I when to collect my mobile and in 5 min when back to ask for help. Luckily they managed to get the reminder of the key out without calling for locksmiths.
So not a very good start of the week but got to know few people.
