Finally the sun has made a come back and I get the video footage I want. It is a cloudy day although this has added to the mystery of what is behind the blind. The sun gently fades in and out creating an abstract image which on this occasion is not recognisable as leaves and branches. On full brightness the blind becomes smouldering embers or a burning piece of paper. Intermittently the movement is disrupted by the still image as the light fades. Sitting outside drinking my tea I hear the rustle of the leaves and life buzzing around me. I would like to record the sound of the forest and have this playing alongside the video of the domestic blind. I feel I am observing and recording life animations. This has come up in my work before the desire to use what is already in the world as material and a fascination with the way things move through space. The T.V and the domestic blind videos, are they a poetic, playful take on the way we consume images in our homes? It felt really good to have got the footage on DV tape which made me feel re-energized for the day ahead. I did some chores around the house such as washing up outside on the veranda, collecting wood, and drawing water from the well. I had a walk to the nearest shop which is around two miles up on the main road. It’s funny when you are not sure as to were you are going the journey seems longer. I eventually find the store and on the way back I make a wrong turn not recognising any familiar visual land marks. I turn back and realise were I went wrong. At a fork in the road my natural instinct was to veer left. However in Finland people drive on the right which eventually lead me back to the house.
Just received good news, my cardboard cut-out has arrived at Gallery Jangva!
