It’s a lovely sunny morning and I am working outside. I bought some colourful A4 card from the supermarket and started marking up grids, and cutting out letters for my ‘Follow the bear’ sign. Anna translated this into Finnish which reads ‘Seuraa karhua’. I wasn’t fully prepared for making a sign in the forest and I had to scavenge for something to stick the letters down. I managed to find a small amount of invisible tape and some blue tac. Anna has been working in the house on the computer researching and writing her proposal. Since being at the summer house we have spoken about our individual ways of working and how they compare. I am very structured generally starting my day writing, taking pictures and reflecting on ideas. I don’t like to over think what I’m doing too much as on the whole if I do the work isn’t very good. I guess this is why most artists I know have a number of ideas, projects on the go at once. I would rather compare my process of working to finding a rhythm and flow rather than a rigid structure. Anna saturates herself in reading, cooking, pottering around, making and doing in relation to the house. She tends to work towards fewer projects although they are larger in scale. Please follow this link to read Anna Puhakka’s blog:
http://believeinprocess.blogspot.com/
Anna had assumed that both our practices were similar when in fact they are very different. We haven’t managed to make any work together, although we did talk about making a music video. This will be quite challenging to do in one night after a few ciders. Both of us have immersed ourselves in our own individual work. This has made it difficult to make something together as when we are not working we like to relax in each others company. So far my text based sign is made and the bear-box-head is ready to go. I may use colourful bunting to wrap around my legs or simply wear black, holding the sign with one hand, pointing with the other wearing my bear-box on my head.
