We left the summer house on Wednesday although late on tuesday I did manage to realise my ‘follow the bear’ visual landmark. I did feel a little silly and questioned why I wanted to do it. Then I just had to go through with it after it took me two hours to make the sign and I did not want to leave the house with any regrets. Anna helped set up my costume, photographed and videoed the piece. Anna found my performance costume funny and thought I looked like I was directing people to free beer. It was strange having the box on my head and feeling the cars drive past me. I may have to send a picture of this to the beer makers, if Cindy Sherman can get sponsored by MAC make up then why not? It took a few hours to pack away and tidy up the house, then another six and a half hour drive back to Helsinki. I have since been preparing for The Evente and freaked myself out by watching the video documentation of it last night. It is very strange watching myself on video, it’s like looking at someone I don’t know. Today I have been re-watching the video and getting to know Miss Evente all over again. I felt much better after practising in the gallery and physically marking out my routine. The gallery event is going to be really busy and they are expecting around 200 people to come. This will be the biggest crowd I have performed to and I just hope everyone can see the piece. All galleries in Helsinki will be open until 10pm on Friday night and I would like to try and get to see some other work I will just have to see how the night unfolds.
Helsinki Festival, The Night of the Arts: http://www.helsinginjuhlaviikot.fi/en/taiteiden-yo
