it seems press and marketing deadlines are closing in on both sides of the pond, writing a press release for Writing Live is fairly simple, but we need to promote that at the same time as the education programme we are running alongside it. Only problem is we have not come up with press worthy catchy name and are still trying to resolve what the education programme will actually be-…is it educational-ie are we teaching the others something that we and they may not already know or be experienced in-, or is it non-hierarchical with mary, rebecca and i learning alongside the other writers (that seems the best option we think), but how to balance this peer element with the fact that we are leading on the workshop, setting the excersises and supposed to be providing something new for the writers; even if that something is an intense learning experience and opportunity to be work together on performa 07.
no doubt this will all be sorted soon, but given that we set off in 13 days and that the press release and marketing activity is an important part of our arts council funding , equally, staff at Performa need to let readers, visitors and conference academics about Writing Live and the workshops; never mind invite peoplel) so for now all our thoughts are working out a suitable remit and agreeable content for the Writing Live : Unpicked, Unravelled? …programme (the name Boot Camp is (sadly) becoming less realistic as fears about being overly ‘teacher-like’ or militaristic are surfacing amongst us.
perhaps the real worry at the moment is that mary and i have wired $700 to an unknown virtual person named ‘alex’ in new york for the hire of his appartment in greenwhich village. we found the appartment on the US online version of ‘Loot’ and if that wasnt worrying enough, we have yet to actually speak in person or find out if his appartment is actually a real place…still, this is apparently the way things are done in The Big Apple and Greenwhich village looks nice in the photos, as does the appartment. We just hope the appartment isnt still so ‘virtual’ when we arrive in NY! ill post photo’s of the appt once ‘alex’ gets back in touch to confirm he got the money…fingers crossed….
