This time next week I’ll be in Stockholm preparing for Supermarket Art Fair. I’m getting there a bit early (two days) because I know that I need time to settle before starting work. We start the actual setting up of the stand and my installation on Tuesday. I’ve seen pictures of where it will be- it’s a narrower space than I imagined. This means the work could be deeper and more cube like, I’ll make that decision when I’m actually there. Last week I bought a suitcase for the piece and this morning I started packing. I called BA just to check that it’s alright to pack ‘art materials’ in luggage, of course they said it’s fine – I didn’t explain that the materials are several hundred (thousand?) meters of gay porn videotape. Does checked in luggage get x-rayed like cabin baggage?
I started looking at the list of other exhibitors and found some very interesting organisations and groups. Now that I’m establishing myself in Sweden I want to be a bit more focussed on meeting people and finding out what they do. There are a couple of artists’ clubs and joining one (or two) would be a good way to meet more artists and it would also force me to improve my Swedish.
It’s all very good timing as a piece of work that is currently in Stockholm might be the one chosen for a group show in London in March. So I can take Play over there and bring Glory back!
