Brilliant! – I’ve just had the dates confirmed for a show in Norway. So long as I can get everything together before I go on holiday I’ll still have time for a dry run in the studio before I make the installation on site.
This year has been incredible. I looked back over my diary this morning and was amazed at how much I’ve achieved in the last six months. No wonder it feels like so much longer than it’s actually been. This time last year I’d not long been to the Venice Biennale, and that feels like an age ago.
All the things I’ve done seem to have happened ‘naturally’. One thing has almost seamlessly led to the next. It hasn’t felt like that before.
I’m a bit concerned about the number of surveys and valuations that are being carried out on the studio building. We’ve had a very good deal for the past few years and I accept that the Landlord wants to sort things out, however it looks like it might be a bit more serious. The building is one of two former furniture depositories – the other building was converted into flat last year, but planning permission was turned down for our building due to it’s proximity to the houses behind it. I wonder if the Landlord isn’t interested in non-residential properties. Our building is in a pretty poor state and although we’d appreciate some fundamental repairs and remedial work we don’t want it redeveloped.
I really like being there – there’s a great atmosphere and everyone gets on well.
