Today we took some of the panels round the corner to the wall where they will be installed. We have enough ply wood to cover the first 3 sections of wall (pictured), right to the roof.
We are thinking the pieces look better jumbled up, as the five ‘petal’ design we have been working with is maybe too much like a 70’s tile, too much like a flower. Folke also had the idea to put a couple of empty panels strips along the bottom, so the wax has space to run onto, and now we are thinking to scatter empty panels into the whole mural but with more at the bottom. I would like some of the panels towards the third wall to be left empty altogether, so that squares of the graffiti can be seen, and the mural fades out into the wall behind. We can test these ideas during the installation.
Spent the day helping 3 members of Bruit du Frigo – a French collective dedicated to the study of the city through participatory, artistic and cultural initiatives – to build a cámara oscura. The box (pictured) will be attached onto a trailer and wheeled around Grünau by a bicycle. There is room for two people to sit inside, with a box of popcorn and get a tour of their neighbourhood upside down.
Starting to get even more of a feel for Grünau now I had my bike stolen from in front of our noses. Sorry Paul.
Lazy Sunday. Nothing to report.
Took the opportunity to take a walk around Lindenau, the neibourhood just east of Grunau. It was until the late 1880’s a marsh, then the canal was built, and the land built on. There are allot of project spaces here and a vibrant theater scene.
Today an impromptu visit from a group of school children, who after their drama class which took place on the lawn outside our work space, called in to see what we are doing. In the afternoon, Ivana came again to help (pictured). She told me that Leipzig’s lakes are filled in coal mines. This explains why there were so many cotton mills.
Later ‘square’ dancing by a local dance group who performed as part of the festival as a way of getting more people involved.
