rolling my dung, in four acts

Today we finally finalized the last details regarding the exhibition at St Lukes Church in Liverpool.

We will put up the show on the 28th and it will open on the 30th of May until the 13th of June.

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Yesterday I met with Vanessa Bartlett, the curator of "The Liar, the Witch and the Wardrobe", the group exhibition at the Bridewell Gallery, Liverpool. I now have a big handfull of fliers for that. I like being in print.

The private view for this show is on the 6th of June, opening to the general public on the 7th.

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And this morning I found out that I am getting a fee for the exhibition at Hope University which will run for the duration of "Big Hope" the international conference. We also agreed on getting some material printed to accompany the exhibition (4 page A3 newspaper style, including 6 projects, 1 poster and general information on me).

That show will start from the 30th of May as well.

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I am happy with the progress considering that the year started off to a tough start. Now the progress curve just needs to pick up sharp, verticalascent preferred.

progress is on target

Now I am seeking another Artists Assistant (a volunteer). If anyone would like to get involved then please contact me through my myspace or call me on 07761139340.

All coffees will be on me and if it will be useful for you then I will write you a reference, too.

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favorite artists

..it may not seem so revelationary to you, but it just put a smile on my face when I noticed that most of my favorite contemporary artists are female!

I am pleased because I had for a long time believed myself to be a misogynist in gender confusion..

Tamy Ben-Tor, Mika Rottenberg, Pipilotti Rist, Lisa Abdul
and also Shirin Neshat and Tacita Dean.
(And there are still some men in my list, but I'll add them later)

Oh what a relief..
It's been a long time of being so focused on the male of the world..

THis is good news.

the artists is falling into balance…

Exhibition preparations for St.Luke's = on target

Exhibition preparations for the Bridewell Gallery = on target

Exhibition preparations for "Big Hope" = on target

All is 100% on target. impressive

(there is still plenty of work to do, but for now I am 100% on target. I say it one more time because it is so rare one gets a chance: 100% On Target!)

Yesterday was spent travelling to Leeds to get some work done at the 'Film Lab North'. I can only recommend them highly. They are also £75 an hour cheaper than the equivalent lab in Soho. (Which is only useful for you to know if you live in equal proximity to both.)

I have had my cine film digitized using a machine that costs 1 million pounds. Now THAT is madness. But if you had seen it you would bellieve it. A massive, really absolutely massive piece of equipment.

So here goes thanks to Mark and Glenn from the Film Lab North who charged me for an hour, even so I was actually there for 2! And like as if that wasn't already enough they lent me their hard-drive to take the digitized work home with me (there had been a glitch and I hadn't been told to bring mine, which nearly cost me the remainder of my already dwindling bundle of nerves..). I am flattered to be so trusted.

I saw the Quay Brothers's Euridice in the Leeds ARt Gallery. In one word: Inspiring.

I got ideas for another project, a poetic quiet, beautiful project. So there is my work planned until pretty much mid autumn..

This morning I met with carpenters to discuss my quixotic race against time to pull the 7 Giants back out of the abyss they fell into last week. We will start building this afternoon. Thank heavens for lucky connections.

So I had to compromise: we will make a skeletal framework out of timber and I will clad the hut part of it in cardboard.

I looks like I will be able to get help to make 3 Giants and then will have to get on with it alone after that. Oh but what a help.

Another urgent job for this week will be to source reclaimed timber, I would like the Giants to have patina, but with the increasing time limitations I may have to compromise yet again. Unless I can patina them myself in one way or another.. Some wood stain?

Will think this one out in the following days.

SO now I best get on with one of many of the jobs for the other two exhibitions, while I wait for the carpenters to re-appear.

Progress: shaky but improving.