Day 2 in Greece began at 7.30. Breakfast was a pastry and coffee in a little cafe just round the corner from the hotel. We sat outside and enjoyed the moment. A taxi took us to the venue and we were10 minutes early. The security guard wouldn’t let us I and it took him 10 mins to establish we were ok. We learned that the tradesman’s entrance at the back door was more geared up to artists coming and going. The security was actually v good. We managed to sort out the electrics quite quickly. It meant we could install the video players and test them. Perfect. Our neighbours to the right were Art on Armitage. The US contingent however were seriously delayed by a day because of a fire at the airport. The rest of the party from Iceland had already started installing. It meant half the installation was in place when Mary Ellen and the 2 others arrived mid morning. It was good to see them but we all had deadlines to meet so any catching up had to wait. By the afternoon we were ready for the press. I have since learned that the Platforms Project was positively reported in the Greek press and the organiser has personally thanked us for being part of the success. Large numbers of people started arriving in the evening and were still milling around at 10.30. The atmosphere was fantastic. The bottle of wine we bought to celebrate turned out to be dessert wine and very sweet. it went down very quickly with the visitors though. Back to today… It was my first day at the studio since the trip. I have 2 artists looking round this week with a view to going on the waiting list. I managed some painting but it was a very rusty attempt.
