Hermine came to see us with some terrible news today. She said she was awfully disappointed and had to come up to tell us straight away. Our faces dropped. What had we done now? “It’s my wine merchant” she wailed, “He’s on ‘oliday til Wednesday!” Poor thing was distraught. She was concerned for us as she knew we only had half a bottle of Rosé left in our fridge. You may think its uncivilised here but we think having your wine and bread delivered daily is the height of civilisation and the only thing keeping us hanging on. Lets hope the baker doesn’t develop consumption.
This morning we thought we would record some audio and decided to practice on some cows. Once we had navigated our way passed the chien méchant (literal translation – wicked dog), we found the moody French cows not too happy with our presence. The cows stared at us. They did not take their eyes off us. But they mooed a lot, so that was good.
On the way back we passed a bush covered in bees, so we recorded audio of that too. We had some wind issues, but after looking up ‘how to make your own dead cat’ on youtube we returned to said bush only to find all the bees had buggered off. Bast*rds.
Then we decided to record audio in the garden, while lying down. That went much better.
This evening we wandered round the woods looking for more ruins. Found none. Returned home to sink the last of our Rosé. We may have to venture out on our bicyclettes tomorrow for some provisions.
On a positive note, we’ve had an idea, yes an actual idea, about what work we can create for the exhibition. Some actual bonafide inspiration. We are planning a recee to the suburbs of Paris next week. We’ll either come back with some amazing footage, or minus our cameras. What could possibly go wrong?
