Well it is a long time since I wrote in this blog. I have been in the waiting room, so to speak, but now I am here in my new home for 2 months. My live/work space at Milchhof, Berlin
It is situated in the very trendy area of Prenzlauerberg, which has been vibrating with exitement all weekend, partly because of Euro 2012, and partly just because it is summer. Mauer Park was full yesterday afternoon, there were dogs and jugglers and acrobats; sunbathers and Turkish picnicers and musicians demonstrating their talents, it seems it is like a mini festival every weekend. I took about 100 photos. You can see some of these on Flickr
http://www.flickr.com/photos/16808392@N02/
It is strange but wonderful to be in this space. To be in the studio building when no other artists are working, like last night, when it is totally quiet. Equally strange to be here on Saturday night when some artists were working all night. It is quite comforting to go to sleep with the sound of electric saws, believe it or not.
Yesterday I started a large drawing, just to have something in the studio to break up the whiteness, this too is a new experience, to get up this morning and to see it there on the floor, to add a few marks before breakfast. If you have had a live/work space you will know how this feels, but for me it is new. It is also amazing to be be free from all the clutter of everyday life, and to have a blank space to work in. No appointments, no housework (well the bare minimum) and not so many distractions. The time stretches in a way that I am not used to, being here, in the studio all the time means that thoughts are always centring around the work.
I have started to explore the way landscape exists in this city, I think that I will start by mediating this landscape through photography, film and large scale drawings see where this takes me.
In addition I am going to visit a friend today who is a landscape architect, this should result in some interesting dialogue I hope. I am also going to call into Boesner (the German equivalent of Atlantis I am told. I need to stock up on provisions, I only bought the bare minimum with me.
