Blogging blog:
I have been reading blogs, but not writing them for the last few days. This is mainly because I am frustrated about a fair few things and I just don’t think it’s entirely appropriate to be ranting about it all on here. I have an opinionated mouth and I should think more before I speak! I have written a few ranty posts in notepad, left them for review in the morning and never posted them.
Linz blog:
Work is great; racing along with four or five different projects, some drawing, sculptures and a bookwork. None of these will be finished as such by the end of the residency, but I am excited and happy to have so many leads and to be working so consistently. One of the projects will be photographed in the attic space (gorgeous, but not safe for public use, hence the vetoed exhibition idea!) and I hope to have a prototype of the book ready for the exhibition. This is called ‘The City is Yellow, The City is Grey’ and uses the colours to explore the bright side of Linz contrasted with a darker, underground side.
Time feels like it is rushing by and I’m not sure how I will get my day trips (Salzburg/Vienna/Cesky Krumlov) in before I leave.. especially as these are also dependent on cash! Holger as been given the okay to take us to one of the big lakes near Salzburg for the day, so perhaps we will do this next week (weather is a bit overcast this week). Overnight trip to one of the local artist’s country pad this weekend and it will be so good to get out! Living and working in one place is great, but I could do with a change….
I also contacted some more artists this week to interview about how they make a living, and have been purposefully trying to contact more established artists to get a balance (and those whose work I really like too!). So far there is quite a lot of passiveness (in accepting things the way they are) and many of the artists are exhibiting garret/starvation tendancies! Ther are a couple who really tip the balance though, so that’s interesting to see… wonder what the older generation have to say?
