Wednesday – Day 3 of the Workshop (presenting documentation)
Lisa had ordered two large sheets of plywood for us to present our documentation of the project on. This would serve as an “exhibition” to inform our audience of our process. We had done some extensive documentation over the past two days, we had over 200 images, and i had recorded some videos on my camera phone.
We needed to select images and decided to use the following headings to order them slightly: Site, Process, Performance, Discussion. After spending the morning staring at our laptops in the space, we were becoming tired, and everybody had opinions about how things should be presented, so ideas were changing rapidly.
The images were printed at a local photocopy shop, we made posters (in Finnish) and had to select images and write text for a small catalogue which will be held at the art museum in Riihimaki.
We worked until 6.30pm, and then made our way over to the “Art Jam”, a discussion forum for Ars Hame being held in a nearby restaurant. We were all exhausted, and the thought of having an Art Debate was the last thing that i wanted to do. Luckily, we drank beer, chatted, laughed and some people danced to the odd Indian/Finnish music being played.
Thursday – the morning before the Performance
The Performance is from 12 – 2pm today, this morning we only really need to get the boards down to our “non place” and prepare for later. I will be running for one hour and i am pleased to see that the weather will be cooler today. I have never run for one hour before, i will be a physical wreck by the end of this! But im strangely looking forward to that feeling, the feeling that i have made art-WORK and achieved something… which was my concept after all…
Catalogue Text: “Running”
I will run across the bridge for one hour; left to right and right to left. If you were to run this distance once, it would not be considered abnormal, but if you ran this short distance repetitively, onlookers would think it strange.
My body’s rhythm will change throughout the hour as I become physically exhausted and anguished, but the runner continues as a matter of principle, demonstrating conscious determination.
