Breaking Ground

BUILDING

The week at CRATE will give time to build on earlier work in the project. I will bring my birds and see how they fly in this new space. Just over 2 weeks to go.

We have found a flat to stay in on the Front.

GONE TO EARTH INVITATIONS

I'm enjoying the feeling of continuity brought about by the relatively short break between Under Ground at The Pine Gallery and our next (and final) residency of the Breaking Ground project, Gone To Earth, at Crate in Margate.

We're just finalising the last of our set of four invitations. This time our Open Day and Discussion Platform are to be on the same afternoon – four weeks from today.

THOUGHTS

Teamwork works.

Working underground makes me feel low.

Keep it simple.

A week is a very short time to make, display, publicise and talk about the work.

I love the big black bird. She is coming to CRATE.

We have to find somewhere to stay in Margate.

For me the Talk About the Work evening allowed me the luxury of instant feedback on the new work I'd made during the week. Some of the work had covered new ground and I was pleased to have one day remaining in the space after the discussion event, during which I was able to go back into my installation and take a new set of photos in the dark, with the benefit of the thoughts and ideas which the discussion event had raised in my mind.

The last few days have been packed with activity, discussion, drawing, photographing, documenting. So many images to look at.

At Drawing In The Dark our visitors drew on the walls and on giant blackboards or tiny postcards. They drew by torchlight and everything looked different for a day. My photographs are full of trails of light.