19/6 Haubourdin – went to Pierre-Yves venissage (presumably derived from varnishing day ?) just outside Lille – great live/studio space and lots of interesting work on display – all tucked away in a quiet residential area. Had a few conversations with the french artists and understood about a third of what they were saying – which wasn’t bad !
Pierre-Yves photograph was a very summery view of a frontier look out post from WW2, somewhere I think along the Maginot line. Lots of these structures are still standing and he produced a really beautiful book of them.
Lovely drive back to St. Omer – long clear roads boarded by flat green fields – bit like being in an american road movie – just lovely – missed a few turnings and Evodie felt rather sick when map reading, but we got back ok.
