Tues 15 July. On my way to the Dream Café in the town centre I see ripe cherries on the pavement. Parts of Basildon were built on cherry orchards and there are remaining trees camouflaged by landscape designer Sylvia Crowe's interplanting. The cherries are small and taste sharp; they are difficult to reach – years of no pruning. English cherries discussed on Food Programme just this weekend. Gordon is logging data on cafés in Basildon. Food is emerging as a theme. The Dream Café has waitress service and v. affordable meals. It’s busy.
We talk families and weekend events; and what further arts training we need – short courses for skills or longer immersion? A bit of dreaming.
I’ve spent a lot of time trying to understand basic media process. I play around with taking sequential stills/short videos on my low res camera – people walking in and out of shot in the market and town square. One sequence works – find I’ve been filming a young woman conversing on a mobile while people move in front of her. Later play around with pixilation.
