Day two on Inishlacken and the weather ensured a later start as we all woke to mist and fog and a dampness in the air. Once on the island however, everybody started work in earnest – the painters painted and the drawers drew. I went straight to the beach where I did the sheep fleece performance two years ago and thought a lot before gathering found materials and ideas for a possible performance tomorrow.
Last week I took part in a project run by Switch – 11 artists working to realise a paid for performance in the place of two days. One thing this encouraged was the making of quick work, responding to initial ideas and not questionning too much. This is an alien way of working for me but is useful here on Inishlacken when I have only two days to make work. There is , as always a real rapport between everyone, And in addition to artists I have met before are new friends – Mirja from Germany and Susan from Belfast, Alannah from Dublin, plus Noelle and Sinead who did the drawing workshop yesterday.
My ideas for a piece tomorrow centre on Lobster pots, the horizon and above and below. This is partly because I have a performance on a beach in Suffolk when I return and I had already decided to focus this on notions around the horizon, the edge and what it is to understand the point where things meet.
As ever the spirituality on the island drives my thoughts
More tomorrow
