I’ve just completed the second leg of the project to establish European Regions of Culture. After Poland I contacted the Higher Academy of Happiness and they thought it was a good time to get involved. They had specific concerns about […]
The interesting thing about Copernicus is that he was just a man with a tidy mind, and there was something about the way things had been done before that just didn't add up. But he was scared to death of […]
My research for this project aims to develop new insight on well-being here on earth by looking out to the Universe. In rural areas we can see the stars and the heavens more clearly than in the cities. When we […]
Oh no – the residency slipped by without a minute to think never mind blog. I returned via Warsaw to Cornwall in the rain late last night after a late night networking the night before. I think too much culture […]
When I arrived yesterday it looked like the 254 email messages that had gone backwards and forwards to sort out the residency had been wasted. It's tricky to know whether it's a language problem or a question of different cultures. […]
I’ll be working with the Department Of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the Nicolaus Copernicus University for my first residency – staying in Torun where Copernicus was born. There’s going to be a meteor shower when I’m there. It’s the United […]
My guide to Utopia yesterday was Morten. I paid him but I think he enjoyed it. I took 444 shots for the time and motion study for three pounds. Morten is comfortable with an audience, although it was his first […]
I contacted the Academy about the mismatch between what we’re doing in the research on establishing the Happiness in the Workplace Awards and my experience as their consultant – that the job was not meeting expectations. In Danish there’s a […]
I wasn’t too happy yesterday. The Academy contacted me to ask for an environmental audit while I’m in Utopia. I have a ridiculous amount of things to do already. Do they realize I have to write every morning, do my […]
I have made a new friend. Rosa is a photographer from Chile who did an artist residency here and couldn't leave. She invited me earlier to go with her to Nirvana which is at the end of the road. But […]
It was 14 days since she'd last seen Stansted Airport. 14 Days in the Utopian community of Christiania. Fourteen days of trying to work out what makes this place work. Does she know the answers yet? Hell no. Does she […]
I have become unclear on how I am defining work. Allan Kaprow would be proud of me, as the art/life boundaries are very blurred. In action research Judi Marshall refers to this as living life as inquiry – which can […]