This is our final post about our residency at the beautiful Chateau de Sacy in France, which culminated with an exhibition at the Chateau for the month of September. Back at the beginning of September, we installed the films in the barn […]
Our last day. Sad face. Today we had a crack at the edits, looking through all the footage and trying to work out our ins and outs, quite literally. By mid afternoon, we had gotten tired of looking at hours […]
There is one piece of footage that we are really struggling to find audio to match. So we left the dead cat out in the front garden for most of the morning to see what we could capture. Hermine spotted […]
Hermine had a bit of a mental breakdown in the run up to the presentation this afternoon. The stress of the big occasion was getting to her. We managed to get the place ready for 3.30pm and then sat patiently […]
Firstly apologies for no blog yesterday. We basically spent all day sweeping up the barn (think mammoth spider webs and tonnes of pigeon shit). There has been a woofers revolt. They couldn’t handle Hermine any more and have done a […]
Having looked at some of our footage, we decided we needed to reshoot a bit. We have made a film of the intersection of some motorways but the sky looks a bit boring, we fancied some dark clouds in it. […]
In preparation for our bee visit today, we looked up the dos and don’ts of apiary life. Don’t be overly perfumed. Or be smelly. Bit of dilemma there. Don’t wear black socks, as bees sting dark things. Be calm at […]
OK so today’s post is going to be a bit more on the gentle side compared to our Parisian adventures up to now, for today we stayed in Sacy. We invited Hermine to do a bit of yoga with us. […]
Sorry for the delayed blog post – the internet was down when we got in last night. Either that or Hermine had switched it off as she could “sense a thunderstorm brewing.” We did have a few interesting conversations with […]
Today we returned to Paris to find the cloud-making chimneys we had spotted yesterday. We parked up where we could, but unfortunately there were 5 motorways between us and said chimneys. How could we get to them? We ended up […]
In the wake of the news of the horrific attacks in Nice, today was rather a sombre affair. We cut short our plans to film in a metro station and spent the morning in a cafe watching the rolling news […]
Today has been a day of disappointments and hard drinking. This morning we started on the sauce at 11am for the continued Bastille Day celebrations, quaffing blanc de blanc behind a rather impressive marching band. This was followed by a […]
Bonjour tout le monde! We’re back!! After a long and uneventful journey from Blighty, we arrived at the Chateau de Sacy today. Ah, home sweet home. But sacre bleu! Another artist had taken up residency in our abode. The sheer […]
We are back in Blighty now and gradually acclimatising to city life once again. Let us fill you in on how the last day of the residency went, which was of course the day of the big Petanque tournament. They […]
Wow what a day! The Pertonk was a MASSIVE success and we were loved, loved, loved! Thanks Brucey for stepping into the breach! There will be a big blog post to follow in a few days as we are having […]
We didn’t quite realise the importance of the task when we took it upon ourselves to organise the village Petanque. The stress levels have been gradually rising and reached fever pitch today when Hermine discovered we hadn’t yet made the […]
So sorry we failed to blog yesterday. We did lots of stuff, we were just so tired from our exploits in Paris the day before, we didn’t have the energy to tell you about it! So here is a quick […]
Today we had to make a quick trip to the centre of Paris for some emergency camera repairs. If you ever need a sensor clean in Paris, we highly recommend the relaxed (2 hour lunch break), friendly (gave us blueberries) […]
We would like you to meet the seven new family members soon to be taking up residence in the Chateau gardens: Doc, Grumpy, Happy, Sleepy, Dopey, Bashful and Sneezy. It was strange because we had discussed only the day before […]
Today was a biggie, it was the day of the annual Sacy-le-Petit brocante. The 5am kick off was so cold we just pulled our clothes on over our pyjamas and headed out to set up our stall. We found ourselves […]
Today was mostly about filming the wildlife of Sacy-le-Petit. Bees, ants, creep-crawlies of all sorts, flowers, nettles and trees. It mainly went like this: spot a lovely bee, set up tripod, get focus, sort exposure, bee flies away, spot another […]
Hermine came to see us with some terrible news today. She said she was awfully disappointed and had to come up to tell us straight away. Our faces dropped. What had we done now? “It’s my wine merchant” she wailed, […]
Today we wrote a leaflet announcing our arrival to the local community and forewarning them about our plans. It is of course in French, but I’m sure you can get the gist. This fancy leaflet encourages people to come to […]
Rain stopped play today. We were holed up in the Chateau most of the day, listening to the rain and the thunder. So we decided to record some audio. We were of course still hearing the bells. After a few […]
This morning we headed off on our trip, with everything we needed, including rose wine, cheese, lager, water and bread, in case those things are tricky to find in France. We arrived at the Eurotunnel terminal three hours early. Yes […]