ARTISTS TALKING

# 41 [29 August 2007]

Saturday 25th

Catch train to London to visit Tate Modern with C for the day.

Good day. In one of the rooms much to my pleasure I find 2 pictures I hadn't seen for over 25 years , ones I spent 4 months with back in the 80's.

In 1983 I worked in the Barbican art gallery for the year waiting to go back to university. During that time there were several exhibitions, 'City of London Collection' where i met Herbert Lomb, 'Carpet magic', 'Hundertwasser' where i met him at the private view sitting on the 'Humus toilet' he installed in the gallery (non-functional!) and the one that had the biggest impression upon me, an exhibition of work by Asger Jorn.

These are the pictures i saw today, 'Timid Proud one' and 'letter to my son'  Fantastic, have real feelings for them.

ballanced by:

While outside for a break in the sun, got very 'disturbed' by a man with performing budgies, so went back in.

Ironically and rather annoyingly , was caught taking a photo om my mobile of a 'space' when there were people with 'obvious' cameras snapping away at the pictures.....

Chat with station staff at East Croydon on way home, hopefully will hear soon.....

# 40 [29 August 2007]

Friday 24th

Take a look at a 'studio' for rent in the morning with some friends who may take it.  Then spend rest of day sorting applications. Get V tired.

Invited by SD to 'perform' a piece I wrote, recorded and did in Portsmouth in June with them later in September at a private view. Need to install 'yellow line, division' too for them to move over.

# 39 [29 August 2007]

Thursday 23rd

Spend morning running round tying up loose ends. Then work with 'K' to make some jewelery in the workshops. We then both head to the ARC event at aspex.

'Book' still missing...................... foyer very empty

# 38 [29 August 2007]

Wednesday 22nd

People start to 'miss' the 'book' as its become to be known and ask me to put it back. I have to explain that is not been moved but taken and an official inquiry is started!. I suggest half heartedly and a bit sarcastically that CSI would solve it within 56 minutes with 'super software'! Some people tell me i should feel flattered that its been taken, as people have tried to 'buy' them where they are on show. ( I refused to 'label' the work at any of the 6 places)

It may still show up.......

Start making labels for A Lot Ment on Sunday 2nd Sept, an aspex 'explore' event here in Portsmouth.

have a look at...

http://www.aspex.org.uk/explore.htm

Make 'jewelery' in afternoon with 'K'

# 37 [29 August 2007]

Tuesday 21st

Sad day.

Intervention 'cut book, cutting words for a dyslexic' no 1 is 'taken' from foyer of the Art College........

This leaves only 3 of the six left in place arround the country.

# 36 [29 August 2007]

Friday 17th

Momentous day - actually get into workshops and start making.................

Spend evening out till very late plotting intervention event in London later in the year

# 35 [29 August 2007]

Wednesday 15th

Catch train to London for informal chat with a potential funder for AP. Meet another artist who invites me to collaborate and screen some of my films on his Internet TV station. Will do that..more later.  Catch quite a late train home. Sit in London for some of the day, the feelings remind me of when i was at university, in those days i was a very solitary person, even with all these people passing and the buzz but you can still feel isolated and very 'alone'. Everyone caught in their own world. Guess I am tired.

# 34 [29 August 2007]

Tuesday 14th

Head out in evening for a fellow dyslexic artists birthday party (R) in a Local bar, get soaked walking there, but loads turn up and catch up with some friends I haven't seen for ages. meet some more fellow dyslexics too. (dadar) Walk home head buzzing with a new idea, write notes when get in as cant sleep. Still low..others too, must be something in the 'air'. Lack of sun- too much rain?

# 33 [29 August 2007]

Saturday and Sunday 12th

Finished my shoe and box for the Global shoe project, have a look at
http://www.globalshoeproject.page.tl/

Orange box with torn words.

why torn words and an orange centre?   i was abused badly and bullied at school so i turned inwards. I hid from people for 30 years. I felt 'safe' in my world of rocks, fossils and geology at 12 years old. geology is stiff safe to me. The covering is 'torn' from a geology book i bought aged 12. v personal to me. the orange is the colour of one who has 'self-harmed' but now has stopped. i work with autobiographical themes now to stop this abuse and bullying by publicity, because kids are dyslexic doesn't mean they are 'stupid like i was told everyday, i do this so that no one has to feel they need to hide.

Spend most of the night in garden staring at the sky watching the best meteors i have seen.

Monday 13th

New computer comes (with a few difficulties!) so spend next few days sorting this out and loading software. Dare to make some 'sounds' with new software, unfortunately I am supposed to be preparing forms. (may have to clean house next! anything but forms)

May hear from one of the rail companies this week.....

# 32 [29 August 2007]

Wednesday 8th

Head up to London to Meet friends from Dada-South and Brighton. Have a good meeting and we go to look at the Dali expo after. They pick up on fact i am low, so I'm not 'hiding' it to well, something you get polished at (but what people don't realize is its at these times I tend to be very creative) Spend some time with LDC after others leave and have 'creative' conversations for a couple of hours. Write furiously ideas down on way home. I can feel very isolated in Portsmouth sometimes......