DAI April
It’s that time again; after not being in Enschede for 2 months due to our trip to Diyarbakir, it was back to the DAI for another 5 days of intensive art education.
I had been working in the Sláinte ’til 1am on Sunday evening, which was not ideal preparation for Monday morning’s journey. I had first to rush into town to deliver some information to the IB-Groep about my student finances, and then because of works on the line there were fewer trains than normal running. This wasn’t too much of a problem, though, and myself, Julien and Nikos caught the 10:57 train to Szczecin Glowny, some unpronouncable place in Poland which as it happens is served by a train which passes through Hengelo, just a very short distance from the DAI. Good, eh?
It was a DB (German) train, which are generally a bit nicer inside than the Dutch ones. More leg room at least, and even a socket to plug in your laptop! It’s the future, people.
Not too much to say about the time in Enschede, except that I was a bit annoyed because I didn’t have even one studio visit from the tutors, that there was at least one very interesting and one very boring lecture, and that it was necessary to give a presentation on Friday morning about our time in Diyarbakir. This went quite well actually. Also, some more discussions were had about our impending project in Beetsterzwaag. I’ve been quite worried about my lack of preparedness for this, and it was good to see that the others seem mostly to be in the same position…
Not including Turkey, this was the seventh time in Enschede. The time surely has gone quickly, and before long the year will be over. That means of course that I need to make and eventually show some more work, which is another thing to get stressed about.
