A day inside
Kamila was back with us today, and so it was time for the four of us to discuss and agree what sort of art (or attempt at it) we would like to try and make. This discussion took up most of the day without much in the way of agreement, and things are not looking good if we are to produce a real and meaningful collaboration. Perhaps this is too much to ask, although we did succeed in Diyarbakir after some early difficulties. I see no reason beyond our own stubbornness why it cannot happen here too.
This has perhaps been the biggest problem for me all along with this project; I keep making comparisons to Diyarbakir at every stage, when (despite the similarity in format) they are quite different projects in very different places. Diyarbakir seemed in retrospect easier, both because of its newness and strangeness and because there was absolutely nothing in my life experience to directly compare it with. This time there is definately something to live up to.
We had spent about 5 hours talking without rest in Pluto before deciding at around 4pm to give it a rest until the following day; there was really not much more that could be discussed for now. I was also happy with this in that it gave me some time to write something here (always important!), and in any case there were other things to be organised. In particular, Nikos and Julien are organising a party for tomorrow night entitled Here as the Centre of the Dancefloor, for which it was necessary to pick up the hired sound and light equipment this afternoon. As the pictures show, a borrowed shopping trolley came in very handy for this!
