TRAVEL DIARY

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VIEWING ALL POSTS FOR: MARCH 2003

keskiviikko, maaliskuu 31, 2004

3:35 PM
Posted by jodi rose

At Muu gallery again. still, some more..... just been sitting out in the sunshine, letting the rays soak away all my low energy and tiredness. Will be even more relaxed after the sauna tonight, at Kallio.
On Monday we had the meeting with all locative media group at the officers bar on suommenlina island, a brief introduction from everyone on who they are and what they're doing here. Tuesday morning Sophea led us all on a sound walk of the railway station - my main memories are of the rhythmic machine noise in the escalators, combined with beeps and squeaks sounding like an urban music. Moved out to the island last night, which is fantastic. There's an old church on top of the hill, with a lighthouse and after the bar it was all foggy and mysterious. Last night had the pixelache warm up at restaurant via, great to catch up with some of the crew from stockholm, and keep building those relationships with the workshop participants. I've decided that this week is all about networking myself in various ways, through shared experience, conversation, all forms of connection.
This morning wandered down to the railway station and made a recording using binaural microphones (they are placed one in each ear like walkman headphones, and give a very particular spatial definition to the sound). The last part of it involved having a meandering poetic rave about my state of mind and being at that moment, sitting on platform 9 of Helsinki railway station. Feeling very emotionally sensitised, partly that thing of being in another place, my response is to become very open and porous; also meeting and interacting with so many different people, and not having had much time for reflection or solitary wandering. On the ferry this morning I sat up on the roof, very beautiful way to start the day and had the chance for slight mental realignment. Musing on connections and communication, watching all the people rushing past going someplace, wondering how do you engage with their stories, or even connect for a moment. Does it have to be scheduled, or timetabled or can you still make random spontaneous links? Sending out signals, how are they received and interpreted? I wish that we could have announcements for the subtle, non-verbal communication. Is there a problem with my signal to noise ratio? Am I simply reading into them the meaning that I want to find, is my ticket valid on this train? Have a pleasant journey.
Talking with Andrew in the gallery when I returned, he reminded me that part of the framework for this locative media is that we bring out physical bodies, and emotions and all the memories and experiences that filter out engagement with the place and interactions with other people.
Now there are presentations by mike pearson and angela piccini, and I just remembered I have to take a CD down to Kiasma for the exhibition/installation there.

Thursday, March 20, 2003

10:57 AM
Posted by jodi rose

think I'm suffering post-exhibition depression. that or imminent war depression.
turned on the late news last night, couldn't believe the blatant spin doctoring going on: this war is called operation iraqi freedom. please. there's no need to insult our intelligence. how about freeing burma from its dictator? or countless other countries that don't happen to have vast oil reserves, half of which just happen to be largely owned by members of american congress???
that's enough political engagement for me, I'm sticking to art. nothing is neutral anyway. met some great people last night at the opening of the audiotheque and world forum on acoustic ecology, good to feel part of a community again. I've really missed that. and ran into the delightful joyce and david, who are jetsetting from one opening to another this week, absolute dedication to making their art work. I aspire to that.
At the moment keep getting lost in the fog, after the clarity of obsession last week, have become distracted again and can't focus on anything. feel like I'm meant to be doing something but can't quite remember what it is. writing maybe. sound and the uncanny. it is really interesting, if only this fog in my brain would lift.
really keen to get stuck into the composition using bridge sounds, maybe some kind of algorithmic program. which I now need to get hold of and then learn. met some guys last night who are at rpi in troy, upstate new york - had both been at branda's party for the music and media faculty last july - very cool. using max, maybe I can learn that.
for today, have a long list of tasks including calling the dentist (ouch), going to a meeting, an opening, returning books I haven't read yet to the library. life just seems to be all admin at the moment. I want inspiration. I want passion!

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

8:57 PM
Posted by jodi rose

playing with time and space here
monday 17th march 2003 5.43pm
don't believe the hype!

it's a relief to have the show up and running, my syntax is returning to its normal level of delirious misuse, and am working on keeping the momentum going. started off well today, reading at smallblock but it's been all downhill since. lots of staring into space and musing (that's why I'm a 'conceptual' artist) some of it productive, thinking through ideas for major live multi-location bridge installation. Some of it very unproductive; revolving around romantic delusions and how easily they are punctured by circumstance.
Anyway, I've been missing the state of near-total obsession with my work, which I achieved when making and baking all those bridges, next strategy is how to get back into 'the zone'.
What else. Another opening this Wednesday, I had forgotten that I also have work in the Audiotheque, but it's true. Two shows in eight days, not bad for a highly conceptual sound artist. VCA, School of Art Student Gallery, Sturt St 5pm 19th March

Listen up on 3RRR Tuesday midday, when Ros and I will be talking with Roger Taylor.

Tuesday, March 11, 2003

8:55 PM
Posted by jodi rose

just a quick note, to say it's almost finished!
all the bridges are built and baked and reposing in splendour under their dome. on one of my not one, but TWO plinths at the yarra sculpture gallery. feeling very special!

finalising some text that you can read or not, depending on how you feel - but simple stories about my experience on each bridge, no processing or theorising going on here.

very excited now about opening tomorrow night, it should be a blast. all the work looks and sounds fantastic. pipes played by the ocean, metro services around the world, bells, dripping clay, it's all good.


love you and leave you, over and out.

Tuesday, March 04, 2003

2:30 PM
Posted by jodi rose

well now I've got that out of my system, back to building bridges. hahahahahah

Tuesday, March 04, 2003

2:27 PM
Posted by jodi rose

I would like to clarify that this forum is entirely and exclusively an expression of my personal, subjective experience in the world, and it is meant to be read with at least a pinch of humour and a grain of salt.

It is by no means a considered argument or thesis. Although at times there may be greater reflection or philosophical wondering, others will be off the cuff remarks, in the moment rants and diatribes.

And yes, I express myself in colourful vivid language at times, hey; it's about how I FEEL. Which has no place it seems in the world outside, but that doesn't mean I don't still feel and wish to express those feelings at times.

Tuesday, March 04, 2003

2:19 PM
Posted by jodi rose

aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrggggggggggghhhhh!
ok panic has officially set in as of .....NOW!

Monday, March 03, 2003

2:28 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Melbourne University
Last bastion of rational logic coherent narratives in a vortex of transcendentalist mayhem!

It astonishes me to be reminded that people are actually reading this as I merrily type away in my occasionally flippant manner with whatever is uppermost in my mind at that moment.

Now I have been taken to task by someone who took issue with a description in the last entry. While it does seem to me an accurate portrayal of my struggle to maintain a creative presence within the academy; the spirit of the comment was more in reference to the echelons of academia itself, rather than specific gatekeepers who may be attempting the impossible in trying to keep me on the straight and narrow in order to produce a more sophisticated piece of scholarly writing than I would otherwise be able to. So I do appreciate the ongoing dialogue in working through these issues, and learning to express myself in a more succinct and precise frame of reference.

Not that I'm going to start censoring myself, I love getting feedback from this forum: so don't stop. In fact I'd like to take a poll, anyone reading this can you please go to the contact page and send me an email with a comment or suggestion on my direction and progress in life or art or haircolour. (chocolate cherry at the moment) This may be collated and published at a later date, completely at my discretion.

Time to go now and try to beat my writing into a sufficiently dry and dusty format - as advised in order to pass the next round of administrative judgement from the powers that be over in admin somewhere.

Sunday, March 02, 2003

4:30 PM
Posted by jodi rose

secret bridge laboratory
I'm at a very exciting point, have tested a number of proto-type bridges and am now ready to move onto making the final models in fimo or sculpy. spoke with my ma recently and told her that I was having so much fun playing with modelling clay - didn't make a single 3D object in my entire 4 years at art school - studying sculpture, no less! she said, well, what were you doing? I don't know mum, it was ....... conceptual.
Anyway, now I'm working on some technical issues regarding housing for switches - a lovely red button - and electronics, but hey, at least I'm thinking about that now, not next tuesday when it's being installed in the gallery. Just cycled down and reserved a plinth - my god I think it's the first time ever I've exhibited anything on a plinth - this is so exciting! I feel like a real artist.
Anyway, I think the work is much more conceptually resolved now that the bridges will actually BE singing, rather than listening to a cd of them and looking at unrelated models, even if it was meant to be a headphone work. (uh-oh, sorry ros!) Anyone in victoria, feel free to come along to the opening night -
'Hearing Place" at Yarra Sculpture Gallery 177 Vere St Abbotsford on Wednesday 12th March at 6.30pm.
Must remember to tell some people, it's suddenly very close.
On the live music front, went to Andy's (lollyboy) gig on thursday at the empress, with maximus bouffantus, playing very funky mix of live & sampled electronica/funk/whatever - it was great. Might miss the smallgoods gig tonight at the rob roy - (sorry lachie), but have reached the completely obsessive stage in my work and all I want to do is stay home and play with bridges.
Had a fabulous time at the post-grad drinks on wednesday last week, met some fun new people, who will hopefully be brightening the corriders of academia this year, including a wonderful girl who is my new acomplice in re-coding my ideas to pass the stringent requirements of the rationalist logic theory police of the institution. Also managed to embarass Alessio horribly by shrieking at him across the courtyard, (I don't think he really minded) well what was he doing out of the office I'd like to know? he says he went back and worked til midnight, but I don't know.