TRAVEL DIARY

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VIEWING ALL POSTS FOR: FEBRUARY 2008

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

11:19 AM
Posted by jodi rose

The morning light is so beautiful, you can feel spring trying to break through. Feeling virtuous as I was up early for my walk. Aha, it's only been a year or so, but I do love the getting straight out and into it. Seems to make space in the margins of my overloaded brain, and everything filters into order in a way that just doesn't happen otherwise.

Off now to play on a demolition site and record the swansong of Palast der Republik for Sophie, a lovely Danish artist. We still can't believe they just let us wander all over their building like it's a playground. I love being an artist, you get access to the weirdest places and things.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

7:33 PM
Posted by jodi rose

and then there was wendel.

sorry am tired and achey from my lung inflammation. going to rest now, will update this and add pictures later. struggled through last week without realising how ill I really was.... going to the doctor in the morning.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

7:28 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Philippa will never believe me again when I claim to be lonely, having survived a week of social engagements every night. Not a single evening did we spend at home, and there was a fine mix of writers, visiting french artists (and way too much red wine at the winerei), french-australian electro-pop, the finnish birthday party (with an australian table, german corner, finnish kitchen, and swedish cluster) and subsequent recovery at boxhagener platz markets, and one fabulous trip to the magnificent badeschiff sauna. I promised to make it back there soon, it was so gorgeous floating on the spree, doing laps in a pool that looked out over the water reminded me of Bronte, and the relaxing room was gradually taken over by chattering groups but by then it was time to leave.

Discovered that Bondi is in fact just around the corner, with the closest thing to a real latte I've had in a year. Corner cafe, white and blue space, really does feel like being in Australia. All that's missing is the beach. Feeling very landlocked here, although there are compensations.

Such as a thriving cultural scene and revived art career. So I can't complain too much. The list of projects is getting quite ridiculous in fact, but more on that later.

Sunday, February 24, 2008

7:15 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Where did that two weeks go? There's a turtle looking up at me from the floor, maybe he knows something. Any day I'm going to release him back to the sea or at least the spree. Carson swears he isn't real, cast from extruded polystyrene or something, but the painting is very lifelike, and obviously the turtle who originated the enterprise was dead. It's a weird and wonderful place, this library where I'm slowly gathering and stitching together stray words.

There was so much going on, it all happened so fast (as the sloth told the police officer after being mugged by snails), I will try to remember some of the details. Names have been changed to protect the guilty. Or not. Maybe we're all innocent.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

11:14 AM
Posted by jodi rose

Jasmina Maschina playing live
Thurs 7.2 at Brunnen Str 64 at 10:30pm.

Gorgeous, beautiful music. Her new solo CD is on high rotation in my studio.

It's a nice change from the bleepy electronica I usually listen to while working.

Finissage | Thursday | 7th February | 21:30
MUSIC: 7. Feb | Live: Jasmina Maschina with Golden Disko Ship

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

2:01 PM
Posted by jodi rose

On Friday, if you can find the experimental living room, come and listen to Bangkok bridge composition in process, with video by Mari Keski-Korsu who flew in from Helsinki especially! It's a secret gig. Tell no-one.

Radio Aporee

Email me for the address.
It really is in someone's living room/studio. In Neukolln.

Part of a beautiful project of phone-in field recordings, where you can listen to sounds by clicking on the map locations where they originated.

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

12:08 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Hello World!

I'm still alive. Barely. Wiped out in flurry of visiting artists, curators, musicians over the weekend. Henry took me to dinner with Andrei Smirnov from the Theremin Institute in Moscow, and Mobius from Cluster, and his wife who drives a fantastic 30 year old Alpha Spyder. Fast. She is way cool. Brandon La Belle chatted with me about women sound artists, we're catching up in more depth next week, running some ideas past him re installation and philosophy of bridges and sound. Then Juha flew in from Helsinki, set up a meeting with the Pixelache family, brought Phil Niblock along to my studio, also Matthieu, we arranged the possibility of a few weeks in Paris to research and set up the technical resources and find a location for public bridge performance and intervention. Eva told me I'm on her long-list for a project at a Belgian contemporary art museum in 2009 (I forget which one), and Dava gave me a quick tutorial with diagrams on making circular screens and 3 video source projections for the show in Singapore, then introduced me to Teresa over brunch on Monday, who is curating a show in Portugal where I may also send a bridge envoy in June or September.

I love it, am starting to deploy people to make art in my place. Somaya volunteered for Paris, and the Slovene bridge team may already be there for another project....

Things are looking up. Any day now I will turn around and find myself one of those artists with 30 assistants and a constant worldwide schedule. The article in Zitty apparently refers to me as 'The Mover'. Nice. Indeed, constant mobility is the only way to keep this show on the road. Today is following up threads from conversations, typing esoteric art philosophy notes to filter them through my brain into the next chapter of art writings. Inspired by the collaborative working process with transit lounge, to keep things flowing between people, keep balanced with my own practice and time to replenish myself.

Let yourself go. That was the mantra walking somewhere, one day recently. Can't remember where, but it took on a myriad of meaning and significance at the time. Letting go of your 'self' by which I guess I mean 'ego', and also being present without expectation. No plan, as someone else said to me, that's the way to go. Or have a plan, then forget it. As usual, the personal side of life is strangely ambiguous and confusing. One day, I will learn to be clear and in the moment. Feels like every signal is scrambled, the send and receive equally. No idea what goes on, but maybe it will become clear one day. Or at least slightly opaque. Semi-translucent perhaps. A little more effort, a little less obscure, I'm open to the possibility and willing to meet anyone half-way, just so tired of throwing emotional energy into a vortex.

Just saying no to the lazy, selfish and uncertain - they are so 2007! I've got better things to do with my life... Like play on bridges, be with my friends, write song lyrics and manifesto's, etc etc you get the picture. Saying Yes to the charming, engaging and interested.

One of my recent friend's was giving me grief about writing personal stuff in the blog, he thinks I should stick to the subject. Focus. Draw a line and don't cross it. But life just isn't like that. Everything affects everything else. My emotional state is part of the work I make.

Having a Sophie Calle moment, what can I say.

This week, I'm putting out a Wishlist to the universe. Anyone who can suggest or offer or exchange any of these things, please get in touch:
Preferably by Friday, although later replies will of course be answered.

1. Galerist. International sound/public art specialist please.
2. Agent. Book deal. Bring it on.
3. Apartment in Berlin from March 15th. All my own.

Working on making things you can buy. bridge models with sound samples, diagrams and drawings for collectors, ephemera, traces.....

That's all for now. The rest is up to you....