TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

domingo, abril 04, 2004

4:09 PM
Posted by jodi rose

Kiasma Cafe
sitting at a table of people all networked on their silver ibooks. scary, or as sanna would say - a skary skenario.

last night's performance at club gloria was very well-received, more applause than just my friends in the audience could have made, and lots of enthusiastic whistling and cheering. I will have to listen to and watch some of the video and dat documentation to hear what it was like, being focused on trying to hear what the boys were playing on cello and kantele, and make interesting choices with the bridge manipulations. Also I had slipped down the dark, steep narrow stairs going on stage, and twisted my ankle, so was in quite a lot of pain during the performance. But the show went on - just meant I was a lot more subdued than I would have been, not dancing around and laughing but sitting with an occasional smile to myself. Just went to the hospital this afternoon, very efficient only took an hour to be seen, and it's not too bad, I need to try and not walk too much for a few days. So now I have a wheelchair from kiasma to cruise around the gallery in, and for my 2 airport experiences will also need to arrange something like that.
Anyway, I was very impressed with my first live performance being on the other side of the world, in a big club, with a huge backstage area and drinks rider, live video, two musicians and three people taking video. Rockin' aussie sound sheilas in helsinki!!!

Presentations for Locative media yesterday morning had a lovely flow, moving from historical/performative and contemporary archealogical readings of the space, to various performance interventions, sounds, and poetic responses. My work is up on website www.aware.uiah.fi/wishlist, but it doesn't seem to be working today, so I will check with John to see what's going on.

Must go now, write a few postcards, maybe make it to the sauna bar tonight for final pixelache drinks and debrief. Then sleep for a week. It's no wonder I fell over, had reached a point beyond tiredness and past delirium where I have found this strange lucidity, that ebbs and flows, but I can always snap back into action in a moment. Kept feeling like the ground was moving under me (it is, said someone) and that I was gently swaying.... It has been amazing being involved in so many different activities, meeting new people, having great conversations - there is a level of energy and engagement here that is very exciting. Coming back for ISEA on the boat in August.