TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, January 25, 2005

10:55 PM
Posted by jodi rose

another interesting and varied night.
The last few days waking up to crashing dolby surround thunder bouncing across the sky, and juicy torrential rain - just gorgeous.
Tonight is muggy and the gumtree outside my window outlined against the clouds, making me think of the highwayman. riding riding up to the old inn door. the moon was a ghostly galleon.

ahh bad poetry. just helped Lisa with her screen printing for tomorrow, filming with her students for Yabun indigenous concert at redfern park. cut out 'film crew' in contact and screen with printed red paint - looks surprisingly good and was a fun reminder of high school art projects. which after many years of conceptual sound art, is a good thing :) we just have to do 'eora college' in the morning on the front, and the kids will be happy.

previously, had a two hour meeting with sophea in helsinki on ichat during her meeeting with juha at kiasma, then skype (internet phone only 1.7euro cents a minute) when she got back up the hill to siba.

It's so exciting to be going back, and with a great project that's all about facilitating dialogue and collaboration between people working in different forms of radio. After the demise of platforms for radio art and experimental sound works in most of the public broadcasters around the world, we're taking the tools of production back into our hands and getting it out there. Noticing there's a really strong sense of DIY in the air these days - from chippendale to helsinki to berlin and beyond. Maybe a little adversity is needed to sharpen the wits and get people actually working together and involved in a common struggle as a community. We've got something to say, and people to say it to, and the means of distribution.. rock on. Talking to Lucas after the aware workshop, he and a loose artist collective had just bought an offset printer, and setting up for specialist art printing. Very timely - I really don't want to pay ccs media packagin $2.33 per unit for the next batch of CD's I produce, and that's what it costs if you want the funky cardboard sleeve with matt cello glaze finish. Lawrence english from Room 40 in brisbane was telling me they've been designing their own printing die (think that's the spelling) for covers without those fiddly glued bits - where the expensive manual labour comes in. It's a learning curve. and one which I'd like to share the benefits of with other artists. Talking with Solange last night on the way down oxford st about the kind of label ideas she has, think we can work on something really exciting and relevant. truly individual sound universe from a range of people, not necessarily all sound artists. Julaines' seismic remix project is next on my list - just need to cajole her to finish her own work on it.

Today finally got the cover into the factory, so the whole caper will be ready for the first launch event in melbourne on feb 9th at Loop.
It's starting to dawn on me the amount of work this has taken, and man am I ready to celebrate. melb syd london helsinki paris berlin. very very very happy to learn that the fabulous pixelache party on the island tradition will be continuing this year. disco in the laundry... five minutes!
http://www.phonebox.org/disco