TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

12:44 PM
Posted by jodi rose

a quick update from inside the maelstrom of time place space.
it's a lab, a workshop, an artists boot camp.
I've been learning hoop tricks - seriously - for my solo performance on thursday. 'out of my comfort zone' well and truly!!
it's fun and makes me giggle, which let's face it, working with sound rarely does. a whole other kettle of string. ball of worms. box of fish.
mixing it all up - threes anna challenged me on the first night to go 'off track' - don't make it about your big project, she said, leave that behind and challenge yourself. It's an incredible relief not to have conversations about bridges ALL the time - they still sneak in now and then, but I'm really enjoying having the focus on taking very small steps in other directions. We had the insane boot camp last week, with a new task every 24 hours, different parameters, working in small groups to make a performance the next day. intense and stressful, challenging but ultimately satisfying - and having the space now to work on ideas alone and gently find out way into our own collaborations feels like a release.
the weekend featuresd a trip to mclaren valley for wine and cheese tasting - very delicious, 13 of us bundled into the tarago and jason's car he drove up from tasmania - made it to 5 boutique wineries before we were all too sloshed. brought home some chevre and another very stinky goats cheese, waiting for the progressive dinner at our 12 apartments in the saville park suites to break it out with the dessert wine.
in breaking news, only minutes ago I opened an email with acceptance for a festival in november, this creates a little more structure in my obsessive lifestyle/art plan - I was really hoping to be part of this particular gig and now just need to find a funky animation person.
ahhh back to the to-do-lists soon but for this week, they have lost their tyrannical grip on me. ok, stories to write, ideas to develop.