TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Wednesday, November 9, 2005

12:39 PM
Posted by jodi rose

wednesday 9 november 2005
12.29pm
kiberpipa kersnikova 6, ljubljana slovenia
aka cyberpipe

a quick word of thanks to my sponsors
for getting me here, keeping me fed and warm and sheltered
without you I'm nowhere

the australia council for the arts new media arts board (rip)
the bridge guard art and science residential centre
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dame elisabeth murdoch
break 2.3 festival
f6design dot com

a special thanks to the ever wonderful jonathon for vaporising those email bugs and all your support

thinking about protection as I lay in bed last night and this morning
moral protection - heard a story about models in milan, when if the agency knows they're not going to make it after a few months, instead of selling their bodies one way, decide to sell them in others.
spiritual protection - one of the artists talking about an old girlfriend from puerto rico teaching him spells - mis-used one to try and make a curator choose him for a show - of course it didn't work
spells for protection seem to involve knots and hair
lovely response too from peter about the nomads bed
going to make an invitation to the town in late december
and create a shelter under the bridge for warmth, soup, hot drinks, with stories told and collected.

enjoying my day as a flaneur in ljubljana, slowly getting the flavour of different parts of the city. branched out from the small castle and intestinal factory, to siska yesterday and the project apartment - very comfortable, garden, nice furnishings and afternoon sun; and today visited the museum of modern art - only one floor but some gorgeous paintings and bronze sculptures that reminded me of my grandmothers jewellry in the 70's (communist bronze!?) bought catalogues from old shows by irwin and one about the gallery as dream. lovely philosophical town - the city does have a monument to the national poet, after all - must find out the story again. going to the three bridges now, where NSK installed their border crossings a few years ago, see if I can find any echoes, and will also find the dragon bridge.