TRAVEL DIARY

A weblog regularly updated by Jodi Rose.

Thursday, December 15, 2005

4:43 PM
Posted by jodi rose

It's time for an intervention, now starting to go a leeetle insane.
Did manage to find the french patisserie, with the help of much pointing and laughter from the woman in the corner shop. Luckily it was very disappointing, so won't prove much threat to my health or arteries.

Nigella is going to be a far worse problem.... launching my career as a domestic goddess tonight with lemon delicious. Which isn't in her book so had to find a recipe on the internet - went with
Gabriel Gate's. Looks good and plenty of other healthier recipes on the site too. (No, really am not being paid for product placement - sheer coincidence!)

This working on projects across multiple time zones thing is what's really doing my head in. Clicked onto Australian time so working from 11pm or so until 3am. Better get used to it I guess, as it's only going to continue and probably be even more insane over the next year.

Have just formulated the latest part of my grand plan, which is to make permanent installations on bridges around the world networked with remote controllable management nodes, so I can stream them into a live performance from and to any location. Wishing I didn't think of that, now feel compelled to make sure it happens. Along with all my other keen and fabulous international bridge operatives, have just enlisted the participation of Glasgow's 55 Degrees ultra cool and progressive creative content and design consultancy. Am adopting their 4 day week - 'because tired workers are not creative workers' and life as a full-time artist involves far more hours spent writing proposals, applications, acquitting finances, generating networks and profile - thank it does creating art. That's it, friday is my day off no matter what, and I'm going to Bratislava.

This process has revealed some kind of mental block I had about making a permanent installation - there forever? ohmigod! - much more comfortable with the transient, ephemeral, impermanence. The scale and complexity of this next stage was overwhelming for a minute there but am getting a strong basis of support and encouragement, and the chance to work with really excellent creative, passionate, committed people so it's ok now. I trust it will be fine.

.. and now, back to that article. due today.