Parce qu'il faut toujours commencer quelque part et parce qu'on ne sait
jamais par où commencer, le premier pas est sans doute le plus difficile
à accomplir mais aussi le plus important.
Il faut se lancer!
Aujourd'hui, j'ai assisté aux premières manifestations concrètes de l'installation de Sean.
Des trous ont été forés, des vis ont été vissées, des ficelles ont été tendues et des nœuds ont été noués.
C'était un petit pas pour l’œuvre mais un grand pas pour Sean!
La parole du jour: L’asymétrie, c'est mieux que la symétrie...
Valentine
Thursday, October 13, 2011
Berlin Blog 4
Settling in to the rhythm here.
Spent the morning reworking the new idea for the installation in 3DsMax and finally started installing the frame for the piece with Valentine's help. (the painting is all done, the lamp/sculpture is down and the electrical work is done for installing the lights needed for the scultpure).
Obsiously a simpler day... not much else to say.
It was cold but sunny, ate lunch with Satu and Annemarie outside at a table on the edge of the Spree River.
Tonight is a quiet night "at home" Sewing my cartes de visites, keeping warm by the fireplace. Need the down-time to mull over the new idea for the installation. Calm is good.
Spent the morning reworking the new idea for the installation in 3DsMax and finally started installing the frame for the piece with Valentine's help. (the painting is all done, the lamp/sculpture is down and the electrical work is done for installing the lights needed for the scultpure).
Obsiously a simpler day... not much else to say.
It was cold but sunny, ate lunch with Satu and Annemarie outside at a table on the edge of the Spree River.
Tonight is a quiet night "at home" Sewing my cartes de visites, keeping warm by the fireplace. Need the down-time to mull over the new idea for the installation. Calm is good.
Direcktorenhaus/Johanssen Gallery addresses
the new installation in Berlin is at the Johanssen Gallery, which is located in the Direktorenhaus. Info on the ehxibit will soon be published on their website.
cool image from this morning
redrawing, redesigning the project this morning, and this image was a cool by-product of the process :
thought i would share it even if the new sketch isn't entirely finished yet.
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
Berlin Blog 3
Well at the end of today, all I can say is, I'm tired. Lots of "new" to deal with. New country, new city, new neighborhood, new bed, new language, new people, new routine (and I'm not as young as I used to be) :)
not only that, but realized in talking with Pascal that the idea I came up with and made sketches of (see earlier post) won't work in the space, the way it functions during a big event. So, I'm going to have to redesign it to leave the middle mostly empty. Every constraint is an opportunity and I like the idea of the piece progressively getting more dense as it moves towards the ends of the corridor, which is the idea that came to me after switching ideas.
If you didn't catch the earlier posts, the cube sculptures arrived today. The box of cords was located and a fun surprise, they found glow in the dark orange rope, which is the first time I've heard of it. I'm excited to give it a try.
The painters painted a third of the hallway and will finish tomorrow.
Daniel Becker, the designer of the lamp that is now in the corridor, but which comes down tomorrow, was here and we had a good talk. He is also doing custom tiling for the several wood burning stoves they have been installing here for the last couple of days, and which come in handy with the cold. The smell of a wood burning fire is also one of life's great pleasures too.
With the wood stoves and the two feather quilts I had, I was waaay too hot last night.
Weather-wise, it was sunny if not a bit colder today... but MUCH prettier and less depressing than yesterday.
I will start actually installation tomorrow.
btw, if you are following the blog, leave a comment and let me know who you are...
thanks... Sean
not only that, but realized in talking with Pascal that the idea I came up with and made sketches of (see earlier post) won't work in the space, the way it functions during a big event. So, I'm going to have to redesign it to leave the middle mostly empty. Every constraint is an opportunity and I like the idea of the piece progressively getting more dense as it moves towards the ends of the corridor, which is the idea that came to me after switching ideas.
If you didn't catch the earlier posts, the cube sculptures arrived today. The box of cords was located and a fun surprise, they found glow in the dark orange rope, which is the first time I've heard of it. I'm excited to give it a try.
The painters painted a third of the hallway and will finish tomorrow.
Daniel Becker, the designer of the lamp that is now in the corridor, but which comes down tomorrow, was here and we had a good talk. He is also doing custom tiling for the several wood burning stoves they have been installing here for the last couple of days, and which come in handy with the cold. The smell of a wood burning fire is also one of life's great pleasures too.
With the wood stoves and the two feather quilts I had, I was waaay too hot last night.
Weather-wise, it was sunny if not a bit colder today... but MUCH prettier and less depressing than yesterday.
I will start actually installation tomorrow.
btw, if you are following the blog, leave a comment and let me know who you are...
thanks... Sean
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