20 Nov 07

Over the weekend Zagreb had its first snow of the season, I had a lovely view from my dorm window. There are a bunch of trees lined in front that caught the snow just perfectly, pics are on the new flickr (see previous post). The snow was short lived, its forecast to get back near 16 C (60 F) by the weekend. I'm also just getting over another head cold, this time complete with sinus headache and ear ache. Considering this, I haven't been to hockey training since last Monday, but hope to be feeling well enough to go by the end of this week.

This week everyone is preparing for our show that opens next Thursday. I'm just about ready just need to print images from the installation I did last week in the main square, not that that will be a quick task. I still need to determine the size of one sequence of a pot, so that they will hang on the given wall space evenly, I think they'll end up being around 18 x 22" or 20 x 30" depending on which wall I use and how low low the resolution will become when I enlarge them in Photoshop. Then I also have 84 8 x10" photos, one of each of the pots, every two hours of the installation (9a-9p). I've been told that I can print them in the lab at the Academy, but just need to let them know when so they can get fresh toner :)

Tomorrow I will sign the contract with the company concerning production of my piece. Professor seems to think that the pieces will go into production very soon, within the next two weeks, so we can be on hand when they are made. Now that most of my "in studio" work is complete, I have time to get to the afternoon figure drawing class, which actually proves to be quite enjoyable. Some of the drawings I hope to be able to roll up into a piece of PVC, cap it off, so I can bring them home, along with the poster size photographs. Just because I say I've finished my "in studio" work doesn't mean that I am not still doing work. I go in to the Academy by 9 am everyday put together the previous day's baggie, work on a little plaster carving, generally enjoy the studio environment, go to drawing in the afternoon. I am still needing to complete a video projection piece, that I am planning to shoot Friday, and a sound-based piece. There are still some formalities that I have to go through to do the sound piece, I'm just waiting to ge the go ahead.

Better get back to complying and sorting 400 images into just 84.
All my best,
AM