return | 1987 - 2007

Using walking as the primary medium, a series of explorations investigating the fluid boundaries between the past and the present, sited around Banff and the area’s natural environs during the "Walking and Art" residency at the Banff Centre, 17 September through 03 November 2007.                   . . . for Ingrid Muan (1964-2005)

Wednesday, October 3, 2007

slow dunk

i woke up late today, the room dark with curtains drawn shut. i have, in fact, slept all morning. to make up for missing the group walk today, i plan my activity of yoga this evening and pack my mat to bring to the studio. today i have to keep at my layers, with seven more thin and a few thick to complete by tomorrow night. i will stick near the sculpture shop.

at lunch, Jen and Jen and Chris and Will crack me up. Satellite Bureau is working on a new project, which they brainstorm at the table. i take photos and listen intently. amazingly enough, there are chicken sandwiches on offer at lunch. i am pleased. i miss sandwiches, as i was just telling Jen last night. is that a sandwich you've just made up yourself, she asks me at the table. no, they actually made sandwiches today, how bout that! desert includes a maple ice cream, yum.

back at the studio, i make a pass through the dunk room. some of my wax air vents have come loose from the pinecones, hovering near but definitely not connected. i am saddened, they look sad to me these detached "arteries". the coats take longer than hoped to dry today so it is going slow. i will be here all night again, i know.

we do get to pick up our paper today, it is dry! Jen and I are quite thrilled with our accomplishments. we have made paper!