100 bricks
Bajou, who writes for Art Today magazine, comes for a studio visit. I show her my work and we have an interesting conversation. The storm didn't really happen, but it is raining all day. I have a hundred bricks across the street. A worker wants to know how much I will pay him to carry the bricks - I don't know, I feel awkward and I opt for doing it myself. With an umbrella in one hand and 2 bricks in the other I make numerous trips up and down stairs and across the flooded yard to put down the cornerstones of my construction. The room is smaller than I thought and I have to make some adjustments. 2 different metal workers come to discuss price and technique.
At night I hop in a cab to visit Karen Smith. Stop by the Apple store to buy a cable on the way. Karen has a beautiful office by the east gate of the Jingshan Park right north of the Forbidden City. Her place is furnished with Chinese design, and a great collection of local contemporary art hangs on the walls. Karen has lived in Beijing for 13 years, curates exhibitions, writes about, deals and organizes art. Her partner Ray is a British creative consultant mainly working in fashion. They welcome me warmly, and the dinner table is set. More people arrive: Iwan from Amsterdam works for Rem Kolhaas. I try to convince him to let me in to the CCTV site, but he barely has access himself... Ignacio, a young scientist from Venezuela is visiting a conference on the environment, and Xing Danwen is an established Chinese artist who arrives late because her car broke down. We talk about how China is nothing like we thought.
At night I hop in a cab to visit Karen Smith. Stop by the Apple store to buy a cable on the way. Karen has a beautiful office by the east gate of the Jingshan Park right north of the Forbidden City. Her place is furnished with Chinese design, and a great collection of local contemporary art hangs on the walls. Karen has lived in Beijing for 13 years, curates exhibitions, writes about, deals and organizes art. Her partner Ray is a British creative consultant mainly working in fashion. They welcome me warmly, and the dinner table is set. More people arrive: Iwan from Amsterdam works for Rem Kolhaas. I try to convince him to let me in to the CCTV site, but he barely has access himself... Ignacio, a young scientist from Venezuela is visiting a conference on the environment, and Xing Danwen is an established Chinese artist who arrives late because her car broke down. We talk about how China is nothing like we thought.
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