In Space

A lot of spacial reshufflings has been happening the last couple of weeks. Wunderkammer has moved into the enormous space in Ny Tap, an old brewery which used to be Carlsberg, now just a big 7 storey empty building, with amazing secrets, such as 7 kilometres of underground galleries. The old van has moved from its hiding place through 6 years in my grandma’s garage, onto fake grass and a spooky fake camping setting next to the Hope Van that took Julian to India, and the Jungle Hearse to the other side. This upheaval, I imagine, must be quite drastic for this old guy, especially with audience going in and out all the time. The project seems to work really well though, so come visit us! Not only for the car installations but also to admire the space, and reflect upon how to transform buildings intended for something else into interfaces for people interacting with each other and with art! Pics to come. Here's one of the brewery room:

My grandma has also moved, to a retirement home which definitely also took some readjustments. It has been strange but curious to write stories about displacement and family ties, working on the themes of exile, diaspora and home, and seeing her adjusting to a new place after living in the same self-built house for 50 years (or was it more?). We all try to adjust, acknowledging the loss of a family framework, an epoch ending, and a place decaying - where 2 generations basically grew up. But also the fact that we all inevitably have to adjust to change, and to circumstances with an open mind, as well as accommodating new situations. She has done well so far, in spite of this big upheaval. Here are some pictures of the house left behind:

 

Cyberspace is no place for lovin’ and the pixellated screen on Skype just underlines the absence of the materiality of a real human being. So while we wait for December to come we dream of A-frame cottages in the Canadian forests and the audiovisual spaces of ThisMonthOnly (shameless advertising of our new website!) 

PS: LONG LIVE INTERNET! I was F#### when my cracked vj-program stopped working just before my first gig as a vj for Soffie Viemose (yes I crack. If I had money I would feed all starving artists and software developers). I couldn’t get anything to work, until Saturday morning (we had our concert the same night!!) when I discovered CoGe – an OPEN SOURCE program that is absolutely awesome and free! Thank you, Hungarian computergeek.

PPS: Max Richter’s The Blue Notebooks is bliss!