Day 14 Takahuhuti, Number 80 bus, Tampere Railway Station, Above the clouds, Helsinki Airport, Manchester Airport, Todmorden. All three of my anxious alarm clocks sound, 7, 7.30, 8am. Its been so hard to get Naoise to wake up in the mornings, I have had to ensure that I leave plenty of time so that I …read more
Day 13 Cleaning the flat and studio, The Lake, Home We find the local lake and set leaf boats a drift. Looking forward to going home. Family is home. Its sunny here. Nicola sends me a message saying that its grey and wet in Manchester. But right now I would happily swap the yellow for …read more
Day 12 Home, Presentation at Mältiranta Artcenter, Home I managed to write the presentation for the arts centre by working on half of it in the UK and then completing the rest here. Still I had to get up early whilst Naoise was asleep in bed to get it done. With no childcare the only time …read more
Day 11 Home, Sara Hilden Art Gallery, Park behind the fountain Not really enough time to write anything of worth this morning as have to complete the slide presentation for the event that I am hosting at Malinantra Art Centre after this afternoon. 4pm is the strangest time that I have ever given a talk, …read more
Day Ten: The Studio, Kirpputori, Pyynikki Park, Observation Tower and Cafe Love can be sharing another’s interests; cars, chocolate bars, padlocks, playgrounds, planets, milk, cheese, bread, bus tickets, coins, running as fast as you can through a wood, talking about poo, face timing daddy, listening to slaves and going home. I make nightie, t-shirt, bread, …read more
Day Nine: Studio, Meeting with Saara and her Children: Rulla- The Children’s Cultural Centre, Saara’s work place, Charity Shops, Picking up from Nursery, Shopping, Home We watch Puss in Boots and then a documentary about the first man on the moon. Naoise tells me that it is sad that people die in space and even …read more
Day 8: Home, The Finnish International School, Art Gallery, Library, Playground Where is the art ? The art always appears in places you least expect. Maybe it is just a game of hide and seek? I found a hidden staircase leading to a locked door in our apartment. Naoise found me hiding under the bed …read more
Day 7: Särkänniemi, Näsinneula Observation Tower, The Aquarium Its good to get some perspective, after me and Naoise difficult day we decided to have a FUN day. Purely based on FUN. Whilst riding on the number 80 bus into Tampere I had a look at the newspaper, first time I had done in a week. I read …read more
Day Six: The Studio, Shopping, Playing in the garden Challenging, difficult. non-compliant. Today me and Naoise were meant to be visiting the local school here in Takahuhti. Naoise wouldn’t get up. He slept and slept. I got him dressed lying in the bed, but he refused to wake. He said that he did’nt want to …read more
Day five: Mältinranta Art Centre, The Park, The Library, The Art Shop, Baking with Leena and Tina Right in the middle of the city elderly women swim in the lake. They swim in the lake all year around. In the winter they break the ice. I found Saara’s etchings in the shop at the Mältinranta Art Centre. Naoise …read more