may it always be.
i was so nervous on thursday when i headed to london for the big interview at the barbican, well actually she said it was just going to be a 'chat' but hey! i was nervous! esp considering i'd never traveled in london by myself-by myself! but everything went fine, i was *early* shocker_Central...the only other time i'd been to the barbican --- which if you haven't been, is a massive arts centre-complex built in the 1960s-70s, such a dream--- was on a sunday and it was dead. so to be there on a thursday at lunchTime was great, people runnin' around everywhere, everything was open, and the patio was packedOut. just picture this filled with people....and me this summer!
for the 'chat', we just sat down and talked and then she showed me all around the place, it's massive, very labrynth-like.........and she said, "well, looks like you'll be here exactly when we need you..........we have two asst curators out on maternity leave and you would be [............take a deep breath cos i almost passed out at this point] 'filling in' for one of them........." me as assistant curator hello dreamJob! i was just in shock for the rest of my time there, curatorial work is something i've always been interested in, so to be 'filling in' for someone in that area is going to be a dream indeed. everything should be finalised in the next few weeks (i still have to send her a few writing samples, etc...) but at this point i am still pinchin' myself, and i need to stop pinchin' and start lookin' for a place to live. i am going to start on craigslist is suppose. there will be quite a few people from my program in london doing placements this summer, so i think we are going to room together if possible. anybody out there have any tips on accommodation in london? i think it may be difficult considering i'll only need somewhere to live for 2-3 months.....
*Sigh and while i was there i checked out the tomas saraceno exhibition that had opened the nite before. the barbican commissioned him to go to a salt lake in bolivia and he used 32 simultaneous cameras to create a panoramic video of it all. the curved shape of the gallery worked so well for the exhibition, it was nice to just sit and look at the work without any other clutter in the way. if you're in london before mid-july i would definately reccomend checkin' this one out. i am lookin' forward to spending a few lunchbreaks in there this summer! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
these fotos don't do the work justice! but they give you an idea of just how breath-taking it will be in person!
for the 'chat', we just sat down and talked and then she showed me all around the place, it's massive, very labrynth-like.........and she said, "well, looks like you'll be here exactly when we need you..........we have two asst curators out on maternity leave and you would be [............take a deep breath cos i almost passed out at this point] 'filling in' for one of them........." me as assistant curator hello dreamJob! i was just in shock for the rest of my time there, curatorial work is something i've always been interested in, so to be 'filling in' for someone in that area is going to be a dream indeed. everything should be finalised in the next few weeks (i still have to send her a few writing samples, etc...) but at this point i am still pinchin' myself, and i need to stop pinchin' and start lookin' for a place to live. i am going to start on craigslist is suppose. there will be quite a few people from my program in london doing placements this summer, so i think we are going to room together if possible. anybody out there have any tips on accommodation in london? i think it may be difficult considering i'll only need somewhere to live for 2-3 months.....
*Sigh and while i was there i checked out the tomas saraceno exhibition that had opened the nite before. the barbican commissioned him to go to a salt lake in bolivia and he used 32 simultaneous cameras to create a panoramic video of it all. the curved shape of the gallery worked so well for the exhibition, it was nice to just sit and look at the work without any other clutter in the way. if you're in london before mid-july i would definately reccomend checkin' this one out. i am lookin' forward to spending a few lunchbreaks in there this summer! wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeee.....
these fotos don't do the work justice! but they give you an idea of just how breath-taking it will be in person!
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