kein herzblut
good news is: no cold, bad news is: no wireless on the hotel room.
it proofs to be rather difficult to do the performance here as planned. so far, we only did it at aqua art and we hope to do it over at the art basel today, which is gonna be a real challenge. i bought a new bag to be able to get all the stuff johannes needs inside past security. but i'm sure, we're all gonna have ourselves thrown out in no time as soon as he wears the suit. i'm glad, i did not end up wearing one of these suits, too - as originally planned. i've ended up as the official photographer of bode media (sean bonner's company) and the woman dispensing the press passes made a big fuzz over the fact that i wanted to take pictures. now i have an official permit that i need to 'carry at all times' because else my cameras might be confiscated. she even argued that it was also not possible to take pictures at 'le louvre' which is bullshit as far as i remember. i took pictures inside the french museum 10 years ago, you just can't use the flash. bigh deal! but i did not tell her that of course, I was not in for an argument with the Swiss.
what i found out about photography so far is that it's never gonna be a real passion with me. it's just another job i struggle to be good at, because i hate not being brilliant at whatever i do. what annoys me about it is that i've started thinking in pictures - which adds another layer of detachment between the world and me, as if i weren't detached enough already. for me, the camera provides an extra wall to hide behind, i'm good at hiding from the world.
what i love about the job is that usually people think you are really important if you carry a big enough camera. the camera seems to say 'obay!' and most of the people act accordingly.
bottom line: i love being important and distant, so i love taking pictures. but i'll never get past the impression that photography is a downright boring medium with too many technical limitations. my heart will always belong to language.
anyways, you can have a look at some of the pictures i took yesterday here.
it proofs to be rather difficult to do the performance here as planned. so far, we only did it at aqua art and we hope to do it over at the art basel today, which is gonna be a real challenge. i bought a new bag to be able to get all the stuff johannes needs inside past security. but i'm sure, we're all gonna have ourselves thrown out in no time as soon as he wears the suit. i'm glad, i did not end up wearing one of these suits, too - as originally planned. i've ended up as the official photographer of bode media (sean bonner's company) and the woman dispensing the press passes made a big fuzz over the fact that i wanted to take pictures. now i have an official permit that i need to 'carry at all times' because else my cameras might be confiscated. she even argued that it was also not possible to take pictures at 'le louvre' which is bullshit as far as i remember. i took pictures inside the french museum 10 years ago, you just can't use the flash. bigh deal! but i did not tell her that of course, I was not in for an argument with the Swiss.
what i found out about photography so far is that it's never gonna be a real passion with me. it's just another job i struggle to be good at, because i hate not being brilliant at whatever i do. what annoys me about it is that i've started thinking in pictures - which adds another layer of detachment between the world and me, as if i weren't detached enough already. for me, the camera provides an extra wall to hide behind, i'm good at hiding from the world.
what i love about the job is that usually people think you are really important if you carry a big enough camera. the camera seems to say 'obay!' and most of the people act accordingly.
bottom line: i love being important and distant, so i love taking pictures. but i'll never get past the impression that photography is a downright boring medium with too many technical limitations. my heart will always belong to language.
anyways, you can have a look at some of the pictures i took yesterday here.
feuerfisch - Fr, 2. Dez, 21:00
I can't wait to actually see some prints of your stuff.
i will put some more pictures on my blog soon, though.