Back in Blighty

After spending 3 months in Berlin, Sheepwoman and I are now back in England for a little while.  A number of new projects and collaborations were made during the last three months, not least Sheepwoman's first short film which was made in the last three weeks of the Homebase Residency.  

Many thanks to Joao Vilnei and Aixa Sacco for working with me in the making of this film, it could not have happened without the context of the Homebase residency and the wonderful people I met there.  Thankyou to Rafael Machado, Elena Dhal, Jimmy Treverton, Adrian Brun and James Budd Dees for willingly giving their time and responding inventively to the props we gave them.  Many thanks to Chris Dooks who gave permission to use his music for the film.  

Video still of "The couple with the Sausage" Adrian Brun, James Budd Dees and Sheepwoman

The film is currently being edited for a second time and will be screened in a number of locations in the autumn, see this blog for more details.

On set without the mask    

Homebase Residency, Berlin April 2013

Sheepwoman and I and settling in to our new home at Homebase, an international site specific residency exploring the notion of home, located in the offices of an old brewery in an area between Prenzlauerberg and Pankow, Berlin.  

My studio is one of 18 studios in the building with a corridor so long that I need a scooter to get to the bathroom.  My studio overlooks the garden where I will be working with Diego Zavana Aldana to plan and establish a kitchen garden, creating a relaxing social space and growing  fruit and vegetables for the kitchen, the weekly cafe and for the resident artist community and it's neighbours.

We started work in the garden today, digging over soil that had long been frozen during the winter months. We found some strawberry plants and potted them up for safe keeping, whilst we were serenaded by our neighbour Johnny Zabala on guitar, singing blues and Captain Beefheart songs.  

More pictures to follow.