This week I have been preparing for the Big Event which takes place this Saturday. There has been much cutting and painting and sawing and drilling by me and by lovely boyfriend, co-artistic creator and motivator Chris. We are expecting the event to be terribly exciting. I'm already excited, my face has been in both local newspapers this week, and Chris and I were on the front page of one! We have a made a jolly large map of our local area ( The Great Big South Wye Map!!) on which people will come and put their houses hopefully, making them out of bits of card and what have you. We also have some little lions and tigers but I'm not sure I'll be allowed to put them on..
Today we took a trip to Birmingham, well Balsall Heath, which seemed a bit dodgy in my view. Chris had some 'sound art' in an underwater festival. Sounds exciting? Yes, it was. We got to go swimming and listen to all sorts of funny sounds and music..and dolphin noises. The swimming baths are Victorian and are amazing, I think I saw them on Midlands Today as they seem to be in need of some renovation. Still, what an excellent building, the evening sun was streaming through the windows onto us as we floated around with our ears underwater listening to the various musical and artistic offerings.. Which, incidentally, were surprisingly loud and clear and a strangely relaxing and ethereal sensation in comparison to the kids shouting in the shallow end. Anyway, most enjoyable and I would certainly recommend the baths even without the sound art!
