September 22
Up this morning and off to meet Sergey Krylow at the St.
Petersburg Academy of Art.
A marvelous tour of the place where Sergei teaches hot
enamel technique and monumental painting.
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Classroom
Wall relief in hallway
Then back to the apartment for a nap.
After lunch I went to my installation where the lady
responsible for the space, Olga, asked if I would leave the installation up for
a longer period of time. I was honored
to be asked such a question. This is the wonderful part about my installations. I get to spend
days in the space getting to know how the space functions and getting to know the
local people all the while creating community.
There was a group of about 25 artists doing sketching in the space.
Olga then introduced me to a lady that had lived in this
courtyard her entire life and had done 6 video clips of my piece. She brought me hot tea and various images she
had taken from her upper floor apartment.
She also asked if I would consider leaving the piece up for a longer
period of time. So plans have changed. Now I
intend to leave the fence up one more week. At that time the local children get
to keep the flags for projects and the uprights will be used in spring
plantings.
Tonight was the closing dinner party….and what a wonderful dinner
party it was. I feel like there has been a party every night since I arrived.
They really know how to do this in Russia.
It started raining and I came back to sleep in preparation
for tomorrow’s packing to head back.
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