The day after the party I slept in late (the party went into the wee hours of the morning) and then spent the rest of the day in the studio.
Then the next day was the artist presentation at the Bòlit. Centre d'Art Contemporani so we went into Girona a little early (Clara had errands, and I wanted to buy lunch instead of making it - sometimes I get a little tired of only having one burner total to cook with; no microwave, no oven, no toaster, not even multiple burners and just want someone else to make me food) and did our own things for a while. I was supposed to meet up with Clara at the Centre at 6:30pm in advance of our 7pm presentation, but I got myself really confused despite being in basically the right area and spent over twenty minutes frantically pacing about trying to figure out where to go. I finally made it, and was really pleased that we had decided to give ourselves that buffer of time so I wasn't late!
The presentation was quite interesting; there were several different artists presenting, and one of them was Kubra Khademi. She's a really young performance artist who is currently seeking refugee status in France after being aggressively pursued and threatened in Afghanistan following her now well-known Armor piece. She's basically existing until finding out her immigration status by living in artist residencies around southern Europe with the help and goodwill of the hosts. I would find not having any money or close friends or family for support to be extremely stressful, so I hope her situation resolves in her favor soon.
The following day was another studio day. I'm happy with the pieces I'm working on, but my productivity on this residency is a little frustrating. I think it's necessary due to my experimentation with new techniques and media, but at the same time, I typically make about ten watercolor pieces on a month-long residency, and it looks like I'll be hopefully making five acrylic(+) paintings here.
