Day 41 . 02 .06.2011

Today it’s exactly 90 days until the opening...

I will be spending my morning alone in the city, playing around with my camera. I haven’t done that in a while and I do believe it’s about time that I do. Perhaps I might get some good pictures in the process.

After my play date with my camera, at 1pm, I will be having a meeting tomorrow at the gallery. I am hoping to confirm times and all the important information that is needed for the poster. I also haven’t been there in a while, so all the spacing I needed to do will all be done.

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Day 40 . 01 .06.2011

3 months left...

The time is 7:28 and exactly in 3 months time from now, would be the opening night of my exhibition. The day seems so far for many, but to me, it’s practically around the corner. I am only calm, because panicking wouldn’t help much. I still can’t believe its June already.

I unfortunately have nothing to report back on today, but I thought highlighting the time left was necessary. 

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Day 39 . 31 .05.2011

 Final decision

I am so thrilled. I have made up my mind on the image that I will be using, for the poster that will be designed for my exhibition. I am very fortunate to have friends who are graphic designers, so now there is one less thing I have to worry about.

This graphic designer that has offered to design my poster is the lovely Lisa Robertson. She studied graphic design and art direction at Red and Yellow 2006-2009.  She now works at a reasonable sized advertising agency – Herdbuoys eKapa, where she works as a Designer/DTP (Desktop Publishing). She freelances on the side and in her spare time knits, sings, draws, designs and sews. She is fantastic and can’t wait to see what she produces

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Day 38 . 30 .05.2011

 

Goodbye to this month.

I have nothing to write that I can share with you all, so here are some images I took a while ago.  These beautiful girls were so willing to be photographed, and spent the day asking me to take photographs of them.

  

Date: 2010

Medium: photography

Title: none

Location: Rondebosch

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Day 37 . 29 .05.2011

Happy Sunday...

Today was one of those really lazy Sundays after a busy weekend. I spent my day answering questions to an interview. Juggling a lot of things at once is what I do, but to not be able to actually be interviewed sucks. Oh well, I guess I can give the questions more in-depth answers. I’m being asked really interesting questions like “Who is Anelisa?” and I know that seems like the easiest question to answer, but it isn’t. I know who I am but now to explain it to someone in a few sentences is so difficult. I don’t have much to share today, so goodnight everyone.

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Day 36 . 28 .05.2011

I had the most insightful conversation with my cousin Zarina Nteta. She has managed to make me excited about this exhibition all over again. Her bubbly personality and faith in people is so inspiring. This process doesn’t feel as mundane anymore. The difference an hour has can be so fascinating.

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Day 35 . 27 .05.2011

My intention of visiting the gallery and looking at the space was not successful. To be honest, it wasn’t even a priority, as I know what I want to do and how I want to use the space. I think I just like going there, to remind myself that it’s really going to happen, it being the exhibition.Things have been crazy and sometimes taking in the moments amidst all the chaos is what I need .


The days decrease and the pressure increases. I am fortunate to not be receiving pressure from anybody, as the pressure I seem to be inflicting on myself is all I can handle at this point.

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Day 34 . 26 .05.2011

Today and tomorrow I will be spending my time organizing with my sponsors (who have generously offered to provide bottles of wine for the opening of the exhibition), when the wine will be delivered and how many cases I will need. This means I have one less thing to worry about. 

I have to focus on the poster design, which I will have to use to promote the exhibition. Many people have offered to do it for me, so I should decide this week, as to who I am going ask and what exactly the design should be.

I am going to go visit the gallery tomorrow to look at the space again. As I said in the previous post, I tend to become obsessive with the use of space and how it contributes visually to the overall end product of my idea.

I can’t thank the readers and supporters of my dream enough, for the constant love that I get on a daily basis. I find myself not being able to have the perfect response to the compliments, because firstly, I struggle to accept compliments and secondly, because I get this weird feeling in my belly.  So, if I have deliberately changed topic or even given anyone a tainted look, don’t take it personally. Thank you, thank you and again thank you for the kind words.

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Day 33 . 25 .05.2011

This weekend will be my defining moment. If I can get through the list of ‘things to confirm for the exhibition’ this weekend, then I will be the happiest person alive. The artists statement still needs to be finalized, the series of works that will be up on the walls needs to be overlooked as obviously the significant things that will complete the exhibition need to be attended too.

I need to pay the Rococo Studio Gallery a visit on Friday, just to look at the space again. I tend to become obsessive with the visual ambience a place can create and I just want everything I vision to be a reality.

*sigh*

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Day 32 . 24 .05.2011

I live in oblivion...

I really think someone must have drugged me yesterday, as I didn’t even notice the significance of yesterdays post. It was exactly the 31^st post since the day I started this journey, which means that my countdown from 100 until the big day, should have begun yesterday.

 This means my exhibition is precisely in 99 day’s time, (as I say this out loud, I begin to feel a little queasy) and there is still so much to do. I have been balancing varsity, freelance gigs and this exhibition, but now it appears to me, that this exhibition needs way more attention that I have been giving.

O.M.G!  This is the only way I can explain what I am feeling.  So the countdown officially begins now.

Day 99 (sigh)

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Day 31 . 23 .05.2011

Day 31

I’m checking in.

No post today.

There is nothing to share.

 Have a good evening.

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Day 30 . 22 .05.2011

The random slip outs

When I am out and about, and the concept behind the exhibition comes up in conversation, I find myself talking about the theme. I find no issue in talking about it to people, because it makes me happy, I just don’t understand why I haven’t yet mentioned it on this blog.

Firstly, it’s too early to give this process a name (even though I might have on this weeks posts), and secondly, I want people to be opened minded about it for now. I love my art more as the days go by.  I love what I am doing and I also love the rush of this journey. This feeling of fear and being in something that is unpredictable makes me happy.

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