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 ==== Notes from 20140607 ====
-  * Today I cooked cauliflower and leak soup which the children enjoyed and later was finished by visitors to our space.
+  * Today I cooked cauliflower and leak soup, which the children enjoyed and later was finished by visitors to late night Adhocracy events.
-  * I placed proverbs around the space where they might provoke discussion.
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+  * I placed proverbs around the space where they might provoke discussion amongst visitors.
-  * We 'secured' our plants, to protect them realistically from toddlers, however one of our questions for our scenario is:
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-- How should we secure our food.
+  * We 'secured' our plants, to protect them from toddlers. One of our questions for our scenario is:
+How would we secure our food in 2100.
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-  * We received a warm response to our artist talk, see notes
+  * We received a warm response to our artist talk which was a summary of the first residency with foam and gave an overview of what we hoped to achieve at this residency. It was apparent due to the interruptions by the children during the talk, that by framing the project as a family in residence the concept would be developed and grow at the speed family life would allow. The level of uncertainty in respect to the demands of the children is the driver in respect to the rate of progress.
+  * Wonderfully, we were approached after the talk by people who wanted to share anecdotes about the weather.
+==== Notes from 20140608 ====
+Today I felt like we had an open house full of visitors and the trick was managing to speak to people, cook and keep focus on the project whilst keeping the children busy and most importantly happy. In every respect it was a day full of the stuff of everyday life.
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+Interesting comments coming after the artist talk about Weather Lore included:
+  * Memories of life events and emotions connected to specific weather.
+  * How romantic is 'self sustainability'? Is Economic Collapse, Post Climate Chaos becoming a new trope for the beginning of any future scenario?
+  * Discussion about lifestyle choice, practicality and necessity.
+  * Comments about story telling, educating and informing through hard hitting messages in the tone of the 1980's Grim Reaper TV ads warning about Aids.
+In reflection of the talk about Weather Lore I was very pleased in principle that there was a very open flow of people entering and leaving the space. Simultaneous to the talk I served soup and fed children. I chatted with visitors whilst presenting a planned talk and ultimately the final minutes were interrupted and the formal talk was finished by the baby having a melt down. To wind up, a friend helped me clear the kitchen whilst updating me on the status of her vegetable garden and fruit trees. I could not have scripted things better to frame our future scenario enactment.
+However, I came away a little unsettled that the talk was not in focus by either myself or those around me. Multi-tasking exhausted me and softened the impact of the important points I wanted to make. The soup sipping, children playing around us and the flow of people through the space punctuated the time in ways I was not prepared for. So, things were as I had hoped and at the same time not what I had wanted.
+This residency is an opportunity to experiment with formats, frames and structures as well as ideas and from yesterdays artist talk I learnt a lot about my expectations and assumptions.I am very pleased that we had the opportunity to prehearse this presentation within our family in residence scenario.