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+Whilst in Croatia, the foam residency was structured to include my whole family so my husband Matt contributed a sound score and our daughter Miranda sent drawings and stories in response to the creative content generated. Foam founders and collaborators Nik Gaffney and Maja Kumonovic, not only contributed creative ideas but picked up the ‘hard to do with a baby in your arms’ tasks like note taking and documenting.
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 Traveling and working with Florence by my side has been a joy.During my residency, Florence’s smile, giggle and attentive observation of the world was a delight. My journey was enriched by her look of awe and surprise at Dubai airport, her fascination with all the safety videos on the plane, her cooperation in falling asleep promptly whilst travelling or when in transit no matter whether she was in a car seat on the floor under a table in an airport, her ability to laugh at almost any situation, her love of baby food from 3 countries, her loud and confident contribution to all serious arts discussions with her own baby babble,  and her amusement in waking up amongst changeable scenery day in and day out and often night in and night out when I prammed her to restaurants. Florence’s generosity in sharing her morning song with Nik who accompanied her trilling and omming with his own basset tones put smiles on everyone’s faces. Her post- presentation cuddles with Maja helped calm everyone’s nerves after intense discussions.
-In my experience working in the arts cannot by design be a selfish pursuit, so there has not been a giant shift in perspective in my life now that I am responsible for a baby. Just as in the art world, where teams of people work together, the responsibility of caring for Florence is not mine alone. My husband is informed and involved in everything Florence and I do and his opinion along with the point of view of Florence’s Grandparents and wider family is always considered. My work has always depended on working closely with other artists, whilst simultaneously working one or two full-time jobs outside of the arts to support my practice. It goes without saying that if I didn’t always have a sense of others in the world then collectives would fail, partnerships dissolve and collaborations would bomb. Often my paid work has included caring for other people’s children, so having Florence with me as I work is a familiar challenge and joy.All in all I am arriving home with a creative vision dreamed up, a new network of futurists met, a very creative collaborative experience and a world of possibilities to develop my work through avenues opened in Europe. For Florence I hope she has gained a sense of herself in a larger world, a tolerance of travel and somewhere deep in her conscience the knowledge that the world is full of creative and strong personalities who can envisage a fantastic future. For Miranda I hope she learns that no matter where I travel and for how long, I’ll always come back (and perhaps next time she can come with me). More importantly I know Miranda realizes that wherever I am, my life includes her and I cherish her involvement in my work. For Matt, we both know that creative collaboration is part of the glue of our relationship, whether that be formalized in an artic collaboration or the creative stuff of flexible parenting.
+In my experience working in the arts cannot by design be a selfish pursuit, so there has not been a giant shift in perspective in my life now that I am responsible for a baby. Just as in the art world, where teams of people work together, the responsibility of caring for Florence is not mine alone. My husband is informed and involved in everything Florence and I do and his opinion along with the point of view of Florence’s Grandparents and wider family is always considered. My work has always depended on working closely with other artists, whilst simultaneously working one or two full-time jobs outside of the arts to support my practice. It goes without saying that if I didn’t always have a sense of others in the world then collectives would fail, partnerships dissolve and collaborations would bomb. Often my paid work has included caring for other people’s children, so having Florence with me as I work is a familiar challenge and joy.All in all I am arriving home with a creative vision dreamed up, a new network of futurists met, a very creative collaborative experience and a world of possibilities to develop my work through avenues opened in Europe. For Florence I hope she has gained a sense of herself in a larger world, a tolerance of travel and somewhere deep in her conscience the knowledge that the world is full of creative and strong personalities who can envisage a fantastic future. For Miranda I hope she learns that no matter where I travel and for how long, I’ll always come back (and perhaps next time she can come with me). More importantly I know Miranda realizes that wherever I am, my life includes her and I cherish her involvement in my work. For Matt, we both know that creative collaboration is part of the glue of our relationship, whether that be formalized in an artistic collaboration or the creative stuff of flexible parenting.
 Lastly, it is to Matt that I’ll be forever grateful for enabling this trip not only financially and by leading the way in empowering flexibility in our family structure but also because he pushed me out the door of our cozy house in the Adelaide hills with the words “off you go, this is what Sarah Neville does.”  To summarise, high quality art making takes fabulous teams of people working together seamlessly, the same goes with creative parenting and a workable family life for us. It is not always easy but when it works then relationships deepen, extraordinary lives are lived and astonishing art is created.