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 This page is the informal log of my transiency process, in reverse chronological order.
+- 11 September
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+Full week of a new rhythm. Both of our kids are going to school in Brussels. It means a very different schedule for them and for us. Waking up at 6:30h to prepare breakfast and lunch for Faust kind of messes up the whole day. I'm not an early bird you could say. Such an early start makes me feel slow and lost. I guess after while i will get used to it.
+At FoAM mainly dealing with various rental requests. It looks like this autumn it will be a few longer events using our space. It is great. But i feel i have to put a limit on it as well, because it does consume lots of time and energy to menage it all. I still want to explore a few things my self.
+I bought a new photo camera. Well it is an old Nikon F4. I never had a device with so many buttons on it. Spending my days studying the manual and taking some shots. It is very exiting. Can't wait to see the results.
+August-4 September
+Back to Belgium, back to home, back to FoAM, back to the routine of school work home. The intensity of the summer manifested in the new sort of physical pain. As i was very happy to be painless for a few weeks before i left on holiday, as much disappointed i felt now. Being absent for such a long time requires lots of attention to the things that i left "hanging". First of all i had to deal with Parkdesign. The very well received proposal didn't get followed up by the person responsible. She has send information about the practicalities and new demands so late in august that i had no choice than to cancel the whole thing. I think festivals like Parkdesign are great, but perhaps it should be clearly stated in their mission that they wish to work with starting artist that have lots of time on their hands and don't mind "improvised" organisation. On the other hand i felt relieved. Still not ready to do anything public.
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 -28 August
 The abstract sound composer of the last century Varèse has ones said "...think of music as an arrangement of objects in space, and keep in mind how long it takes for any sound to travel through the hall." If i would paraphrase this sentence for dance and choreography it should sound something like this: Dance is an arrangement of metaphors in space that takes lots of time and invisible patterns for body to travel trough.
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 As part of my transiency i can only say i managed to facilitate the whole event on my own. From the initial design to the implementation and even graphic documentation that proudly found its place and the main room of Touristic Office of the city. All methods and exercises worked well and gave me a lot more confidence to do this in some less complicated circumstances. Also be strict with organisers about things we agreed upon ( number of participants, extra activities, help needed...) And most importantly measure well the energy spend vs getting back.
-On a plus side i've this week i visited one of the abandoned factories Ekranas. I feel very sorry that i couldn't spend more time there in the compleet vastness. The space is huge and so empty like a set for cinema.And the light traveling trough the space from one side to another makes it dance with the shadows.
+On a plus side this week i visited one of the abandoned factories Ekranas. I feel very sorry that i couldn't spend more time there in the complete vastness. The space is huge and so empty like a set for cinema. The light traveling trough the space from one side to another makes it dance with the shadows.
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-After that the holiday followed. But it seemed as if all the good weather was spend on the week in Panevezys and all we had left was only dark clouds,rain and low temperature. I was also not ready to socialise and meet lots of people as i usually do during the visits in Lithuania. So instead of settling somewhere we traveled around without meeting too many people. One of the top destinations was a city of Visaginas. It was built as a town for workers engaged in the construction of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (exact replica of Chernobyl).
+After that the holiday followed. But it seemed as if all the good weather was spend on the week in Panevezys and all we had left was only dark clouds, rain and low temperature. I was not ready to socialise and meet lots of people as i usually do during the visits in Lithuania. So instead of settling somewhere we traveled around without seeing too many human beings. One of the top destinations was a city of Visaginas. It was built as a town for workers engaged in the construction of the Ignalina Nuclear Power Plant (exact replica of Chernobyl). According to a few besides Visaginas is seen as a perfect example how to build a green city from scratch. Originally planned to be shaped like a butterfly with lots of interconnecting bicycle and walking paths, green squares and a surrounding pine forrest, this city still has a feel of some kind of health resort.
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-It is a city- museum. I never been in city build only in Soviet style. The development of the city stopped after decision to close the nuclear power plant was taken. So it is really unspoiled and feels like traveling back in time. Even people still dress the same.
+It is a city- museum. I never been in city build only in Soviet style. The development of it stopped after decision to close nuclear power plant was taken. So it is really unspoiled and feels like traveling back in time. Even people still dress the same.
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