The Estonian Philosopher.
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Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
no, why don't you go out and bloody live for a change?
Right.
But, seriously folks...
This is redundant office space. The place has no commercial value. It is a fabulous building surrounded by beautiful countryside and all the modern convenience of a town within 5 minutes walking distance. It could be home to 10 families. Instead it will just get knocked down eventually. It is 'designer' cool ATM, so how do I buy it and get change of use?
This is redundant office space. The place has no commercial value. It is a fabulous building surrounded by beautiful countryside and all the modern convenience of a town within 5 minutes walking distance. It could be home to 10 families. Instead it will just get knocked down eventually. It is 'designer' cool ATM, so how do I buy it and get change of use?
Pickman's model
Starry Wisdom
ah the old change the subject to avoid the tricky question routine
A few pics to give an idea/flavour of the place.
It is COOL AS FUCKING FUCK
Basically, we have an entire office building in a postmodernist style fully equipped with Macs/PCs/Photo studio/Cameras/lazer printers that print on ANYTHING!/bathrooms/kitchens/play areas with flat screens and jacuzzi/a 'Mum' who cleans and cooks
... it goes on.
I will divuldge a bit more detail about the politics later
It is COOL AS FUCKING FUCK
Basically, we have an entire office building in a postmodernist style fully equipped with Macs/PCs/Photo studio/Cameras/lazer printers that print on ANYTHING!/bathrooms/kitchens/play areas with flat screens and jacuzzi/a 'Mum' who cleans and cooks
... it goes on.I will divuldge a bit more detail about the politics later
Attachments
The entrance. The place isn't brand new - needs a little care.
I've agreed to take on a fair amount of work. I'll probably be here for a few weeks (if I don't upset the boss!).
New whirlpool and the flat screen play room
'C' is currently trying to find some 'bitches' to play in his new toy He has a very nice car, but he's not allowed to drive it these days, so finding women willing to walk out here is proving a problem.
'C' is currently trying to find some 'bitches' to play in his new toy
He has a very nice car, but he's not allowed to drive it these days, so finding women willing to walk out here is proving a problem.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
You've been taken over by the ghost of Walter Gropius. 
You've been taken over by the ghost of Walter Gropius.
Yep
It's all a bit Bauhaus, which I like. My favourite photographer follows Bauhuas interpretations of laws of Gestalt as far as I can see.
It's fun. I'm going to enjoy it for as long as it lasts.
That's how I've taken this thread from the beginning.
Johnny Canuck3
Well-Known Member
That building has the Law of Pragnanz written all over it.
Boris Sprinkler
Dont be scared
are you coming to Denmark?
I don't know. Any vague plans I had have sort of gone out of the window. The weather has been exceptionally wet (again) and put me behind schedule. I have stuff I should go back to Granada to sort out soonish, then I may come back here (Uslar, Germany) if this project all works out. Then??? I will be getting cold, so no risking camping out - it's going be a very cash/work dependent trip from now on, but I am making good contacts.
Also, the guys here are talking about organising a trip to NY with a drive to the West coast (something I've always fancied). Options. Denmark is pretty close though. And, I did some work in Berlin for a guy who's partner is Danish and Denmark based, so...
Strange. Can't edit my post 
e2a; I can edit this one.
I've just remembered the last company I worked for in London was run by a Danish guy. Maybe I could email him.
e2a; I can edit this one.
I've just remembered the last company I worked for in London was run by a Danish guy. Maybe I could email him.
My project office
I have to make decision. This is a very nice opportunity, but it means making some sort of committment.
I have my own room, and office space above plus access to loads of equipment.
I will be in-house artist/designer/multimedia doer managing the main initial project for an intercative 3D map thing. Working with some people who are looking for work experience whilst improving their English.
We are opening a club in the basement and a town centre shop to sell things for a few fashion designers.
It all looks very nice, but it means quitting the sunshine of Granada for sometime at least and moving all my furniture and stuff again
Dunno???
I think my travel adventure stops here (bar a few weekend trips).
They are making it very difficult for me to say no. I woke this morning to find all my washing nicely folded and left outside my door. Good, enthusiastic people. Interesting and varied work. Free accommodation. Access to all sorts of equipment. I get all the time I want to carry on painting and arting with resources and people behind me to help promote and find potential book publishers. Like that isn't enough to tempt me I've been offered a company credit card, iPad, phone etc and use of very nice car.
I'm going to give it until the end of September, then decide if I'm moving furniture and stuff from Granada.
Could be end of thread. I still intend to visit Estonia and St Petersburg, but it will be a flight for a few days rather than a marathon hike.
They are making it very difficult for me to say no. I woke this morning to find all my washing nicely folded and left outside my door. Good, enthusiastic people. Interesting and varied work. Free accommodation. Access to all sorts of equipment. I get all the time I want to carry on painting and arting with resources and people behind me to help promote and find potential book publishers. Like that isn't enough to tempt me I've been offered a company credit card, iPad, phone etc and use of very nice car.
I'm going to give it until the end of September, then decide if I'm moving furniture and stuff from Granada.
Could be end of thread. I still intend to visit Estonia and St Petersburg, but it will be a flight for a few days rather than a marathon hike.
Nothing wrong with enjoying your creature comforts after being a bit of a vagabond IMHO. No either/or but both - you jammy bastard.
...you jammy bastard.
All sounds very nice so far.
Downside is it's a live/work space shared with the boss! It's 24 Hour live work. Enjoyable work, everything is about work - social life revolving around work - everything about work and money making. It's the way I lived for much of my time in NY. I was 15 years younger then.
Also, ATM much of the deal is just words. I have projects to complete within a month. If I meet my promise and they deliver there's I will probably stay. If not, it will be back to the sunshine to start something similar in Granada.
I just went into my room to find a brand new big bed. Not a mention to me. That's the biggest 'STAY PLEASE' so far. They're being far too kind.
It's not just my work colleagues. This little town is one of the friendliest places I have ever visited. I've only been here 10 days and people are waving as they drive past when I walk to the shops. Stopping to chat in English and being very tolerant of my German speaking efforts. I think I am going to miss Granada, but enjoy however much time I spend here.
It's not just my work colleagues. This little town is one of the friendliest places I have ever visited. I've only been here 10 days and people are waving as they drive past when I walk to the shops. Stopping to chat in English and being very tolerant of my German speaking efforts. I think I am going to miss Granada, but enjoy however much time I spend here.
I am highly suspicious. Far too many carrots being dangled! All the people working here are good and friendly. But, much as you joke...
Very simply, if the boss man sees that I can bring money into the project or help the project move forwards in other ways, he'll want me to stay. If not, I'll go back to Granada. I looked at doing something similar in Galicia then a love distraction got in the way. Plenty of grants still available in Spain for this sort of stuff.
Right!
I need a fucking reality check Really want to phone someone who knows who I am just for a bit of reassurance. People of U75 - tell me straight.
I find myself in a remote, small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Population about 12,000. Not the sort of town you expect crazy new idea cafes to open in. Nor, a huge post-modernist building full of crazy ideas. This guy is brilliantly bold. The cafe will open Sunday - not even a week after he had the idea!
This is mad. Totally mad.
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This evening I 'mucked in' with the painting and decorating fo the soon to be, crazy cafe complete with my murals. Ripping down false walls, digging holes etc. At some point I stepped outside for a smoke. I looked at the pavement and saw Two memorial plaques for concentration camp victims. Going back inside I looked at the false door we had revealed. Looked at layers and layers of laminated wallpaper. Every pattern with a different story.
Later, someone entered and remarked that the revealed layers of paper, plaster, brick and mortar were art in themselves. "They should be preserved" - sealed behind perspex.
In any other house I would have loved the idea.
I need a fucking reality check
Really want to phone someone who knows who I am just for a bit of reassurance. People of U75 - tell me straight.I find myself in a remote, small town in Lower Saxony, Germany. Population about 12,000. Not the sort of town you expect crazy new idea cafes to open in. Nor, a huge post-modernist building full of crazy ideas. This guy is brilliantly bold. The cafe will open Sunday - not even a week after he had the idea!
This is mad. Totally mad.
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This evening I 'mucked in' with the painting and decorating fo the soon to be, crazy cafe complete with my murals. Ripping down false walls, digging holes etc. At some point I stepped outside for a smoke. I looked at the pavement and saw Two memorial plaques for concentration camp victims. Going back inside I looked at the false door we had revealed. Looked at layers and layers of laminated wallpaper. Every pattern with a different story.
Later, someone entered and remarked that the revealed layers of paper, plaster, brick and mortar were art in themselves. "They should be preserved" - sealed behind perspex.
In any other house I would have loved the idea.
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
The trick is to decide if you're going to concentrate on breakfasts or afternoon teas. Get that wrong and everything else is screwed. It's not as easy as you may think.
As each day passes it looks more likely I am staying. Still very much day to day mind.
I'm going to start a new thread in 'Photography and Art and Stuff' because this is potentially very interesting.
Really threw me last night. I was admittedly very stoned, but ripping through the history of a building with such a grim past was disconcerting to sal the least. More thought provoking than any monument.
I'm going to start a new thread in 'Photography and Art and Stuff' because this is potentially very interesting.
Really threw me last night. I was admittedly very stoned, but ripping through the history of a building with such a grim past was disconcerting to sal the least. More thought provoking than any monument.
Thread resurrection
Live this way - you have to make your own decisions. I've decided I've given as much as I can to Amen Agency and Tasty cafe with galleries. And, the nightclub. And the hostel. And everything else. Lots of nice toys for free, but I wasn't happy being reliant on very irregular income, and the town is too small to support an artist.
So, my BIG map of Europe is spread on the table in front of me. I don't have to be back in Granada until the end of October. I'm planning a bus route home taking in visits to friends.
First stops Koblenz, Cologne and Bonn to make some cash. Still intending to paint for good causes. Then I'm heading to the Med' as quickly as possible. From Nice I will take trains to get me to Barcelona to visit friends in surrounding towns. From Barcelona I will take the night train home.
I have big plans for when I return to Granada, but I doubt anyone is going to take me seriously. Scruff shyster artist has problems paying money into bank never mind dealing with business bank people. We shall see.
I actually learned much in the few weeks here in Uslar. And, I have a very tasty mobile app' in full working prototype form to sell. So, if all else fails...
Either that or, I continue the simple life as scruff shyster street artist. I have a few weeks to decide.
Live this way - you have to make your own decisions. I've decided I've given as much as I can to Amen Agency and Tasty cafe with galleries. And, the nightclub. And the hostel. And everything else. Lots of nice toys for free, but I wasn't happy being reliant on very irregular income, and the town is too small to support an artist.
So, my BIG map of Europe is spread on the table in front of me. I don't have to be back in Granada until the end of October. I'm planning a bus route home taking in visits to friends.
First stops Koblenz, Cologne and Bonn to make some cash. Still intending to paint for good causes. Then I'm heading to the Med' as quickly as possible. From Nice I will take trains to get me to Barcelona to visit friends in surrounding towns. From Barcelona I will take the night train home.
I have big plans for when I return to Granada, but I doubt anyone is going to take me seriously. Scruff shyster artist has problems paying money into bank never mind dealing with business bank people. We shall see.
I actually learned much in the few weeks here in Uslar. And, I have a very tasty mobile app' in full working prototype form to sell. So, if all else fails...
Either that or, I continue the simple life as scruff shyster street artist. I have a few weeks to decide.
... wonky internet.
Looking like I'm starting out with €100 in pocket and a fucked foot. I have the option of returning here whenever if I get stuck in Germany, but I want to get to the sunshine A.S.A.P.
Plan to be in Koblenz tomorrow.
Plan to be in Koblenz tomorrow.
Dusseldorf. Not easy.
Got me one of those local train tickets.
After 4 hours looking for accommodation, I met a good guy in a bar who booked my room and bought me a beer. We talked business. Everything is paid for for 3 nights.
I'm here to make enough cash to get to Pamplona.
Got me one of those local train tickets.
After 4 hours looking for accommodation, I met a good guy in a bar who booked my room and bought me a beer. We talked business. Everything is paid for for 3 nights.
I'm here to make enough cash to get to Pamplona.
Thread resurrection
Live this way - you have to make your own decisions. I've decided I've given as much as I can to Amen Agency and Tasty cafe with galleries. And, the nightclub. And the hostel. And everything else. Lots of nice toys for free, but I wasn't happy being reliant on very irregular income, and the town is too small to support an artist.
So, my BIG map of Europe is spread on the table in front of me. I don't have to be back in Granada until the end of October. I'm planning a bus route home taking in visits to friends.
First stops Koblenz, Cologne and Bonn to make some cash. Still intending to paint for good causes. Then I'm heading to the Med' as quickly as possible. From Nice I will take trains to get me to Barcelona to visit friends in surrounding towns. From Barcelona I will take the night train home.
I have big plans for when I return to Granada, but I doubt anyone is going to take me seriously. Scruff shyster artist has problems paying money into bank never mind dealing with business bank people. We shall see.
I actually learned much in the few weeks here in Uslar. And, I have a very tasty mobile app' in full working prototype form to sell. So, if all else fails...
Either that or, I continue the simple life as scruff shyster street artist. I have a few weeks to decide.