I turn up on the first day after the winter break, keen to make the most of three weeks’ solid studio time. I want to reassess the installation in situ, take more photos and then continue developing the project. Instead, the room is in chaos, thanks to decorators who had been erroneously set to work. Most of my structures were piled in the middle of the floor, filthy, splattered with paint and damaged in some way, with a pile of detritus on top. I’m not sure that I can use these again.
What to do? I immediately complain in person and via emails for a week. Having been told that the decorating work would cease immediately, I turn up a few days later only to find the decorators still there, the room still a mess and most of the lights removed. I can’t work elsewhere as my materials are locked away and security refuses to open the room for health and safety reasons.
My motivation deflated, I stay away for a week as I can’t face going into that room and finding the mess.
Unwanted interactivity. Photo Shirley A