First
days are exciting, and today - my first working on the groundUP
residency, was no exception. Much of my time was spent talking to the
lovely people of Burnley, such an open welcoming bunch of people. I have
drunk a lot of tea, joined ladies in Scott Park on outdoor fitness
equipment, chatted over the garden fence to a family on Rosehill Road
and struck up a conversation with an elderly gentleman on the bus. I met
with Denzel, who is a working horse and talked to Kelly, the other
residency artist about her work and her background as a historian. Not
many projects start with such a fascinating set of experiences - my
notebook is already filling up nicely...