Then on May 7th we received word that we would not be obtaining 11 apartments as originally promised, but only two. In the following you can read how the situation was resolved and what came out of it.

Initially we are told that we’ll each have an apartment with all facilities – water, gas, electrics – for 4 months, from March until June.

Within weeks this has changed and we now have two months – May and June, and 10 apartments between the 11 of us.

March 24th – email from Renée:
Dates are tentatively May 7th-until end of June.
There will be only 6 apartments, not 10.

Saturday 9th May – Oh dear…
Emails from Rik and Renée

‘Some very bad news from Delft… We now have only two apartments that we can use: one in perfect condition, with gas, electra and water that can be lived in and used, and another one that is stripped: no water, no gas, no electricity, but still usable for projects… Both apartments will be available from this Monday until the end of July.
We should allow two people to have each apartment for about a week…’

May 9th Practical problems…

Veri has nowhere go between 15 of May and beginning of July, her plans were living in Delft as a project and using the video documentation as the body of project.
‘I would like to propose my project as a virus as a permanent body that will interact with the projects while the process of changes living. So, for that I need to live the whole period there and completely open to adapt based to the necessities of the next two people. So as a virus that is permanent but could adapt.’

And Suzanne writes: ‘I am sorry but I rather not live together for this week with the homeless person, because I don t know him or her and if I only have one week I have to be very concentrated.’

Jimini’s email to group:

Though I’m sure no-one will succumb… I still feel compelled to ask this -
How about we ALL just share the flat with nothing somehow and I find a (real) homeless person and let them live in the other flat for the whole time. And they are asked to co-operate in any way they/we feel okay with?
Any takers?

Negotiating…
Email from Marina:
…or we can all work in may and homeless person can be there in June…

Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 13:20:26 -0700 (PDT)
From: marina tomic
Subject: bad is Good
To: Renée Ridgway
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dear all,

…this becomes more and more interesting. I opened my inbox and found seven mails about changes, and reactions push me to think farther about these project.
Looking at the big picture of these project from the beginning till now-it is not important now “my plan-work”…it is about us, how we are planing, what we are expecting, how we are talking (writing, presenting) our idea, what do we do when we have the opportunity to work in some space five months, then one month, and finally one week, did you think how work is changing, and how flexible you have to be to accept that, and to think about plan B,C,D at the same moment-
I found these questions very interesting and very,very useful in the sense of organizing my work because this is something what we can always expect in out future work.
Thing which happened is only way that we learn about curating our own work. I can be just thankful for these and I can say that I learn a lot- how much I am ready to do for work, to plan to move to the other city, to write plan, to correct, talk and present to the group, to quit apartment, to pack all things and take just basics (and thinking what is basic, what do I need when I am going in to empty space just to record my every day)…for me all these process is project. And just documentation of the development or our ideas for this few months is work enought to be in these space and to talk about -nagotiating, planing, expecting…etc.

And now-we can just think how to use these time which we have, for already existing plans-works. I made again word doc. where (if you like) you can put a time, and space (related with planed work). I also agree with Jimine that we can meet on the 15th to decide who, when and where?

See you all soon,
best,
marina

From:Hidenori
Hi All,

This is really pity to hear for me. But it is still possible to work with new situation for me. I’m planning to work on there just couple of days. I can also use the space which they don’t have life lines. But I prefer to use shower, gas (cooking) or something from another apartment. That’s mean I prefer to work with someone who can also share the life line with me in the same week.

kind regards, Hide

From: suzannevanrest@live.nl
Subject: RE: what to do?
Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 17:59:08 +0200

Dear all,
that is a big change indeed. If I prepare everything good I can work with one week full time in the space. If I will come back from Crete I will first finish my thesis till the end of May, then we have a DAI week and after this I would like to be able to work in one of the two appartments in one of these three weeks. To me it does not really matter which appartement. My idea was to make an installation with the photo of the scene based on the light of the dutch artist Vermeer. But of course I can photograph that again, maybe it will become a new work or just documentation. In the end I will have the photo of the scene and maybe another one of the scene made into an installation et cetera.
And Veri if I will be in the appartment with electricity and water I don t mind if you live there, but of course I need some space to make the scene and I think near a good window spot of where the light is good. But I rather not if you interfere in my work, but living there no problem. And Jimini I am sorry but I rather not live together for this week with the homeless person, because I don t know him or her and if I only have one week I have to be very concentrated.
To be short I hope to be able to work in Delft one of the last three weeks.
Hope everybody can find a solution!
Take care Suzanne

Date: Sat, 9 May 2009 07:34:51 -0700
Subject: what to do?
From: veridianazurita@gmail.com

Hey dear all,

negotiating negotiating!? me too me too….

So, Once again I have a practical problem….I dont have where go between 15 of May and beginning of July, my planes were living in Delft as a project and using the video documentation as the body of project. Now things are different, we need to give the keys for the next two people who will interact or not with the projects left in the space. I would like to propose my project as a virus as a permanent body that will interact with the projects while the process of changes living. So, for that I need to live the whole period there and completly open to adapt based to the necessities of the next two people. So as a virus that is permanent but could adapt.

WHAT TO DO??? MY VIRUS IS IN+PERMANENT

veri

and then Jimini continues