On The Road

Site visit/ recce with the Arcadian crew: Chris, Darren and photographer Andi. We called into Tony at Interlock and got a better map of the N.P.E area. I took Arcadian to all the sitea I had been shown by Doreen and for where I have planned events. Chris and I put the world to rights al the way there and all the way back. The obligatopry stop was made ata transportcafe just outside The Zone where we had late brunch. Teas, coffees and snickers bars were also essential re-fuel items. It rained the minute we arrived in N.P.E and cleared up beautifully justas we left. The extraordinary number of magpies hopping around in Northlands Park was noted as was the fact that he whole area is made up of barrriers, fences, things toi divide. No vistas. No openness. Andi was told to "fuck off" more than once as he wandered around snapping. The park was more claustrophobic than I had remebered. We had stood to the right of the play park. But if you approach from the playpark it's all big wire fences, everything fenced in: the kid's playground, a ball-park, the skate park. Not very friendly and a bit of a blight on the park views. Sadly the cafe, where I had hoped we would have lunch, was closed. We thought itwould be a very good idea to stencil up the Art U Need logo, plus map, plus list of events onto the cafe walls.