• August 16, 2012

    Diving In

    By Published On: August 16th, 2012

    So our week “away” from each other begins. We’ve all set out with tasks we aim to focus on in a big way. James encouraged us to “go outside our comfort zone, be ambitious, challenge ourselves.” I had a few ideas scrawled down, but the one that seemed to get the most traction with the

  • August 16, 2012

    Karaoke

    By Published On: August 16th, 2012

    Yesterday evening we went to a karaoke bar with the intention of each of us performing 'Stand By Me' by Tammy Wynette. When we got there however we changed our minds and staged our own individual interventions into the Karaoke format. These included: Andrea singing Bruce Springsteen Richie singing a song about a car whilst

  • August 15, 2012

    Work MORE!: Summer Special sneak peek

    By Published On: August 15th, 2012

    Mica Sigourney - Work Sample 2011 from Mica on Vimeo.

  • August 15, 2012

    The Big Shave

    By Published On: August 15th, 2012

    http://youtu.be/EJim-isTEdU

  • August 14, 2012

    Searching for America. . . .

    By Published On: August 14th, 2012

    Where is America?, You don't have to look,  America is what is happening. It's time can begin whenever you choose, even in some made up fiction of America. Everyone has a different interpretation of America, and no-one can possibly exchange each other's experience. Ernesto's story of a life was vivid and very effective to imagine,

  • August 14, 2012

    By Published On: August 14th, 2012

    Yesterday’s practice of being a stranger in a strange land at the Dallas Cowboy/Oakland Raider’s tailgate party was a failure. Not because it was bad (I had a great time), but because I didn’t feel like a stranger in a U.S. parking lot with Black and Latino Oakland Raider/Dallas Cowboy fans. I didn’t feel uncomfortable

  • August 14, 2012

    Chants and Taunts at the Football game.

    By Published On: August 14th, 2012

    Raiders and cowboys, Young boys chanting and taunting the other team: TAPE sample: sports chants and taunts 30sec The Raiders are represented in silver and black, symbolizing pirates who invade and overtake with their steel and their destruction The Cowboys are represented in blue and white, colors extracted from the American flag, for rugged heroes

  • August 14, 2012

    Strangeness, cultural exchange and cultural identity

    By Published On: August 14th, 2012

    Today is our fourth day together as 8 collaborators and after yesterday's NFL experience it feels like we're really starting to unpick and unravel the complexities of our notion of 'Stranger in a Strange Land'. The notion of America as a story and Americans as storytellers keeps returning and ownership over that story is what

  • August 13, 2012

    Oakland Raiders 0 Dallas Cowboys 3

    By Published On: August 13th, 2012

    Today we tailgated at an NFL football game. For those of you reading this in England, tailgating is hanging out in the carpark (parking lot) of the football stadium before the game and eating food next to your car/truck. This is us tailgating out the back of Andrea's truck:     Before we left we

  • August 13, 2012

    Task

    By Published On: August 13th, 2012

    Since I'd been putting off washing my truck for about 4 years and had it with me yesterday, I decided my American activity would be to go get it washed. The car wash ended up being in one of those "one-stop-shopping" sorta places, so I figured the most American thing I could do is spend

  • August 12, 2012

    Voice artifact from Estate sale

    By Published On: August 12th, 2012

    Sometimes people die unexpectedly and the leave behind a house full of things from their past.  Estate sales are public markets. and many people can override ethical questions about reclaiming the property of the dead by the incredible cheap deals they can get from their personal objects. Estate sales are rampant throughout America, because America

  • August 12, 2012

    An American Experience.

    By Published On: August 12th, 2012

    As a child there were many experiences that followed traditional American norms that I participated in without question. On occasions I was taken to fast food restaurants for dinner, and bargain stores for school supplies. Spending and consuming is an American experience for many, and often people value bargains and illusions over the actually quality