D’clinic TRACTOR residency, Lendava, Slovenia – Week Three

June 28, 2013  | emily  | General

The oppressive heat has given way to a cool soft breeze as I prepare the transition to leave Lendava and D’clinic. I will miss my days of having morning coffee outside the theater, working, taking a hike up to Lovska Dom for a hearty lunch and then back to work.

I have created a video that gives a bird’s eye view from my room to where the performance takes place. A voyeuristic tour from the outside to the inside.

I got to present the work twice to resident artists and a group of high school students. The feedback was mixed – from “powerful” to “grateful” and questions about the source of my inspiration to a philosophical discussion on mortality. One artist thought the work was so personal that it couldn’t engage an audience, another artist had nothing to say and a third artist looked at the floor the entire time. Yikes… I have a lot to think about as I head to Budapest, and then home.

D’clinic TRACTOR residency, Lendava, Slovenia – Week Two

June 18, 2013  | emily  | General

The days are beginning to melt into each other as I accept residency challenges and adapt. I opted not to climb for 30 minutes up the hills to the idyllic vineyards and artist housing. Instead, I am staying across the street from D’clinic at the hostel, which is situated near a huge ornate, modern theater. On a nice day I can sit outside, have my morning coffee, and strategize my day. The hostel is also near the synagogue, which is a reminder that 360 Jews were sent from here to Auschwitz in 1944. There are no Jews living in Lendava.

The hostel has two offices and a dance studio (believe it or not) on the ground floor; the one room on the second floor is mine. During the day I work at the hostel and at night, when the other resident artists head to their house, I work by candlelight at the D’clinic studio. A few passersby stop to watch.