5 in & the Shed

It looks like Orion will be finished with his shed today or tomorrow.
Working tirelessly in the same flannel shirt, lumberjack coat and
track suit bottoms, Orion may just beat the freezing cold (-8 C)
that's hitting the south coast later this week.
Philosopher-turned-construction site worker, Orion is busy these days
hammering and swigging cans of beer instead of writing out the next
performance art piece on the back of an envelope.

Shed-envy hit the Palace a few weeks ago, when Orion was thinking
about his final year art degree project and spied Grant beavering away
in his shed from the conservatory when the proverbial eureka moment
struck: he could build himself a shed. So he and housemates Pablo and
Grant hired a van for the day and went to a place where they were able
to get free wood. Orion also nabbed some windows and doors including
one with a cat flap, and started sketching the design. Orion's project
is about reconstructing new objects from old objects and he's been
documenting the process as he goes along.

For several days, we were hit with spring rains, and Orion strung a
large blue tarp over the driveway so he could work, working until the
late hours pulling nails out of the old wood. He and a friend pushed
an abandoned car that had been left next to Grant's shed and Steve
sawed a tree branch overhanging the potential building space. I'm not
sure if Orion has washed over the period, and we see him working late,
under the bright gaze of spotlights.

Blue paint went on the outside boards. This morning there was a floor,
and this afternoon there are walls. Once finished, Orion will then
commence to use his shed to work on his art creations. All will be
revealed this June.

Katie's gone for a run, Grant's working on a film and sculpture, I'm
researching job leads online, and Nadege is working in her room.
Ference has yet to make a re-appearance since his journey to London.
The house is clean and strangely quiet. Actually, the house being
clean is probably the stranger of the two.

Amy

Tech Tags: shed recycled art Orion February 2006