Samarbejde

Wednesday 19 August

Day 1 of the collaboration begins! Gathered everyone in the lobby and walked by the harbour, past the Little Mermaid, in the beautiful sunshine to the venue, Pakhus 11. Six Danish artists were waiting to meet our five artists from China, Mongolia, Thailand and Singapore, and with Kasper doing a great job moderating the whole thing, the briefing took place over coffee and everyone set to work.

I joined Christian on a trip to meet Jesper and his wife (who just got knocked up!) at their beautiful house in suburban Hellerup - had coffee on the balcony and picked delicious fresh plums from their garden! Jesper drove me to his sushi restaurant in the Latin Quarter where we checked out Fox Hotel and I cruised around the funky streets with cafes, second-hand record shops and streetwear stores. Lunch at The Living Room was a classic goats' cheese sandwich with soy latte (heaven!) and with full tummy I secured perfect gifts for Jamie & Kai.

After soaking up the street corner a little longer I cabbed back to the venue to check on the progress - some great work happening from Clean, Le Fix and Miss Lotion. Walked back to the hotel with Pat and met up with Christian for a lovely dinner at Jesper's Sushitreat, a beer at Dalle Valle (great soundtrack - U2, White Stripes, Jeff Buckley), through Hotel Sankt Petri to my highlight so far, Dive Bar. Chris the bartender was a Reno-esque Dane who was raised in Asia and treated his bottles and customers with respect. We talked shit, tried to check out Lindon Puffin's myspace, had a couple of drinks and got a tip to head to Mono Bar for some dub. Unfortunately it was packed to the brim so after checking it out from the street, Pat and I walked home and hit the sack by midnight. Respect continues!