Saturday 22 August
Gave myself a bit of a sleep-in before meeting Steve & Anna for a traditional Northland breakfast – the weather forecast had been iffy but another glorious day was upon us! Rented a bike and rode up to the venue for a 1:30pm run-through with Christian and Mikkel – chose the artwork and locations for the best of the CHANGE collection – before zipping back to meet our artists and enlarged crew of guests in the hotel for a ‘relaxing’ afternoon barbie!
Across the main river and right on the waterfront, Theobrands hosted us at Kulturhust for a family-style barbecue on a lovely Saturday afternoon. I gave out my brand new, limited edition Tiger Translate Viewmasters to Jesper, Mads, Jan and the crew before changing into my swimmers with the only other game person, Kerstin from Cologne. We rocked into a designated swimming area on the river and dove into the cool, refreshing and ‘inordinately clean’ harbour – delicious! Built up some guts and took a few pin-dives off the 5 metre platform while Anna and Steve watched from the pavement.
After a hearty lunch, a few of us headed straight to the venue for the final run-through, check and preparations. The band, Company, did their sound check and I was once again pleasantly surprised to hear some Hendrix riffs. Back at the hotel, I met Anna Isaac from NZ who had just arrived, briefed her over a Tiger, and had a whole two and a half minutes of down-time before getting ready for the deciding moment.
Took a taxi to the venue with Antz and Song Yang and took a while to inspect the place and make some final tweaks to get some level of satisfaction. Had a good moment with Tjetjege, the front row baby from Mongolia (very honoured that he made it all this way) outside while the crowd milled around, scoffed down some noodles and dumplings for good measure, then hit the party proper.
Two live battles (one-on-one East vs West artists) took place, the warm-up DJ did his thing and the cool crowd came in to check out the action. I showed Song Yang the backstage artist area and bumped into the band who looked straight out of school and loving it. Their following showcase set was energetic and fun, and before you know it the party was in full swing with Rom showcasing his interactive piece in the main hall, HRVRK vs Ulzi going off in the atrium, and ice cold Tiger going down everywhere.
Hit the dance floor with Liv and Anna, took some time to make a personal Jandals artwork, got Song Yang and Antz up to do some live painting, took Anna & Steve backstage and kept the beers flowing. By 2am my job was done so I kicked back, documented the whole thing and made sure the Mongolians and Singaporeans made it back safely to the hotel, but not without one final (and X-rated) visit to the little mermaid. Deleted for all of eternity, but like Antz said, we had fun.
Gave myself a bit of a sleep-in before meeting Steve & Anna for a traditional Northland breakfast – the weather forecast had been iffy but another glorious day was upon us! Rented a bike and rode up to the venue for a 1:30pm run-through with Christian and Mikkel – chose the artwork and locations for the best of the CHANGE collection – before zipping back to meet our artists and enlarged crew of guests in the hotel for a ‘relaxing’ afternoon barbie!
Across the main river and right on the waterfront, Theobrands hosted us at Kulturhust for a family-style barbecue on a lovely Saturday afternoon. I gave out my brand new, limited edition Tiger Translate Viewmasters to Jesper, Mads, Jan and the crew before changing into my swimmers with the only other game person, Kerstin from Cologne. We rocked into a designated swimming area on the river and dove into the cool, refreshing and ‘inordinately clean’ harbour – delicious! Built up some guts and took a few pin-dives off the 5 metre platform while Anna and Steve watched from the pavement.
After a hearty lunch, a few of us headed straight to the venue for the final run-through, check and preparations. The band, Company, did their sound check and I was once again pleasantly surprised to hear some Hendrix riffs. Back at the hotel, I met Anna Isaac from NZ who had just arrived, briefed her over a Tiger, and had a whole two and a half minutes of down-time before getting ready for the deciding moment.
Took a taxi to the venue with Antz and Song Yang and took a while to inspect the place and make some final tweaks to get some level of satisfaction. Had a good moment with Tjetjege, the front row baby from Mongolia (very honoured that he made it all this way) outside while the crowd milled around, scoffed down some noodles and dumplings for good measure, then hit the party proper.
Two live battles (one-on-one East vs West artists) took place, the warm-up DJ did his thing and the cool crowd came in to check out the action. I showed Song Yang the backstage artist area and bumped into the band who looked straight out of school and loving it. Their following showcase set was energetic and fun, and before you know it the party was in full swing with Rom showcasing his interactive piece in the main hall, HRVRK vs Ulzi going off in the atrium, and ice cold Tiger going down everywhere.
Hit the dance floor with Liv and Anna, took some time to make a personal Jandals artwork, got Song Yang and Antz up to do some live painting, took Anna & Steve backstage and kept the beers flowing. By 2am my job was done so I kicked back, documented the whole thing and made sure the Mongolians and Singaporeans made it back safely to the hotel, but not without one final (and X-rated) visit to the little mermaid. Deleted for all of eternity, but like Antz said, we had fun.
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