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August 2019
31.08
Saturday
Weekend with family
♦ Going to Nice to spend time with my brother and mum.
rien
30.08
Friday
Mental adjustments, clean up and bicycles.
♦ Time to pack up my mess in the greenhouse, throw away the remnants of the proto 1 and 2 and find a suitable person for the fishtank.
♦ I apply for funding to set up a bicycle-powered cinema at a festival in New Zealand. Sustainable entertainment, fun yet activist, and fitness packed. Apart from that...
♦ I feel stressed and sleep badly. I know feel like I am acting as a parasite at the camp. Since I left Telenatura, I have no funding and without funding to buy material and make scale 1:1 prototype, I am unable to be productive.
A few thoughts about what I describe above : By tying funding to group projects, the Hive organisational mecanism misses out on individual production born from concept that sounds boring and do not resonate with a group in the first place, but would potentially once prototypes are developped (some boring subjects such as farming only get exciting once it s concrete, palpable... edible). It is the weakness of project-based approach I guess : it leaves little space for loose, non-targeted research that might be of interest at the end of the day.
♦ Back to Earth. The sensible, cheering voice of team player in my head tells me to help out other projects. I am wary though : since I cannot feed off it ( I have no personal interest in these projects, especially long-term), It would leave me drained, which is no fun. No offense to other hivers : I actually wish we could hang out more for who we are rather than what we can help with.
♦ I have come to term with the idea of a symbiotic relationship between the Hive and I where I provide my creative juice and they provide the means to make it happen. From now on I am counting the days to get out of this incomfortable situation.
♦ A practical note for my future self and whoever wants it : For any genuine collaborative work, better tighing up an equal split of the funding to each participant - rather than to project with teams and objective locked in. Then participants can decide where they wish to put their resources and adapt over time.
rien
29.08
Thursday
Plastic.
♦ The camp is privatised so we are hiding so as to not get in the way of the crowd. It is a weird feeling - as if you would have people coming to your home to have their own party while you stick to your bedroom.
♦ Keep on developing project w Osa. I like that we chat 10 min, then we head off our separate way and prototype immediately. An hour later, we discuss the results, tweak, polish.
28.08
Wednesday
Plastic.
♦ Spending time w the Plasticity team, the mentor is there. The project is turned upside down. I try to help out on the fabrication aspect of it.
rien
27.08
Tuesday
Admin
♦ Applied for and was granted study allowances to complete my savings and pay for my ticket back home. there is no Air France connexion all the way to New Zealand that I could find and get sponsored through thecamp, so I pay myself. Ooch the wallet.
♦ Intellectual property workshop. I draft an agreement between Osa and I about our common work.
♦ I also spend a lot of time wording the concept behind the game in order to possibly present it at thecamp - although the chances to do so officially are low.
26.08
Monday
Pitch training w Juan Pablo.
♦ We end up at 8pm with Pam and Kido to camera record ourselves on stage. Testing ourselves with all sorts of questions. Really fun, full of insights.
rien
... and a new week begins ...
25.08
Sunday
Weekend
♦ Recovery.
24.08
Saturday
Weekend
♦ Entertainment.
rien
23.08
Friday
Prepping for the after Hive
♦ While budgeting my life, and discussing about how Ici-Marseille was funded. Also giving some thoughts on the container at the Commons as a lightweight Fabship.
rien
22.08
Thursday
Prepping for the after Hive
♦ While budgeting my life, I also begin to discuss about a game that would enable players to project themselves in the future and solve their own climate crisis. It is based on this one. And the arcade game below has nothing to do with it, but it is also an awesome idea.
rien
21.08
Wednesday
Prepping for the after Hive
♦ Still budgeting my life and finding financial resources to get by. Lookinng at different study options for the next three years, and quick ways to get some cash in.
20.08
Tuesday
Refreshed - Prepping for the after Hive
♦ I am doing my budgeting and booking all my flights to go back to NZ. Also making sure I can fall back on my feet.
rien
... on Holidays ...
02.08
Friday
Holidays
♦ I am off until the 19th. Catch up then people.
01.08
Thursday
Co-living
♦ We prepare for the presentation and present our work on co-living this afternoon. Pressure is off. Then celebrate the departure of Marina under the sky, after a conference about the stars and the chances for an asteroide to collide with Earth. One astronom and one engineer from the European Space Agency explain to us what are our tools against this happening.
