a mail from superflex arrives: FREE SHOP Any merchandise the costumer will purchase is free. Free shop takes place occasionally. Participating shops: Dolce Vita - A deli in Bremen Nussbaum - Cheese shop on a market in Bremen Selin Izmir Feinkost - A grocery in Bremen AmPm - Convenient store in Tokyo Family Mart - Convenient store in Tokyo Mameda - A rise ball shop in Tokyo See the documentation here: http://www.superflex.net/projects/freeshop/index.shtml why are all Boteros so fat? here in Medellin they come across even fater..a whole huge square full of them..fat ladies, fat gentleman..why? and there is that fat horse without a neck which is also standing around in Oviedo..people say that Botero did a lot for the city.. back to real size > Filippo (politics office – cittadellarte) arrives! ciao bello! Juan Alberto organized so many meetings, Filippo does them all..talking about his work, the foundation..there are like two bridge-ships here: c a l c and cittadellarte..nice new parallel presenting and weaving with Filippo and Juan! the space is ready! the maps..the zooms, the icons, the terms, the posters, las hostias, the postcards, the 4 tracks, the small texts, the threads, the orange spots, the videos, the bi-personal scans, the flyers for finding the artist from under the bridge, the cushions, los afectos cotidianos, the golden shoes and the the big blackboard with the big white letters: w w w . o r i l l a – o r i l l a . n e t buenas noches a todos..estamos inaugurando el puente.. esto solo es la hasta ahora..pero mas ahoras y mas siguen..entra! queremos hacer mas pasos en todas estas direciones..aqui..y alli..por el medio.. Juan Alberto is happy with his new interieur..says that he wants to give the gallery once a year to el puente..las orillas.. and he really means it, he let somebody paint the www on one of the outside walls of el centro c-a..!.. 36Kb enhorabuena tribu de las puntas naranjas, bienvenido en chimbatown! lets party?..fogdisco..fatbeats..weapon check, the shores are vibrating..could be anywhere..discos are visual and acoustical places of indifference..but emotional they are not.. good morning in Sevilla! Miss Pi and Topo are a happy new home couple! they were lucky..beside making their home their planet they are thinking in oranges and their images (Ms Pi), and in doing the definite plans for Manolos house ready..with Ruben (Topo)..and preparing the big job on the “ten for linares”..you’ll see.. L°°ks has 16:00 when omi starts at 09:00 in the gallery.. everybody here again..no time to loose, we also wanted to dispose a publication and do the www! and to ride the tube! Medellins tube is a bridge, the biggest bridge ever! cuting and connecting the whole city.. whole huge chimbatown from one end to the other.. la metro! but before we are going to San Jeronimo for some days.. where Natalias sister got a friend..with a big country house.. and banana plantations..but for the flowers, no the fruits.. 32Kb ..but only the europeans and Natalia, her mother and her sister and her boyfriend Ricardo come..our friends from the workshop stay..guess they need some rest too.. on our way back we pass a long rope bridge by car.. they say that the engeneer who did this was working also with Eifel.. 47Kb our last week runs as fast as all the weeks before..but we are able to do it..all what we said..quite crazy, but we want to “produce” as much as possible..to have material to go on when we’re on our two shores again.. Natalia is preparing her trip to Barcelona..she got a grant to her thesis there..she wants to investigate and write about social engaged art..and to do a study about cittadellarte..good luck! somedays before we’re leaving Colombia we move to Andres and Monica..Juans brother and his girlfriend..the last two weeks we lived in Natalias house..more downtown.. next to the modern and dusty art museum..a quarter where we also could go alone to a near bar or have a small walk within the area.. its great to change again..first we feel to tired but then we like it a lot..the landscape, the archiscape, the people we’re living with! this neighbourhood was extremely dangerous and violent some months ago..streetfights.. between the guerilla who had a lot of people living here and the police, the parapolice..until they sent whole troopes..it got quiet they say.. 78Kb the guys from the private police are wearing guns who could kill two elephants who stand behind each other.. there is an exhibition in the studio where Julian works.. students of art..how exciting! omis favorite work are Lilianas dog-scans..her dog likes to be scanned.. ..Paula and David found a restaurant they can rent! they thought this dream will take 10 years to come true..buenos tiempos it is called..Paula postpones the opening night.. or better said she does a pre-opening..an inauguration dinnerparty with all of us! the restaurant is 4 metro-stations from where Eva’n omi life..el Estadio..y los buenos tiempos.. we have a great dinner there..the last supper folks..every- body, almost everybody cooks something..Cristina, Evita, Paula, two mexican friends from Paula and omi..there is only one fire so it takes 8 hours to have all the dishes.. dish and dance, dish and dance, dish..tomorrow will be Evas and omis last day..the day after they’ll leave.. on their last day they do a long ride and walk through the city..it rains..its warm..there is a temporary x-mas sculpture on this big street.. 43Kb x-mas..everybody looks forward to x-mas.. x-mas means fiesta sin fin..they say..