This week I have learned:
- the book is now not only on a boat, but we also have an ETA for mid-May. We can now start planning in earnest for the launch. This is a huge relief. You can keep an eye on where the OOCL Piraeus is on the oceans here: experiments.randomthebook.com/whereisrandom
- I’m fascinated now by global shipping. Just the sheer size of the boat that the book is on – 400×60 metres…
- a five-day week after two four-day weeks feels like a ten-day week.
- thinking about the future involves starting with thinking about the past. This step often gets missed.
- I get weirded out by the City of London – the financial district. It seems populated by a different species, but I’m sure that is just prejudice.
- further hacking of the Poem/1. I’ve now got it telling me train times.
- and an evening last weekend mucking around with projection mapping. Such fun.
The week in media:
Saw
- Kae Tempest interviewed about and performing from his new novel at the Roundhouse. He was really inspiring. Whilst Random is certainly not a novel, something Kae said really resonated with me: that there are three parts to a book – the writer, the content of the book and the reader. People will read into a book what they see. Random has been designed to maximise those opportunities.
- The Michael Jackson documentary series on the BBC.
Read
- Continuing The Score. It’s very good.
Next week:
The Workshop
The week in photos:
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