The Glamour of Being an Artist

Some people think that being an artist gives you a rather glamourous and easy life style. That may be the case for some, but for our Mirrie Dancers team, it is more like very hard work in sometimes horrible weather conditions. Early mornings and late nights lead to severe exhaustion, too. We are also working at night, in the dark, which is an entirely new experience for me. Last night at Reawick Church it was windy, wet and freezing cold. You can see Emma and Nayan working with the lights in this little mobile phone film. Sitting in the dark greenhouses at midnight or hunched over a laptop in a dark, damp field late at night seems rather ridiculous with hindsight, but the results are worth it. Our installation team, Keith, Pete and Mike, are doing heroic work sometimes of horrific weather, so we are especially grateful to them.