Thursday 14 August 2008

We contacted 13 people and organisations today. Researchers -sociologists, urban planners- and Berliners with public projects like Gerlinde from Laskerwiese, Daniel and Carsten from Mediaspree versenken or Ines from Freiraumlabor. Two of them already responded, booking our first actual interviews for Saturday and Monday. To be prepared, Barbara, from the /Unvermittelt campaign give us some golden tips on shooting interviews, lend us her fancy camera and advised us to buy more storage space then the 12 Gigabyte we now boast. Nelly was our guinee pig interviewee today. We tested camera setting and backdrop on her, but also interview techniques and other do's and don'ts. Nelly spoke about her project of creating encounters in public space in London, about the difficulty of having it recognised, let alone paid, and the different skills she calls upon and which would be “marketable” in a human resources context. First of all she is trained as an artist, she works as a facilitator of encounters in public space, occasionally involving also other artists, and she has experience as a communication expert bringing together groups that aren't used to interact. Until now Nelly put her skills at the disposal of companies in London, but now she is determined to set up her own business. Our Nelly is now also an unternehmer. Tomorrow the /Unvermittelt campaign starts at 11:30 with speeches in the NGBK courtyard followed by a demo.