"Who stands on a sinking ship?"

The captain of course. 

anything new? / from the May 2011 archive

I am currently making submissions for grants and residencies.

Mostly I am enjoying reading and working on new ideas/projects.

Since inclusion in the Catlin Art Guide I have been approached by a surprising number of 'opportunities' that require me to pay a fee to get more opportunities that require a further fee. I think this is silly, so please don't offer me opportunities that require me to pay you. I am interested in being paid, in selling work and in making work. 

As a multi skilled professional I am; among other services; available for hire as Artist, photographer, workshop leader/ co-leader, researcher, translator, writer and organizer of events, schedules, exhibitions, performances and available as artistic director and editor.. I am always available for good ideas and positive action. But no more opportunities that make the organisation offering them rich and me poor.

and for your 'entertainment' : a very old clip from my project archive filmed on 16mm cine film in 2007.

update April 2023:

The archive link leads to an account that I have lost access to. Sadly it was hacked years ago. Google isn't very helpful. This leads me to really wish for more technical / digital independence. I am considering looking into self-hosting my work. In an un-hackable way. And on that topic I just listened to a Tim Ferris interview with Derek Sivers and that lead me to David Siver's webpage sharing a HOW to: Tech Independence 

going where we don't belong

"travelling to where we don't belong, a collection of tales about men and women who crossed borders to bring back answers.."

SOS Birgit's Youtube account has been stolen by hackers!

This is really sad. I have the majority of my Art Videos on my Youtube account under the Channel Name : Papersculptures. Somebody hacked it, the security questions (that I would need to answer to regain access) are in Chinese Script. I have spent the past 3 hours trying to get my account back, but Google aren't really set up for scatterbrained artists, who simply haven't looked at their account in years BUT now want to continue their Art practice.

I am really pretty sad. This account hosts a lot of videos that are linked to this (old and dusty) blog and are an important chapter in my Art Career.

Do you have any suggestions how I can get my account back (remember the verification process is NOT working for me and I know that Google don't deal with personals by way of checking passport ID for example, but gosh why not!? Tragedy!)