geek: first day

sometimes in the art world i feel like the biggest fraud. i'm not super cool, i'm not a master craftsperson at one particular thing - it's usually just all the time i spend in my head that has served me best.

so when i started today as one of the geeks, i was a little nervous - that maybe i wasn't techy enough. I can't recite the specs of a parallel circuit, or break down every kind of video codec available known to man. but i know a little bit of tech stuff about a lot of things. and, like a good library-goer, i know how to find the information i need.

so when i rocked up at the meat market west space pavillion and also at the gallery install for the feminist project i almost cried. not only was i able to help straight away, but i knew exactly how to solve the problems and i got to go and visit some of my favourite suppliers (jaycar and jbhifi).

my first task was to buy headphone amp and headphones! hey, i know headphones..



best of all, the sigh of relief from some of the artists and the curators at having someone to deal solely with technology was like the sound of tinkerbell and butterflies. i could tell that it just made the whole process of installing, making, exhibiting art just that little bit easier. and that was just in my first two hours!

i think i'm gonna like it here.