The last two months have been gruelling indeed. I have been up and down like a roller coaster but now the end is in sight, the exhibition is in two weeks time and I've found a translator for my text. The exhibition is part of a larger series of activities all centring around a neighbourhood in Lleida called Pardinyes. Our particular exhibition is about art work in the city, meaning the city in general not just Lleida.
My piece is the first part of a much larger project of urban design. I've been looking at the city of Lleida and trying to imagine how it would be if there were no cars, what we would do with the remaining space, and how our quality of life and that of our children would improve. It's been difficult because I'm not technical at all I just love dreaming and so that's all I'm offering really. I'm not giving any solutions just ideas. It all started when my mum got me interested in New Urbanism, which is about car-free cities and improving public space and such like. It's so exciting imagining cities full of children playing and people walking and all the trees and plants we could have in the streets.
So I've been spending the last few months reading and looking at Lleida with new eyes, imagining away. And when I started to find a way of expressing all of this it was just so hard but anyway that's the learning part and I have to give myself a chance. So the first bit is done and I have the rest of my life to continue with rest. I'll be gradually transforming the city in my mind and in my sketch book.
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