DAY NINE Musabi set up and live at the SUPERDELUXE

As we start to set up the Musabi exhibition more elements of exchange and collaboration come into focus. Some students who initiated a collaboration because they thought it was the right thing to do are starting to realise that maybe, if it doesn't serve the idea behind the work, then its not such a good idea. Maintaining an understanding of what the work is trying to do and producing something which you can stand by -become the major issues as the deadline for the exhibition advances. Also there are a variety of students from Musabi whom we haven't been able to meet and whose work we have not seen, so the overall context and look of the show will emerge over the next 2 days.
After a morning of negotiation and set up we head for Superdeluxe -about 90 minutes away by train- to set up the live show. Struggle through Japan Railways and the subway with bags full of laptops, hats and blankets (Mike), sacks and electronic devices (Emma) and odd little boxes with knobs on(Johnny).
Musabi students already there wiring up lines of latops. Japanese electricity is kind and doesn't kill you in the way that English electricity does so they can be alot freer with the use of cables and lights than we can in the uk.
Musabi fills up with lots of people, friends we have made over here. The artist from Kens gallery in Ginza and a critic. Kumiko and others from the Musabi international office. Some visitors from the British Council event, students and staff from Musabi and other artists.
Mostly goes great. Fantastic range of stuff. Superdeluxe is one of the venues which caters for work by artists. If you can pull enough people in you can get the venue at a reasonable cost. We pull enough people in -Professor Charles is relieved.