In Lugano. Summer is drawing to a close. After numerous journeys to Germany, England, and Italy, after significant changes and weeks of almost unbearable heat, the temperature here is slowly declining. The nights are becoming more tolerable, the sleep is becoming deeper.
My mother has indeed moved from Munich to Lugano, into a beautiful, bright flat with a view of the mountains. Gradually, she’s settling in, accustoming herself to the different light, the new language, and the utterly different way of life. For breakfast, she sits on the balcony in the sunshine; we wave to her from our window across the street.
Now, we are in the final stages of proofreading our book TOTENTANZ – la quarantena. The PDF goes to print next Monday and the book will be released in September. It’s hard to believe that no matter how much one has already corrected, one always finds more errors. However, the mistakes are becoming fewer and smaller, which gives us hope.
Next week, once the book has been submitted, production work will begin again: BEYOND – Inside the Mind of Adolf Wölfli will tour across Europe over the next three years: discussions with festival directors, museums, and organisers, development of concepts, planning, dossiers, and budgets.
Performances will be held here in Ticino, and, as soon as the days regain more structure from September, I will continue further development of my personal writing project. The goal is to have a detailed overall concept by the end of the year.
Maybe, the Locarno Half Marathon in October will be feasible. I’ll see. Tonight: not more than 6K, as it is still 32º C.
Now reading: The Body in Pain, by Elaine Scarry