Yesterday was another long day, the Test Space team spent the day at our temporary events space 42 New Briggate, testing equipment (the internet connection), going through submissions (on the internet), emailing contributors (through the internet), buying equipment (on the internet) and painting (with a brush).
Then off to Crash Records to test out some things there as well.
The rest of the time, we dropped off posters and flyers. So if you're in a shop or a bar in Leeds look around, in some dank corner where they could not fit anything else you may see a stack of our promotional material, it may be on top, to the side or underneath and pile of other flyers.
Right now our time is limited. Writing this means I am probably forgetting something else, an message to send, an action to take. I probably should be somewhere else.
What we always make time for are meetings. Now, we like meeting people, getting to know what the people involved with our festival want to do, talking about what will go on. It makes things happen, gives us more stuff to use, helps our plans and enthuses us. Over the last few days we have had a few.
Some people come to our spaces, others take us to various places in the city.
Last night we had a lovely meeting with some of the Temple Works gang. We have ideas, they have ideas, we should do some ideas together. I think you would call this a 'strategy meeting'. Unfortunately this took place at the Midnight Bell. An hour turned into two. We spoke to some others that came to meet us and them. This could no longer be called a meeting. When you're talking to somebody about Canada, London and Beeston, then hear to the side of you the other half of Test Space arguing about Leeds Utd and Chelsea, you know this is just fun.
I think this is part of why we are creating these events. Why Test Space is what we want to do. We want that time where work and fun combine.
And we do not stop.
After excusing ourselves, we headed off to check an event out. This one did not work out so well for us. We ended up missing this event. We do not like to miss anything, so this was very annoying. We sucked it up, had another little drink and planned our next move. We definitely have plans, some maybe even dark plans, but all for the benefit of Leeds culture.
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