Now this was such a special event and not suprisingly from Annabel Other aka The Bristol Art Librarian.
The Shed summit conisisted of architects, shed owners, peformers, editors, and those who just knew that this would be oh so special. It was so oh so special that its difficult to put into words. Imagine Shed Doctors, a TV programme that goes rounds to peoples places and solves their shd problems and builds them for you, now imagine that it's not on TV but imagine it instead live infront of your eyes in the gardens of self confessed hippy retreat The Yarner Trust in North Devon. By the end of the weekend their was a topping out ceremony with a shed built out of crates etc. Michael Morrison talked about his time in the Antartica and Shakletons and Scotts sheds and oh how we marvelled at all the things left in place, The whale blubber from when the discovery teams got stuck there, the bits of everyday life left in place, but in The South Pole. Michael talking about being stuck camping out in a blizzard and playing games with his companions, oh and the penguins.

Sean Topham talked about inflatable buildings and the space age batchelor phononema, which we all know from Stereolabs "Space Age Batchelor Pad Music". Cause The Space age batchelors had inflateables you know. He also talked about expanded cinema and afterwards gave me a few links in the right direction that I wanted to pass onto Hogge. All weekend I kept on thinking Hogge would love this, Kayle and Heath would love this, Lou would love this, My Dad would love this.

The funniest and Most hilarious thing was walking down to The Sheds of Welcombe with Wrights and Sights, There were about20 of us doing this walk around the Shed thing and the englash ecentrics were all there, We came to one shed. Mr and Mrs whoever were lunching at their secluded campsite and then came along us lot and so we wanted to introcuce our portable shed
to their shed. Later we got to the sea, People took their shoes and socks off and my job was to help introduce the shed to the sea. Mr holiday maker came up to me eagerly and enquired what Livestock we had in the box ? What exactly were we releasing into the sea. i thought that Tom Marsmans performance was amazing with his swallowing rose petals and offering fruit and veg from his allotment (where he is performing this summer) and being very Derek Jarman esque by sitting on top of a shed and waving a flower decorated flag.

beautiful. The Shed also seemed to be a feminist Icon, because their were loads of ladies their and Louise Short taled about The Postmodern Shed.

I'm still not that much into Sheds, but can relate to them. Tonight as I Channi cooked us dinner, I acted like the Husband and wet off into my own world, but it wernt a shed.
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