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ARTIST RESIDENCY CHINA — BEIJING, no. 3

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The artist residency I am attending is located in the Haidian district of Beijing. The museum is across from a corporate office park on a short road that leads to a small village. People walk up and down the road to and from the village all day.

Walking

— to the village

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— from the village

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— village poultry shop

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— catching a nap while reading and waiting for poultry customers

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— courtyard with new construction in back

Simcard purchase

— purchasing China Unicom nano sim card from a very helpful sales woman

Lunch

— menu decisions.

The residency program does not provide meals after the first night. So for me that has meant a little bit of shopping and one restaurant meal per day with leftovers for other meals. Today we had hot and sour noodle soup and a cucumber side salad for lunch — no leftovers, no complaints.

Lunch

Unfortunate fish incident

There was an unfortunate incident with the goldfish. Safe to say, it was not as happy with its meal as I was with mine. A respectful burial was performed.

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