art fair mania

things have been super hectic this past week. The CIGE (China International Gallery Exposition) started on the 2nd and there have been tons of people in town from all over the world. Of course I went to the fair and ambled around aimlessly (never sure what to do or look at these things, the art is terrible and anything remotely interesting is buried within a mountain of crap, plus it is mostly a networking thing so usually you just stand around and gab with people). After too many hours in that flourescent lit nightmare of a venue--probably the worst way to look at art--I had to nearly run out of the building. eecch! Aside from the fair, I have been of course trying to show off my exhibition so spending lots of time ferrying people there to see it, having dinners, etc. Plus, b/c of the timing of the fair is during the week there are openings every night too, and it is all confusing...I am totally lost as to what day it is...everyday feels like saturday (usually I openings happen on saturdays, my one social evening of the week)!! tomorrow The Contractors are doing a mini-performance thing at the art fair..should be interesting, if I can muster the energy to take part. thank god for rania and wei for picking up the slack.