Author Archive: Carran Waterfield
Carran’s Working Diary 19: A Short Sojourn in Cumbria
I got out of the Working House for two days and tramped to Beetham, Cumbria. There is a mill there named after the Heron. I worked there.
Carran’s Working Diary 18: Working Hard
Here’s where I am working. I am doing a lot of work at the moment. I hope you are coming to the concert. I have been working very hard. We have all been working very hard. Please come.
Carran’s Working Diary 17: Practising.
Well hello! I think we can say The House is nearly open! You can get your tickets anytime now. I am on working in the house or in my head most days. I am not allowed to spend too much time writing since I now have to get on with […]
Carran’s Working Diary 16: The Master (‘s) Key
Yesterday I got the Master (‘s) key which means I can be trusted to let myself in and out. It has meant that I don’t need to worry about thieves when I go to the toilet or fetch some water or go to the office. This is a great […]
Carran’s Working Diary 15: Dirty Washing and Mirrors
“Big Issue? Small Issue?” “No thank you.” Apart from the train conductor, the Big Issue/Small Issue man was the only person I spoke to on my way back to the Working House after some considerable time out. I saw a sign “We are collecting for the homeless. Period.” I think […]
Carran’s Working Diary 14: Drowning in Family History
When you are able to locate an archive that has been hidden and secret for many years that is exciting. I have recently done this. Hence my silence here for some time. It has been a hard work that has kept me up working on the night shift skulking […]
Carran’s Working Diary 13: The Inbetween Time
I have been reflecting on the creation of this piece since its first tentative exposure in April this year. I have put together here in this short film a consideration of that. One question that keeps coming up concerns how Jenny and I work together on the piece. That’s quite […]
Carran’s Working Diary 12: Porters and Visiting Hours
I have spent nine days in a new section of the working house this springtime. It was a sunnier room, not exactly on a hill but it was south facing[1]. However my restless mood made me close the curtains so the builders couldn’t see my activities. The authorities must have […]
Carran’s Working Diary 11: Pre-Scratch
Now listen, fair play, I am loading this up later than I actually did it but I think it’s still relevant because I am worrying about prep work for the scratch in April so I had to look at my notes on the pre-scratch for three people: Maggie, Jenny and […]