»Christa and Laurent Corona Diary« 
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© 2020, Christa SOMMERER & Laurent MIGNONNEAU
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»Christa and Laurent Corona Diary«, 2020 - 2020
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realized for the"100 ways to live a minute" project
from the Pushkin Museum Moscow
http://interface.ufg.ac.at/christa-laurent/WORKS/artworks/CoronaDiary/CoronaDiary.html
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Christa Sommerer 19-11-2020
Christa and Laurent Corona Diary
© 2020, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
developed for the Pushkin Museum, 2020
This movie was produced for the Pushkin Museum project "100 Ways to live a Minute". It shows the artists Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau during March 25th 2020, a day they spent in home quarantine due to the Corona crisis. We see the artists´ various activities, such as answering emails, reading, drawing, programming, online teaching, making music, doing gymnastics and checking the news. The artists are permanently surrounded by numerous symbolic Corona virus organisms that seem to loom everywhere.
Time plan: Christa & Laurent´s day March 25th 2020
8:00 waking up, breakfast, shower
8:20 sport
8:30 discussing about the artwork, making a plan for the day
9:00 both answering emails, organizing university issues and shows, checking the news
9:30 short reading session - Christa Humboldt´s Botanik in Bewegung, Laurent reading Elektor magazine.
9:30 both answering emails, organizing university issues and shows, checking news
10:00 skype with students, university organization
11:00 short music practice - Christa violin, Laurent piano
11:15 both answering emails, organizing & teaching online, organizing university issues
12:30 cooking, eating
13:45 email answering, organizing more university issues, organizing shows
15:00 short drawing session - Christa botanical aquarelle, Laurent drawing insects for an artwork
15:30 answering emails, organizing university online courses, organizing future shows
16:00 Christa writing the diary, organizing, Laurent making artworks
16:30 Christa checking news, research work, Laurent programming the virus movements for the video
19:00 dinner
19:30 both watching news
20:00 Christa organizing, researching & reading, Laurent editing and finalizing the movie
23:00 sleeping
movie duration: 1mn46s
Christa Sommerer: Christa and Laurent Corona Diary, 19-11-2020, in: Archive of Digital Art Christa and Laurent Corona Diary
© 2020, Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau
developed for the Pushkin Museum, 2020
This movie was produced for the Pushkin Museum project "100 Ways to live a Minute". It shows the artists Christa Sommerer & Laurent Mignonneau during March 25th 2020, a day they spent in home quarantine due to the Corona crisis. We see the artists´ various activities, such as answering emails, reading, drawing, programming, online teaching, making music, doing gymnastics and checking the news. The artists are permanently surrounded by numerous symbolic Corona virus organisms that seem to loom everywhere.
Time plan: Christa & Laurent´s day March 25th 2020
8:00 waking up, breakfast, shower
8:20 sport
8:30 discussing about the artwork, making a plan for the day
9:00 both answering emails, organizing university issues and shows, checking the news
9:30 short reading session - Christa Humboldt´s Botanik in Bewegung, Laurent reading Elektor magazine.
9:30 both answering emails, organizing university issues and shows, checking news
10:00 skype with students, university organization
11:00 short music practice - Christa violin, Laurent piano
11:15 both answering emails, organizing & teaching online, organizing university issues
12:30 cooking, eating
13:45 email answering, organizing more university issues, organizing shows
15:00 short drawing session - Christa botanical aquarelle, Laurent drawing insects for an artwork
15:30 answering emails, organizing university online courses, organizing future shows
16:00 Christa writing the diary, organizing, Laurent making artworks
16:30 Christa checking news, research work, Laurent programming the virus movements for the video
19:00 dinner
19:30 both watching news
20:00 Christa organizing, researching & reading, Laurent editing and finalizing the movie
23:00 sleeping
movie duration: 1mn46s
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