So there we were, in the morning of the 17th February… in front of the most beautiful Gagosian franchise.
Once inside, a very polite girl stamped our last dots, and gave us some forms to fill out. We had to write what we wanted Damien Hirst to write on our prints. Tough one.
Eduardo went for a Hirsty-comment “Dear Eduardo, Please sell this print”, which the Gagosian girl thought was “cute”. Helena went for a more controversial “Dear Helena, I made this myself” which mad the staff at the Gagosian to burst into laughter.
While getting ready to take the last picture in front of a spot painting, a group of Italian visitors thought Eduardo was Hirst… which made us think they probably had not seen a picture of Hirst before.
And then we posed for that final picture, showing our cards that had circumnavigated the globe in our backpacks… Helena’s having a double stamp (covering one of the extra Geneva stamps).
And here we are: imgwt (Eduardo) and Seeingspots (Helena), with the challenge completed!
And whereas we might have collected all the spots, we are still not over with this adventure: we still have to finish our documentary, and receive our prints (which will be posted to us at some point this Spring)… and decide on our next adventure. But for now we’d like to thank everyone who made this possible.
Lotta, Miguel and parents for their executive support, Shane and Brett, Luisa and George, Joshua, Christina and her parents, David and Flavio (and virtually Anna) for housing us all over the globe. To David ‘Jimmy’, Jil, Jihoi, Georgia, Nicole, Linying, Meelin, Nancy, Martin, the Jesus at Venice Beach, Irini, Kosmas and Louise for sharing their incredible insights with us, and awesome interviews. To Monkee and Eric, Haris, Donald, Mark and Dave, Chrysanthi, Paky, Marina, Efigeni, Nick, Alba, Asun and Gerry and Lilya for guiding us through the cities we visited and helping us with whatever we needed. Without you, this project would have never been possible. Seeing you again or meeting you for the first time was a real treat…You all are the real reward of this project!
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