Thu, 27 August

FREELANCERS, WELLINGTON, LATE AFTERNOON Entry 7 of 8 in a series: Communal Surfaces. Condition: In use. Previously used. Will be used again. The table shows evidence of sustained collaborative thinking: two laptops at non-presentation angles, one cleared plate, one half-eaten burger (provenance: earlier; status: historical). Coffee cups in active deployment as gesture props. Elbows. The specific lean of a person saying something they have thought for a long time but not said to this particular group. Ceiling: Standard Wellington overcast. Performing its usual function. Figures: Eight, approximately. One partially outside the frame — contributing, presumably, from beyond the edge of the visible world. No lanyards were harmed in the production of this afternoon. Recommended: Do not stand. Do not present. Do not distribute branded materials. Simply sit with the people who have already done what you are trying to do, and let the afternoon press down on everyone equally.