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  1. A Workspace that Works Over-Time Friday, July 31, 2009

    Today, our team of arts fellows finishes the installation of HelloWorld.show();, an exhibition of source code. For the better part of this week, the studio has been flipped on its head, as any gallery should be in that period between This Show and That Show. It’s beautiful, productive chaos.

    But as it turns out, we also use our gallery as a workspace, event venue, and home base for Stand. So the chaos is infinite and constant. Everything’s moving around, and often, we’re the ones picking it up and hauling it somewhere new.

    It goes without saying then, that the LeadHere fellows play an invaluable roll in CreateHere’s programs, beyond the full-time job of development work. We hang shows, we move chairs, we empty conference rooms, and we paint walls. “All hands on deck” is status quo. And in return, our just deserts: flexible hours and a cool, very cool work environment.

    So we’ve got brawn, but our space is defined more by the things we don’t have, namely walls, dividers, cubicles, permanent seating, bad joojoo. Instead, a constant supply of art, an army of coffee mugs, dogs, kids, fellows, newspapers, yellow t-shirts, and every generation of every Apple product imaginable. Occasionally, a PC, too.

    Some of us have less temporary desks. Mine’s covered in beer bottles from Hops and Opera (they double as flutes), a nice card from photographer Mary Barnett, a Michelin guide to France, and a Southern Living recipe book from 1982. There’s a pile of camcorder tapes, more than a couple media kits, and clippings from all the CreateHere mentions in the paper from the past six months. The design table is immaculate and modern and sparse, and economy fellow Trey Meyer has plastered his half of the magnetic filing cabinet with articles and insights. All these things, too, will at some point move, caught up in the tidal wave of Flexibility, that little word that is central to each and every fellow’s job description.

    This is all to say, we welcome chaos, we welcome new shows, we welcome community use of our space. Join us tonight for a preview of HelloWorld.show(); from 5 to 7 pm, and come back often. I guarantee, we’ll have rearranged.

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