Yesterday evening William dropped round a sample of the wood to be used in the construction of the post. So today I printed off the icons and in doing so with a greyscale version, realised that there wasn't much contrast on the yellow version so we added in some more magenta and did it again. I then cut them out and offered them up to them wood. The yellow looked much better slightly darker and we are happy with how they look against the wood colour. They'll look a bit darker after the Signpost has been varnished, but then so will the wood so we shouldn't have any problems there.

I also received the Village Green logo from Sean at Metal so started on the flyer, but more on this when its finished.

Foteini at Shape has also been checking things over for us, including the website, and she'd noticed that I'd missed some of the Alt-tags off of new images, so I've been back in and added them.

We've been keeping up momentum with another meeting with Will last night and a visit to Chalkwell park this morning. The plan was to look around and identify possible sites in advance of our suggested site meeting tomorrow with Metal's Programme Executive, Sean McLoughlin, but on arrival we thought it was worth giving him a call & then we spotted him in person. After refuelling us with coffee, we talked through some practicalities and thoughts developed with Will, and then surveyed three possible sites.

Village Green 2010 is the third annual event set up and managed by Metal; from its beginnings as a one-off, it has rapidly become a fixture in the Southend calendar, developing and growing every year. So whilst we have particular requirements and plans, we also have to take into account the myriad other projects, happenings and experiences that will be available on the day. We feel our mutually agreed site - quite central in the park, just off the main avenue - is the best balance. With the help of Will's drawings, we've mocked up a picture to give you an idea of what the work might look like there.

Next up is testing some technical issues; we had an epiphany this morning about the approach we were taking; sometimes a get-round process just adds to the journey, so we're trying a short cut; more about that once we know it's not a cul-de-sac.

Welcome to the first post in the Signpost Project blog. It's by no means the first thing to happen with the project. Damien and I have been devising a longer term strategy for our work since the AWSoM project in 2007 and this is just the next stage in a long process in which we are exploring the different, and indeed sometimes opposite, ways in which we experience the world. Our focus in concentrated mainly around sound and location, and how we interpret these things differently as individuals, which mirrors our greatly different backgrounds, life experiences and education.

To help and assist with our work we have been receiving mentoring from ArtsAdmin producer Mark Godber, talking with Jim Prevett at [space] and have also received support from Metal, Shape and Emergency Exit Arts.

Earlier in the year we put together a proposal for the next phase of work, 'Signpost', and applied to Arts Council England for a small grant, which we're pleased to announce has been approved. So we are now working on the project, with the aim of completing it for exhibition at the Village Green event run by Metal in Chalkwell Park, Southend, Essex on 25th September.

More information can be found on this strand of work by visiting the AWSoM, Vibe³, Vibe³C, Vibe³ Southend web pages.