Today we went to a big, well known company. There was a lot of exposed brickwork and a signed Gorillaz poster on the wall, the staff were young and dynamic and everything looked the part. Stuart is the most successful artist of his generation; he is also very young. It felt weird looking at people maybe two, three years older than us who were totally formal and unflappable. For a while it felt pretty awkward; we weren’t speaking the same language. They never asked what Stuart wanted, they just told us about systems, and how they usually did things.

Everything about Stuart’s practice is extraordinary; it is not going to easily adapt to conventional methods, if at all. Somehow we reached an understanding and although the connection wasn’t immediate Stuart was impressed by their professionalism and focus. It was an important day.

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