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Hello all!

In case you missed it, here's the video we launched with on Monday.

In the handful of days since then, we've heard from a pretty big variety of artists - w

ho all have extremely interesting and unique ideas that are already developing swiftly.

I can't wait to see how they turn out!

Despite this, for this project to be a success, it's important that we reach as many artists as possible, so that our reach is wide enough to be a larger help. So if you haven't already - I'd really appreciate it if you shared the project around from our facebook, instagram or just by linking the website and just tell any artists you know about the project so they can get involved!

And if you're an artist who's reading this - have a look around the website and be sure to message us if you have any ideas - we'd love to have you on board.

Best,

Harri

tomorrow

It's finally time - tomorrow marks the launch of the Damp Water Spot project. And whether it goes well or not - I hope you'll appreciate the work I've put towards developing it. From it's conception to it being accepted by the National Lottery Arts Council a handful of days before the lockdown started. Luckily, through more hard work adapting the project to work without people having to interact with eachother - the project launches.

It's important to mark why I'm launching tomorrow - the 6th of July. 15 years ago to the day Paul Cannell took his own life and we lost an incredibly inspiring and humble artist. The root of this project has always been based around immortalizing Paul by producing art as a tribute to his work and character.

To stay updated, please bookmark this website and follow us on Facebook and Instagram at www.facebook.com/dampwaterspot and @dampwaterspot respectively.

I'll be posting a short announcement video tomorrow for newcomers to launch the project, and I hope to see you there.

Best,

Harri

who am i and why am i here?

Hello!

I thought it would probably be a good idea to introduce myself, and talk a little bit about my own investment in this project.

My name is Harri, I'm a freelance editor by trade but what I really want to chase after is documentary filmmaking. And that's sort of where this project came from in a way.

I first contacted the National Lottery Arts Council about Paul last year to produce a very different project, half art workshop - half documentary teaser tape. My hope was to organize an interesting project that helped the community but at the same time gather the funding to move towards making a documentary about Paul and his legacy. This original project was funded early this year, but before I was able to start working on it for real - it had to be put on hold just like many other projects all over the world due to COVID-19.

Before long, I became a little stir crazy and started to look for ideas on how to make this project now, while still maintaining social distancing measures. Obviously I couldn't do art workshops anymore, but I realized I could still get people to produce pieces inspired by Paul - and potentially help people who are struggling at the same time.

So that's what this project became - an entirely online project devoted to directly commissioning artists. And I'm very happy it turned out this way! I think this is a very necessary stepping stone towards working on a larger project about Paul. I have already been in touch with so many interesting people who have so much to say about him - and can't wait to get working on what comes next.

Looking forward - I hope this project goes well, and helps as many people as possible - even if it's just getting somebody out of a rut and back to being creative in a difficult time where inspiration isn't easy.

Thank you so much for reading, you'll be hearing a lot more from me very soon.

Best,

Harri