31Kb Michal is here, Chiara is here and Dani also arrived last night. great! a lot of hands to help us.. 24Kb ..and Hannah..she comes tomorrow..and will paint the visual shadows of these little paintings outside the museum.. 29Kb ..and Michal explains omi how she thought of mounting her israel-german passport..while Maria calls half Europe to invite friends for the opening..the day after tomorrow! 28Kb Alexandra also helps us since some days..she hangs now the 99 images..18 and 81..Teresa and omi remember the 99 names of God..Adel told them about it..in Egypt many years ago.. 35Kb ..the guys who should cover the sofa arrive today! and tomorrow we open for the press already! Tom and Juan and Roni are are supertired. last long night starts.. 34Kb ..some workers are on strike since yesterday! what we waited for..but okay, we’re painters, carpenters, cleaners, curtainhangers..curators of all countries bregade you! 47Kb Teresa and Michelangelo are doing the tour for the people who will do tours.. ..and surprise surprise > Ian Campbell sends a self-portrait..him as a cosmopolitan artist.. 31Kb and Roaring Roni lets an e-mail out..to all: opening.doc and..we see the catalogue...well..hmm..we had to do this compromise > europalia pays, but therefore they say with which designer we have to work..not bad..not good..but we’re all happy to have it finally...and we dedicated it to Maria! ufff.sorry..Ryan Dolan arrives a night before the opening.. where is your painting? a poster? what poster? no way man, sorry, how could we NOW talk about that? too late..FILA? do we work with FILA? how could we make clear that..? no, time out, sorry - no space for you..omi tells him and feels sorry the next second..but still, the context is to webbed now..lets talk about it back in cittadellarte, okay? everything else’s ready? how’s the porte-space? how are you? uuu, i’m tired..i’m a bit sick.. we all are paying a high prize..is it worth it? 4th of October 2003 – inauguration! it is! (is it?) MC Bart conducts the opening speech while everybdoy is in the house..except omi..sick.. fever..sleeping..but hey, did you see? Luisa and Tom came from Widnau! grüezi amores! 58Kb and Lou came, and Martin from Novaron and a lot a lot of people from all over..what a pitty that l°°ks and Malex couldn’t make it, they would like this mess! 33Kb Michelangelo does a nice short speech: he opens the catalogue and reads the dedication: cittadellarte dedicates this book to Maria Pioppi! happy birthday Maria! lets have a walk around..click around..                         the same evening we all meet upstairs in the museums restaurant..its Marias birthday party! omi comes too..he just can’t miss to congratulate Maria, to have Peters food and some drinks with the workers and the residents! feliz año nuevo Maria!