Quite a lot happened after my USB was taken away last “night”, but I was in no fit state to record it. Jenn and Thom went to bed first, while Fee and I stayed up for the late shift.

How have your feelings towards the scientists tasked with waking you/preventing you from sleeping changed? Is fatigue starting to override social niceties? Sean the Bookonaut Hi Sean! My feelings fluctuate pretty wildly. It helps that all of the scientists are lovely people. If they were more authoritarian it would be easier to resent them, but […]

With no direct exposure to the external weather events, can you gauge any of the changes due to minor fluctuations in air pressure? The relationship between sound, pressure and temperature is something the human body can be attuned to in a multi-sensory sense – are you at all aware of vibrations that may exist on […]

Downstairs its just like any normal day here, but I doubt its very normal for you. My question is, have you thought about trying to escape yet? Or if not escaping, trying to cheat the lockdown by finding out what time it is? Stuart  Funnily enough one of the first things I did when I […]

“Day” 3 (that’s what I’m rolling with) – hot pack and magic cream = essential! Chilli too- all this pain and suffering for SCIENCE- if I had a dollar for every time I used the word “chocolate” . . . – Fee is redesigning the PVT machines Well, the story is deadlocked, so let me tell […]

Given that Writers’ Week is a partner, do you have books with you and if so what are they? Clare We were invited to bring books, CDs and DVDs. All my media is digital so I couldn’t bring any music or film/TV but I did have a few books in tree format. I have William […]

This is weird. Weirder than usual, I mean. There was a slight intimation before we went to sleep that something might happen that would affect our awakening, something we would discuss over breakfast. This I didn’t predict. A short time ago, the lights came on

Okay, so we’re in. After two years or more of talking and planning, this has finally happened! The project officially started at 9.30am. (In a sense it actually started three days ago, when those who drink coffee had to stop drinking it. We also all had to try to sleep for a solid eight hours […]

Firstly, huge props to you all for taking one for the creative sector in Oz and worldwide. Q: Do you have Net access, Twitter access and similar during the residency? Ben Fox

Do you intend to upload work in your usual medium, or are you taking this as an opportunity to experiment artistically (as well as physically, psychologically, emotionally!)? Vicki