Catherine Hemelryk
Apllication recceived on 8/22/2006
Dear International Airport Montello,
My name is Catherine Hemelryk and I am writing to apply for the position of
Layover Support Crew Member for the International Airport Montello this
coming September. I believe I would be an assett to the team as I am
resourceful, motivated and thoughtful. As I have a well spoken British
English accent I inspire confidence from passengers and clients and I
maintain a polite and professional demenour at all times.
I work happily with many facets of society and I have experience of keeping
a calm head and diffusing difficult situations. This is in part through my
non-threttening demenour: I am five feet two inches tall, freckled and have
a lovely smile. When working as a bouncer in the nightclubs of Newcastle
Upon Tyne in the north east of England, I was able to swiftly quosh fighting
men using glass-bottles as weapons, crowd control and confiscating illegal
substances from the cityŒs drug pushers. I am comfortable dealing with all
manner of requests from passengers, and I have worked in a hospital liaising
with staff, patients and octagenarian volunteers, as well as working with
government bodies and foreign ambassadors, factory workers, clerical office
staff, artists, navel architects, arts professionals and prisoners at Onley
Her Majesty‚s Young Offenders Institute. I am a skilled communicator and
have practical knotting and back woods skills also.
Much of my work has involved writing and researching. I have published
several science fiction books under various pen names, and I have curated
many exhibitions that relate closely to the themes of the International
Airport Montello including Airports and Their Structures of Power in a
Pressurised Cultural Climate, Negative Dialectics of the Baggage Reclaim,
Fly! My Pretties, Britain Bombs America America Bombs Britain (CLUI) and 4
Show: four artists at International Airport Mentollo. Areas of my knowledge
and interest are diverse and include animatronic heads, minority running
sports, unknown unknowns, Black boxes, the work of Russel T Davies, cable
knitting, electro synth pop, moths, sixteenth century torture masks, British
stand up, Lithuania, the whole of politics, extreme crafts and Warwickshire.
The temporary nature of this project would benefit me personally as it would
allow me to exercise and hone my existing skills, and develop new ones. I
have long-term commitments in Lithuania and Germany, and this would provide
a welcome step outside my current context and perhaps allow me to gain a
perspective on my Eurocentric world. Personally it would benefit me as I
could buy some gluten-free bread which is not available in Lithuania. I feel
the project would benefit from my company as I am good-natured, as well as
having a split personality therefore I can work twice as hard having a Tyler
Durden work ethic. Also I can bake great chocolate truffle cakes and enjoy
lively discussions.
I look forward to your decision, and please do not hesitate to contact me
with any additional questions you may have.
Yours truly,
Catherine Hemelryk