David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :

'I have made a heap of all that I could find.' (1) So wrote Nennius, or whoever composed the introductory matter to Historia Brittonum. He speaks of an 'inward wound' which was caused by the fear that certain things dear to him 'should be like smoke dissipated'. Further, he says, 'not trusting my own learning, which is none at all, but partly from writings and monuments of the ancient inhabitants of Britain, partly from the annals of the Romans and the chronicles of the sacred fathers, Isidore, Hieronymous, Prosper, Eusebius and from the histories of the Scots and Saxons although our enemies . . . I have lispingly put together this . . . about past transactions, that [this material] might not be trodden under foot'. (2)

(1) The actual words are coacervavi omne quod inveni, and occur in Prologue 2 to the Historia.
(2) Quoted from the translation of Prologue 1. See The Works of Gildas and Nennius, J.A.Giles, London 1841.


15 June 2013

Mix Tape 1980s : Appropriation, Subculture, Critical Style

              
The Ian Potter Centre : National Gallery of Victoria 
until 1 September


online promo (detail) featuring Mike Brown's Manifestations 1982  
         
        
Split the diff :

1. NGV media release here
2. Robert Nelson / 'The Age' review here
3. Christopher Allen / 'The Australian' review here
     
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA
      
.  .  .  .
      


This is for the headsets loving the mix,
My people in the front, all covered in spit ...
      
The Nosebleed Section
Hilltop Hoods

Your correspondent was asked to compile a 1980s avant-garde and experimental music mixtape for this exhibition. The selection made is a personal one, a Melbourne one :
   
David Chesworth album cover : Tyndall / Brophy
       
David Chesworth
Who’s Asking?
        
Stelarc
AMPLIFIED BODY, LASER EYES & THIRD HAND
Sounds- Brainwaves, heartbeat, bloodflow, muscles and motor mechanism of the Third Hand. First performed at the Maki Gallery, Tokyo 2 March, 1986 Performance began when the body was switched on, and ended when the body was switched off. Sound Coordinator- K. Tazaki with medical equipment from Nihon Kohden.

Warren Burt
Samples II for orchestra (Ravel homage) (That which is neither a deconstruction nor an appropriation, neither bricollage nor post-modern)(1987)

House of Journalists
(Tony Clark as the narrator)
Il Palazzo
from William Furlong's AUDIO ARTS cassette :
ANTI-MUSIC : A SAMPLER

Ad Hoc
( James Clayden, Chris Knowles and David Wadelton  )
Blue From Beyond The Sea (excerpt)
from Artefacts Of Australian Experimental Music Volume II 1974–1983 : 
Shame File Music ‎– SHAM056

Red Megaphone
(John Nixon)
Untitled

Chris Mann, Warren Burt, Astra Choir
Artificial Languages Part 2.

SLAVE GUITARS 
formerly SLAVE GUITARS OF THE ART CULT
6

Olivier Messiaen
visited Melbourne in 1988 and notated the lyrebird for :
L'Oiseau-lyre et la Ville-Fiancée (The lyre bird and the bridal city)
from Éclairs sur l'au-delà… (lluminations of the Beyond…) 
1987-1991.
Sydney Symphony Orchestra conducted by David Porcelijn

Primitive Calculators
I Can't Stop It
    
      
         
We'll rip off our tops
and jump around in the front row.

The Nosebleed Section
Hilltop Hoods
           
 ART CULT tee shirt as seen in the front row
               

You know, I looked around, 
the faces I'd know,
I fell in love with the people
in the front row.

People In The Front Row
Melanie Safka
as sampled by Hilltop Hoods
    

above: as seen at Mix Tapes 1980s                          
click image to enlarge  

detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...

LOGOS/HA HA