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.


13 August 2019

tantamount

     Supreme Goddess as Void, with projection-space for TAR

Theatre of the Agit-tarTAR of Regard      
   detail
   A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
   someone looks at something... 
         
   LOGOS/HA HA



  

12 August 2019

Peak Art



Theatre of the Auctions of Regard  
 ART : TOO BIG TO FAIL?
 Imagine that the elements all suddenly 
 collapsed 


FIAPCE  -1975- 
click image to enlarge 
collection : Art Gallery of South Australia 
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


 

10 August 2019

Wind On Canvas (sic)

  
Performed in the Storm
Observed in the Calm


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
- 1976 -  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

09 August 2019

Not the Wind, Not the Flag


The Gateless Gate #29
Not the Wind, Not the Flag


  Two monks were arguing about a flag. 
     One said: 
         'The flag is moving.'
     The other said: 
         'The wind is moving.'
     The sixth patriarch happened to be passing by. 
     He told them: 
         'Not the wind, not the flag; mind is moving.'


   
Mumon's comment : The sixth patriarch said: "The wind is not moving, the flag is not moving. Mind is moving." What did he mean? If you understand this intimately, you will see the two monks there trying to buy iron and gaining gold. The sixth patriarch could not bear to see those two dull heads, so he made such a bargain.

      Wind, flag, mind moves,
      The same understanding.
      When the mouth opens
      All are wrong. 



Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
- 1976 -  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

08 August 2019

'Nomad is an eyelet' (after Jod Dudde)

  




Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
The Speech Pathologist Looks at the Tonsils and the Adenoids
Hughlett L. Morris, Ph.D.
First Published March 1, 1975 Research Article
Volume: 84 issue: 19_suppl, page(s): 63-66
https://doi.org/10.1177/0003489475084S1914 

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

LOGOS/HA HA


   





05 August 2019

shirtfronTAR

TOP DEFINITION

shirtfront
A brutal shoulder charge in Australian Rules Football (AFL) where a player instead of tackling an opponent, bumps them forcefully in the chest. Often leads to heavy concussions due to incidental contact to the head.
"Look, I'm going to shirtfront Mr Putin ... you bet I am."   - Tony Abbott, Australian prime minister to Russian President in October 2014
#afl #violence #concussion #politics #abbott #russia 
by Hack404 October 13, 2014

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CONFRONTING CONTEMPORARY ART : 
ABSTRACT PAINTING AND OP-ART

10.30AM SAT 17 AUG 2019
QAG | LECTURE THEATRE | FREE - BOOKINGS REQUIRED
What have you always wanted to know about contemporary art, but been too afraid to ask? In this interactive seminar, Dr Mark Pennings, Senior Lecturer, Visual Arts, Queensland University of Technology, takes
a close look at the abstract paintings within the Australian Collection and mesmerising Op-Art works featured in the ‘Geometries’ exhibition.
photo : QAGOMA 

Theatre of Abstract Regard 
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

04 August 2019

Archetypes of TAR


Theatre of the Actors of Regard in classic tableau, below, at the Tate Modern's recently opened
ARTIST ROOMS : Ed Ruscha.


photo by Tate Photography/Oliver Cowling  
photo by Tate Photography/Oliver Cowling  
The TARchetype, GeniTAR Prime :

Theatre of the Archetypes of Regard  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

03 August 2019

deep see green

 
 The deep parts of my life pour onward,
 as if the river shores were opening out.
 It seems that things are more like me now,
 That I can see farther into paintings.
 I feel closer to what language can't reach.
 With my senses, as with birds, I climb
 into the windy heaven, out of the oak,
 in the ponds broken off from the sky
 my falling sinks, as if standing on fishes.
   
 Rainer Maria Rilke [1875-1926]


 Untitled Part 1
 1988
 Cy Twombly



 Untitled Part 9
 1988
 Cy Twombly


 Untitled (Bassano in Teverina)
 1985
 Cy Twombly
 

Theatre of the Aquas of Regard  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

01 August 2019

TAR idiot with ideostaff prop



The word idiot comes from the Greek ἰδιώτης, idiōtēs 'a private person, individual', 'a private citizen' (as opposed to an official), 'a common man', 'a person lacking professional skill, layman', later 'unskilled', 'ignorant' from ἴδιος, idios 'private', 'one's own'...[3] 

An ideogram or ideograph (from Greek ἰδέα idéa idea and γράφω gráphō to write) is a graphic symbol that represents an idea or concept, independent of any particular language, and specific words or phrases. 

The word idea comes from Greek ἰδέα idea "form, pattern," from the root of ἰδεῖν idein, to see.[3]


Theatre of the Actors of Regard   
   The Courtesan Jigoku-dayu and Priest Ikkyu, 1899, 
   by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   

31 July 2019

Ikkyu moon skull


so many paths go up from the foothills
but one moon grazes the peak

- Ikkyu (transl. Stephen Berg)


  Netsuke depicting Ikkyu and his TAR prop skull  


Theatre of the Actors of Regard   
   The Courtesan Jigoku-dayu and Priest Ikkyu, 1899, 
   by Mizuno Toshikata (1866-1908)

 No One Sees It The Same

The mind flows like water through the four
   mindfulnesses never the same.
Buddha realm, Mara's fortress the then and now.
Cold wind, wind-blown snow, moon among the 
   plum blossoms;
The drinker toys with his cup, the poet hums 
   a poem.

- Ikkyu (transl. Sonja Arntzen)

*the four mindfulnesses : this is a discipline of meditating on 
the "body" to realise its impurity, on "sensation" to realise that the perception of things pleasant and unpleasant is the root of pain, on "thought" to realise its impermanence and on objects" 
to realise their absence of self.    p. 236 here


Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something... 
         
 LOGOS/HA HA


   
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