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.


09 October 2009

Lyrics and Type

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bLOGOS/HA HA follows online (and occasionally adds to the home heap from) the daily deluge of gig posters. Below is my 2009 favorite. It's by Melbourne graphic designer/illustrator/artist Timba Smits : see more at THE FAD EXPERIMENT


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Lyrics and Type opens in Melbourne tonight at Gorker Gallery (corner of Gore & Kerr Streets, Fitzroy) until Sunday 17 October
As an official Semi-Permanent side event, Wooden Toy Quarterly has invited 17 of the worlds most crafty and creative typographers, illustrators & graphic designers to interpret song lyrics by famous (both past or present) singers, songwriters and bands for LYRICS AND TYPE, a series of artworks combining typographic treatment of words, image and illustration. Featuring work by:

DAREN NEWMAN (UK) / JAE COPP (AUS) / JON CONTINO (USA) / KARL KWASNY (AUS) / KEN TAYLOR (AUS) / LINZIE HUNTER (UK) / LUCA IONESCU (AUS) / LUDOVIC PRIGENT (FRA) / LUKE LUCAS (AUS) / MAGOMED DOVJENKO (RUS) / MCBESS (UK) / NATE WILLIAMS (USA) / RIK LEE (AUS) / SHORT (FRA) / LITTLE FRIENDS OF PRINTMAKING (USA) / TIMBA SMITS (AUS) / TOKO (AUS)


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

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