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.
.
That seems a bit tough. Fair enough the Demons, and of course Collingwood. But what about the Saints?
What about the Separation of Powers?
What about
The Triumph of Saints over Demonsas captured by Tommaso Siciliano in 1585?
Might this be a sign for tommorow's
Saints v MagpiesAFL Grand Final replay? We shall see.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
(Saints v Demons
after The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism
by Tommaso Siciliano)
.
As Melbourne enters its second 2010 AFL Grand Final Week,
THE AGE joins in.
The Three Rs
---------------
football
footballer
footballest!
Q.E.D.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.A pattern is becoming apparent.
Last week we reported on the two Japanese monks wearing Collingwood and Geelong patches, walking in meditation towards the MCG Cats v Magpies Preliminary Final.
Then we showed a country town projection-space decorated with the red and blue of the Hepburn Burras.
Yesterday we recorded that 100,016 middle-way practitioners attended the 2010 AFL Official Grand Final Draw (Collingw0od
68 - St.Kilda
68) at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.
The capacity of the MCG is 100,018. So it's not surprising there has been much media speculation about those two unfilled seats.
This blog is now free to reveal that
two empty seats was a work of art by two visiting French artists. They acquired two finals tickets for adjoining seats, for the purpose
not to attend. Known as Missing Persons Bureau, the pair are associated with the better known French company TAR [Théâtre des Acteurs du Regard].
Because this blog has long championed the work of TAR,
we were among the select few journalists invited to document the other action of
two empty seats. No Photos Please was the only restriction; drawings and word pictures were encouraged.
From sunrise until sunset on AFL Grand Final Day in Melbourne, at an outer-suburban public projection-space, French art duo Missing Persons Bureau presented the tableau vivant pictured below :
support act.
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.
"I can see the whole stadium!
...and there are 100,016 middle-way-view
practitioners in it !"
That was our reporter's surprise reckoning around quarter time.
(see image below)He was correct.
ST KILDA 10.8 (68)
COLLINGWOOD 9.14 (68)
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.
these two Venerables earlier this week
passed through our village
walking very slowly
on their way
we guess
to the
G
Cats v Magpies
AFL Preliminary Final
MCG tonight!
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.
At the edge of our town, opposite the footy ground, a projection-space is adorned with the colours of the Burras.
Hepburn Burras beat Daylesford Bulldogs
in CHFL grand final
by Jason Olver
Hepburn Advocate, 16 Sep, 2008
VICTORY. It comes in all shapes and sizes, hard-fought battles, classical encounters, nail-biting finishes.
The Hepburn versus Daylesford clashes have produced all these types of matches over their short three-year rivalry.
But the look of satisfaction on the Burra supporters' faces throughout the last half of Saturday's Grand Final as Hepburn kicked well clear of its opponents, was undoubtedly its finest moment.
Read full article here
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
Received this card from France. Et voila! There they are again...
The Three Figures.
For the last few weeks anyone interested in Australian federal politics has been following the journeys of The Three Independents (aka The Three Amigos, The Three Wise Men, The Three Wise Monkeys and so on).
It's a relative political term, The Independents. Relative within a view of inter-dependence.
Theatre of the Actors of Looking
presents
Un tableau du regard
Masks of the Three Inter-Dependents
I know where I've seen this scene before. It's another from France.
Monochromes jaune, rouge et vert (scène de théâtre)
Yves Klein
1954
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.After the federal election's hung parliament and then 17 days of internal trading, the Three Independents have made their deals and the people of Australia have a new (Labor) government.
Already, there are boasts and roasts about the best way to "bring home the bacon". Here's one such from a candidate who failed to save his own bacon.
But defeated Nationals candidate Dr David Gillespie is unimpressed with any news of outcomes for the electorate.
"If he brings home the bacon for the electorate, no-one is going to knock that back but the electorate wasn't asking for a Labor Government," he said.
"He could have brought home the bacon with the Coalition just as much."
read full ABC News article here
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.Last night on TV, in a doorstop interview with one of the three Independents whose support for either Labor or the Liberal-National coalition will determine the next government of Australia, Tony Windsor was asked if his elderly mother had given him any advice on the weekend. She had, he said, and smiled : "Mum's the word."
Theatre of the Actors of Looking
presents
Shhhhhhh!
The Decisions of the Three Independents
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
.
Abbott fires $1 billion blankThat's the headline spread across the top of THE AGE today as the fun and games, and the stumbles and gains, continue between the Independents and their suitors. Read about this twist of fortune
here"JULIA Gillard is just two seats away from being able to form a government after Tasmanian independent MP Andrew Wilkie rejected a $1 billion offer from Tony Abbott for a new hospital in Hobart and agreed to throw his support behind Labor.
Mr Wilkie accepted Ms Gillard's more modest pitch of up to $340 million to upgrade the existing hospital, saying this was a ''much more ethical way to go than simply grabbing a billion for Tasmania''.
The Hobart-based MP, in a strident rejection of Mr Abbott's hospital lure, said:
''It was almost intoxicating to look at a piece of paper that offered me one billion dollars."
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
+_1954_400.jpg)
