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Oh, this moment of imperfect regard
'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'.of this digital reproduction
of a damaged photographic print
of a damaged object
as regarded by Daphne Mayo
in this 1912 tableau vivant [ Theatre of the Actors of Regard ]
came to bLOGOS/HA HA attention
today
as, first, a roughly repaired, cropped, black-and-white
dot-screened detail
of an ink printed document
from the U Q ART MUSEUM
inviting us to attend
on 24 August
The Daphne Mayo Lecture 2011
Contemporary Australian Photography since 1980
by Anne Marsh
author of
Look :
Contemporary Australian Photography since 1980
photo by Polixeni Papapetrou
a post script :
Researching the 1912 tableau at University of Queensland Library - Daphne Mayo Collection ( here ) we were greatly surprised to also find there this image of another Daphne Mayo construction,
from 1921, The Student's Head
Thus ...
the characters proclaim as Onedetail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
LOGOS/HA HA
this Play is done!O !
This is Our Moment
O Perfect Regard
o' Every Thing
Restored
( laughter, exeunt)