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.


20 September 2011

WEST SPACE 2011 FUNDRAISER

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Opening tonight at the new WEST SPACE premises, in central Melbourne, the annual fundraiser.



As always a mighty list of supporting artists :

Adam Cruickshank | Alasdair McLuckie | Alesh Macak | Alex Martinis Roe | Alex Vivian | Andy Hutson | Ash Keating | Azlan McLennan | Ben Sheppard | Benedict Ernst | Betra Fraval | Bianca Hester | Bill Sampson | Black Bats | Brad Haylock | Brett Jones | Brie Trenerry | Brodie Ellis | Bryan Spier | Camilla Tadich | Carmen Reid | Caroline Williams | Carolyn Eskdale | Charles O'Loughlin | Christopher Koller | Concettina Inserra | Dane Lovett | David Mutch | David van Royen | Dell Stewart | Dominic Redfern | Drew Pettifer | Emily Ferretti | Fleur Summers | Glenn Walls | Greg Woods | Hannah Raisin | Helen Johnson | Ieuan Weinman | Irene Hanenbergh | James Kenyon | Jan Murray | Jane Korman | Jelena Telecki | Jennifer Mills | Jessie Scott | John R.Neeson | John Wolseley | Jordan Wood | Julian Smith | Justin Andrews | Kat Clarke | Kate Daw | Kate Matthews | Kay Abude | Kellie Wells | Kez Hughes | Kiera Brew Kurec | Kieran Stewart | Kiron Robinson | Kit Wise | Laith McGregor | Liang Xia Luscombe | Lillian O'Neil | Lou Hubbard | Marika Nilsen | Martine Corompt | Masato Takasaka | Matthew Shannon | Meredith Turnbull | Mia Salsjo | Michael Graeve | Michael Vale | Mila Faranov | Nat Thomas | Natalie Ryan | Nicholas Jones | Nick Waddell | Olivia Pintos-Lopez | Patrick Pound | Penelope Aitken | Peter Tyndall | Philip Samartzis | Pip Ryan | Polly Stanton | Prue Crome | Quenton Miller | Raafat Ishak | Ross Coulter | Rowan McNaught | Rozalind Drummond | Sally Smart | Sangeeta Sandrasegar | Sanne Mestrom | Sarah CrowEST | Sarah Stubbs | Scott Mitchell | Sean Peoples | Sharon Billinge | Sherry McLane Alejos | Simon MacEwan | Simon Pericich | Siri Hayes | Skye Kennewell | Sophia Hewson | Spiros Panigirakis | Steven Rendall | Sue Dodd | Tai Snaith | Taree Mackenzie | Tim Hillier | Tony Garifalakis | Torie Nimmervoll | Utako Shindo | Veronica Kent | Viv Miller | Vivian Cooper Smith + more

Among the offerings is a special limited release of application forms for the TEMPORARY EXHIBITION VISA to the proposed AUSTRALIA(N) PAVILION~OFFSHORE : Australia's Venice Solution.
click here to contact WEST SPACE
This as the Australian Government and the Opposition squabble over their competing visions for Asylum Seeker Offshore Processing Legislation.
Gillard, Abbott asylum meeting lasts just 15 minutes
THE AGE, September 19, 2011
read article here

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