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.
bLOGOS/HA HA is always interested in|visible means of support and the musics thereof - the tensioning of machine-heads, the plucking of strings, the striking of hammers... Slave Musics
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Prepared Hammers event #
LE PORTRAIT DE LA PRIMA DONNA
Place framed projection-space
LE PORTRAIT DE LA PRIMA DONNA
on floor and leaning against wall
Above that
- hold prepared nail to wall with one hand
- hold prepared hammer in other hand
- fix regard at point of hammerfall
Duration : preset period or as long as possible
Below is a lithographic record of this tableau vivant - LE PORTRAIT DE LA PRIMA DONNA - as performed for Theatre of the Actors of Regard by a member of the preCagean percussion collective Prepared Hammers
Paul Gavarni (Sulpice-Guillaume Chevalier) 1858
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something ...
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[LE PORTRAIT DE LA PRIMA DONNA)
