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.


19 November 2014

Utopian Slumps


FINAL EXHIBITION
OPENING WEDNESDAY 19 NOVEMBER 6 - 8PM
EXHIBITION 20 NOVEMBER - 13 DECEMBER 2014

Utopian Slumps
Ground floor, 33 Guildford Lane, Melbourne, Victoria 3000
     
RAMONA LOLA ANGELICO  |  STEVEN ASQUITH  |  LAUREN 
BERKOWITZ  |  FERGUS BINNS  |  RY DAVID BRADLEY  |
TREVELYAN CLAY  |  YVETTE COPPERSMITH  |  SARAH 
CROWEST  |  GEORGINA CUE  |  DAMP  |  CHRISTOPHER 
DAY  |  REBECCA DELANGE  |  JAMES EISEN  |  DANNY 
FROMMER  |  TONY GARIFALAKIS  |  STARLIE GEIKIE  |
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RHYS LEE  |  RICHARD LEWER  |  BENJAMIN LICHTENSTEIN
|  ANDREW LIVERSIDGE  |  ANDREW LONG   |  HELEN 
JOHNSON  |  JESS JOHNSON  |  KATIE LEE  |  MERRYN 
LLOYD  |  JAMES LYNCH  |  WILLIAM MACKINNON  |
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|  ROB MCHAFFIE  |  ROB MCLEISH  |  KATE MEAKIN  |  
SANNE MESTROM  |  DAN MOYNIHAN  |  KATE NEWBY  |  
ELIZABETH NEWMAN   |   CONOR O'BRIEN  |  JOSHUA 
PETHERICK  |  TOBY POLA  |  TOM POLO  |  DANIEL PRICE
|  TIM PRICE  |  ELVIS RICHARDSON  |  MARK RODDA   |
KIEREN SEYMOUR  |  CALEB SHEA  |  KATE SMITH  |  
SRIWHANA SPONG  |  ESTHER STEWART  |  MASATO 
TAKASAKA  |  THE DONKEY'S TAIL   |  OLIVER VAN DER 
LUGT  |  JAKE WALKER  |  AMBER WALLIS  |  PAUL 
WILLIAMS  |  PAUL WOTHERSPOON  |  

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