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.


24 February 2016

Punkasila & Slave Pianos & TAR present : Regards of the Golden Matrix


Standard magic fare reveals... a rabbit from a hat.
   

Bendigo Art Gallery  
Standard illusion... a flower from a pot. 
Ceci n'est pas une fleur; ceci n'est pas un pot.
       

Bendigo Art Gallery  
Standard regard, then... Ah, such beauty, wot! 
      

Bendigo Art Gallery  
Theatre of the Actors of Regard
presents 
A Primrose From England 
by Edward Hopley (c.1885)
        
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA 
         
     
Matrix magic fare...  ------ from ------
     
Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
presents 
A Primrose From England 
after Edward Hopley (c.1885)
as Performed by the Inmates of Punkasila & Slave Pianos : The Trial (Regarding Certain Deliberations of the National Committee for Art Purification)
        
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA