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.
As observed by Kobayashi Issa (1763-1827)
New Year’s morning :
the ducks on the pond
quack and quack.
As observed by Matsuo Basho (1644-1694)
Year after year
on the monkey’s face
a monkey’s face.
Below, a haiga (haiku and image) by Basho. The drawing depicts a New Year's Eve home altar offering of Kagami mochi which is traditionally broken and eaten in a ritual called kagami biraki (mirror opening).
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We don't have a translation of the above Basho haiku, but here's a thematic contender, translated by Jane Reichhold :
ariake mo
misoka ni chikashi
mochi no oto
dawn moon
close to the end of the year
pounding rice
... and as translated for NYE by TAR :
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Ota NANPO (1749-1823)
Cup of Destiny - lyrics
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Cup of Destiny - lyrics
[Chorus]
I drank from the right glass
I’m takin’ the right path
But it is testing me
I'll have the last laugh
Down at the work task
They’ll get the best of me
Oh, the cup of destiny
I drank from the right glass
I'm takin' the right path
But it is testing me
I'll have the last laugh
Down at the work task
They’ll get the best of me
Oh, the cup of destiny
[Verse]
Well you never really know it till it hits ya
You see it in your face, an old school picture
You pour yourself one every night
It doesn't mean that you're wrong or right
Look at the bottle, look at the glass
There is your future, there is your past
It all makes sense when you get some
It doesn't matter if you're old or all done
Amy Taylor at Gizzfest Dec 9 - photo WDZIEKONSKI
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Fumi Uchida (1842-1910) | Tengu of the Actors of Regard
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Cy Twombly
Three studies from the Temeraire
1998-1999
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The Ian Potter Museum of Art
The University of Melbourne
20 Nov 2018 to 3 Mar 2019
Clement Meadmore: The art of mid-century design is the first major survey to focus on the industrial design practice of one of Australia's most internationally successful artists.
Curated by Dean Keep and Jeromie Maver,
the exhibition charts the evolution of Clement Meadmore's design aesthetic in the 1950s and early 60s, before he shifted his focus to sculpture, and highlights the role Meadmore played alongside Australia’s most innovative and progressive designers of the mid-century period.
In 1955, prior to the 1956 Melbourne Olympics, Meadmore was commissioned by Ion Nicolades to design the interiors of the Legend Espresso and Milk Bar and the Teahouse, both in Melbourne. Drawing upon international modernism and a
new-found passion for Italian culture, the
Legend Espresso and Milk Bar is arguably one of Meadmore’s greatest achievements and became a touchstone for many young creatives in 1950s Melbourne...
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TAR as Clement Meadmore 1952
Clement Meadmore as TAR 1968 (vimeo 'Curl')
Columbia University : infiltrators enter the 'Curl'
The Trojan Wars 1968-2018 [ The Enemy Within )
Fifty years later, still waiting for the signal...
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Robert Morris (1931-2018) obituary
Radical American artist and sculptor whose work always had a quality of risk
Charles Darwent | The Guardian
Tue 4 Dec 2018 04.48 AEDT
A visitor looks at an untitled work by Robert Morris, included in
Guggenheim Collection: The American Avant-Garde 1945-1980
in Rome in 2012. Photograph: Gabriel Bouys/AFP/Getty Images
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David Goldblatt: Photographs 1948–2018
from MCA NEWS : Here’s to summer! WHAT'S ON this gob-smacking Theatre of the Actors of Regard image by David Goldblatt.
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Due for release in January 2019, a memoir about showbiz in the early 20th century that travels from the theatres of Vienna, Prague, and Berlin, to Hollywood during the golden age, complete with encounters with Franz Kafka, Albert Einstein, and Greta Garbo along the way.
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For instance :
Description: ARTIST UNKNOWN Danger Radiation
Silver gelatin photograph
Stamped, inscribed and dated verso
A box marked 'Danger Radiation' block a traffic lane in Castlereagh street yesterday. It was planted as a University of N.S.W. Foundation Day stunt
23 x 30.5 cm
LITERATURE:
Herald, July 8, 1970
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