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.
SPOILER ALERT : The Handmaid's Tale S.3 Ep.6
Tommaso Siciliano's 1585 Vatican ceiling fresco
The Triumph of Christianity over Paganism
...figured again this week in the latest episode of The Handmaid's Tale.
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On not being able to see
the forest
for the trees
the wood
for the word
the see
for thee, calligraphy
- after Issa
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We appreciated this morning's ABC.RN Mine Field discussion of "slow journalism" en regard :
What if the greatest threat to a free media was from within?
Our lives are saturated with 'news'; but far from creating informed citizens, this is producing forgetful, inattentive citizens. Megan Le Masurier joins us to discuss whether "slow journalism" could help us remember what matters?
Last week we discussed the moral and political principles laid bare by the Australian Federal Police’s raids on the home of a News Corp journalist and the Sydney offices of the ABC. But such external threats to the 'free' press are not the only, or even the most dire, threats to the proper functioning of the media in a healthy democracy.
The threat posed by the AFP raids is the threat feared by George Orwell: external pressure, obfuscation or intimidation by a censorious, overbearing, totalitarian state. But there was another threat, no less real, articulated by Aldous Huxley: there is no need for the state to censor the truth, when the 'capitalist propaganda industry' can simply bury the truth in an avalanche of the trivial, the salacious and the manufactured. Why censor the truth, when over time people can no longer tell the difference between the true, the trivial and the manufactured? Then throw speed and the ubiquity of smart phones into the mix, and you have the makings of a democratic catastrophe.
Under conditions of speed, of instantaneity, and information overload, can journalism still fulfil its ethical vocation?
Following upon that came this email text and image from QAGOMA :
TOUR: SLOW-LOOK
1.30pm, Sun 30 Jun
GOMA | Free
Look slowly and closely at one artwork by Margaret Olley and Ben Quilty with QAGOMA curators and discover connections between the artist’s work and lives. Auslan interpreted.
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The Metropolitan Museum Shrouded a Mark Chagall Painting to Draw Attention to World Refugee Day
The museum shrouded the painting to ask the question: “What would the Met’s walls look like if there were no refugees?” Works by other famous artists including Max Ernst, Piet Mondrian, and Mark Rothko are labeled as works “made by a refugee.”
- Hyperallergic article here
The shrouding of Marc Chagall’s painting “The Lovers”
courtesy The Metropolitan Museum of Art
We are reminded of Yosa Buson's Veils of Regard.
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Label Code 0132129
Artist ********
Title Alexander Calder's 'Lobster Trap and Fish
Tail', a hanging mobile commissioned by the
advisory Committee for the stairwell of the
Museum's new building in 1939
(photograph 1949)
Location Museum of Modern Art (MoMA)
City New York
Country USA
Period/Style 1900/1945
Genre Documentary
Note PA315.
Credits Digital image,
The Museum of Modern Art, New York/
Scala, Florence
Rights and restrictions
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CULTURAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION
Artist Theatre of the Actors of Regard
[Intro: Suffa]
For my people in the front
In the nosebleed section
[Hilltop Hoods : The Nosebleed Section]
[Verse 1: Suffa]
This is for the heads that's loving the mix
My people in the front, all covered in spit
Batter's in the box, Suffa to pitch
Hilltop Hoods all up in this bitch...
courtesy AAA_ArtArchiveAustralia
[Verse 2: Suffa] ...
This is a comeback, tongue that’s sharp like a thumbtack
It's so tight James is saying, "Give my funk back"
One track, eight track, ADAT, residual noise
Man, fuck that, we clean with the digital toys
I'm the Apache, you're failing to match me
Throw your hands in the air like you're hailing a taxi
And move to the funk flow, you stepping? Are you drunk, bro?
This is for my peeps and the freaks in the front row
[Verse 3: Suffa]
People don’t complain if Suffa’s in here
And you’re in the front row all covered in beer
And club owners don't say,
"The place is wrecked, it's your fault"
If the roof is on fire, it's an electrical fault
Man, I bet you all bolt when I bring it live
Like Friday night footy, in my hoody I can hide...
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Each Friday at 5pm in Daylesford, Victoria ...
... protest continues against the offshore detention
of refugees to Australia.
Last evening,
one driver shouted,
"It's just three words."
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The Australian Federal Police raids on the home of News Corporation Australia journalist Annika Smethurst and on the offices of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation represent a grave threat to press freedom in Australia.
We welcome the Prime Minister’s stated commitment to freedom of the press and openness to discuss the concerns that have been raised.
A healthy democracy cannot function without its media being free to bring to light uncomfortable truths, to scrutinise the powerful and inform our communities. Investigative journalism cannot survive without the courage of whistleblowers, motivated by concern for their fellow citizens, who seek to bring to light instances of wrongdoing, illegal activities, fraud, corruption and threats to public health and safety.
These are issues of public interest, of the public’s right to know. Whistleblowers and the journalists who work with them are entitled to protection, not prosecution. Truth-telling is being punished.
The raids, a raft of recent national security laws, and the prosecutions of whistleblowers Richard Boyle, David McBride and Witness K all demonstrate the public’s right to know is being harmed. Truth-telling is being punished.
It is also clear from the global response to the recent raids that Australia’s proud reputation around the world as a free and open society is under threat.
We urge Parliament to legislate changes to the law to recognise and enshrine a positive public interest protection for whistleblowers and for journalists. Without these protections Australians will be denied important information it is their right as citizens to have.
We urge you to take prompt action to protect our democracy for all Australians.
Signed,
Michael Bachelard, The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age; Richard Baker, The Age; Mark Baker, Melbourne Press Club; Barrie Cassidy, ABC; Phillip Coorey, The Australian Financial Review; Annabel Crabb, ABC; David Crowe, The Sydney Morning Herald/The Age; Miranda Devine, The Daily Telegraph; Malcolm Farr, news.com.au; Adele Ferguson, The Age/The Sydney Morning Herald; Marina Go, Director, The Walkley Foundation; Michelle Grattan, The Conversation; Peter Greste, Alliance for Journalists’ Freedom; Claire Harvey, The Sunday Telegraph; Tim Lester, Seven Network; Isabel Lo, Media Diversity Australia: John Lyons, ABC; David Marr, Guardian Australia; Chris Masters, Investigative Journalist; Kate McClymont, The Sydney Morning Herald; Nick McKenzie, The Age; Karen Middleton, The Saturday Paper; Katharine Murphy, Guardian Australia; Paul Murphy, MEAA; Laurie Oakes, Retired Political Journalist; Kerry O’Brien, Chair, The Walkley Foundation; Matt Peacock, ABC Alumni; Mark Riley, Seven News; Leigh Sales, ABC; Niki Savva, The Australian; Tory Shepherd, The Advertiser; Marcus Strom, MEAA; Sandra Sully, Ten News; Lenore Taylor, Guardian Australia; Paige Taylor, The Australian; Hedley Thomas, The Australian; Laura Tingle, ABC; Peter Tyndall, bLOGOS/HA HA; Lisa Wilkinson, The Project
To co-sign this letter go to :
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TARhaus :
Poème Rire Défectueux
- après Wolfgang Sievers
Auction Information
Sale LJ8303
26 June 2019 - 6:00pm
Leonard Joel
333 Malvern Rd, South Yarra 3141
Saturday 22 & Sunday 23 June, 10am-4pm
Provenance
The collection of Deidre Cook
Other Notes
© National Library of Australia
Estimate $600-800
photograph by Wolfgang Sievers
Thoughts turn in rearrangement to
Raoul Hausmann's
Mechanischer Kopf (Der Geist Unserer Zeit)
Mechanical Head (The Spirit of Our Time)"
c. 1920
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Students of Theatre of the Actors of Regard (STAR) would have immediately recognised this scene and its ongoing lesson.
photo : ABC News- Brendan Esposito
Scott Morrison says the recent AFP raids on journalists were "at complete arm's length" from his Government, but leading journalists say police were operating within laws created by the state — laws that will have a chilling effect on whistleblowers.
PM denies Government ordered AFP raids on journalist, ABC - AM ...
Rembrandt van Rijn
In Rembrandt's 'The Anatomy Lesson of Doctor Nicolaes Tulp' (1632), above, we observe the investigative doctor interrogating the matter and meanings of 'an arm's length'.
Mr Lyons has revealed details of the warrant’s broad scope, which seeks: “Handwritten/digital notes, diary/ies, correspondence — internal, external, emails & other electronic forms of messaging, minutes, reports, briefing documents, assessments, graphics, sketches, photographs or imagery/vision — drafts & final, story pitch planning logs, broadcast and online schedules, raw or unedited footage in its entirety, journalist’s piece to camera, scripts drafts and finals including voiceovers, story boards/plans, status updates, website content, documents classified as ‘secret’ together with any manual, instruction, password or other thing that assists to gain access to or interpret or decode any of the above things.”
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left bank poet,
right bank gourmand --
the river.
after Yosa Buson
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