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.


20 June 2019

TAR Label ] after A Calder ( lobsTAR TRAp



    Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 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 



    Theatre of the Actors of Regard  
 Label        Title          detail
                                    A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
                                    someone looks at something...

                                    LOGOS/HA HA

                  Medium    A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
                                    someone looks at something...
                                    CULTURAL CONSUMPTION PRODUCTION

                  Date          - 20 June 2019 -

                  Artist        Theatre of the Actors of Regard