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.


04 August 2022

STORE 5 | Kerrie Poliness | 1992


From the heap, the announcement sheet for a Kerrie Poliness exhibition at STORE 5, September 1992...
 Below, Pitch Your Own Tent, MUMA exhibition catalog, 2005 
 Cover image, Marco Fusinato (at Store 5), 100%, 1993
 ...plus attendee's overdrawn fanfare.
Theatre of the Announcements of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
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02 August 2022

Re re re re radiance


Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
 detail
 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
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01 August 2022

Clean




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