David Jones, artist and poet (1895-1974) begins his PREFACE TO THE ANATHEMATA :
(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.
02 December 2023
16 November 2023
29 October 2023
TAR presents A Toast :
11 September 2023
13 August 2023
Towards an ArithmeTAR of Regard
Melbourne's Lyon House Museum shows this image online ...
How is it composed and structured? How does it set up a relationship with us as the viewer?
These questions will be explored by Dr Mimi Kelly and Corbett Lyon as they analyse four works from the Lyon Collection.
LOOKING AT PICTURES 🖼️
Sunday 20 August, 3pm – 4:30pm
$25pp

Towards an ArithmeTAR of Regard asks
Should TAR be explored as a whole or as the sum of its parts? Or both?
How is TAR composed and structured? How does TAR set up a relationship with us as the Actor?
FIAPCE presents LOOKING AT LOOKING

11 August 2023
TAR : “It’s really about ...
We received an email captioned :
Art Guide Australia #474
What to see at “the art fair that artists love”

“It’s really about looking at images and putting them together, and looking at how they behave,” says David Noonan.
Theoria
The Greek theoria (θεωρία) meant "contemplation, speculation, a looking at, things looked at", from theorein (θεωρεῖν) "to consider, speculate, look at", from theoros (θεωρός) "spectator", from thea (θέα) "a view" + horan (ὁρᾶν) "to see".[9] It expressed the state of being a spectator. Both Greek θεωρία and Latin contemplatio primarily meant looking at things, whether with the eyes or with the mind.[10]
According to William Johnston, until the sixth century the practice of what is now called mysticism was referred to by the term contemplatio, c.q. theoria.[4] According to Johnston, "[b]oth contemplation and mysticism speak of the eye of love which is looking at, gazing at, aware of divine realities."[4]
Several scholars have demonstrated similarities between the Greek idea of theoria and the Indian idea of darśana (darshan), including Ian Rutherford[11] and Gregory Grieve.[12]- Wikipedia
Darshan
In Indian religions, Darshana, also spelt Darshan, (Sanskrit: दर्शन darśana lit. 'showing, appearance,[1] view, sight') or Darshanam (darśanam) is the auspicious sight of a deity or a holy person.[2]
The term also refers to any one of the six traditional schools of Hindu philosophy and their literature on spirituality and soteriology.[3]
Darshana is described as an "auspicious sight" of a holy person, which bestows merit on the viewer.[2]
It is most commonly used for theophany, meaning a manifestation or vision of the divine, in Hindu worship, e.g. of a deity (especially in image form), or a very holy person or artifact. One can receive darshana or a glimpse of the deity in the temple, or from a great saintly person, such as a great guru.[4]
On the significance of darshana in Mahayana thought, Paul Harrison writes: "By the second century CE... the vision of the Buddha (buddha-darśana) and the accompanying hearing of the Dharma (dharma-śravaṇa) are represented as a transformation experience of decisive importance for practitioners, be they who have renounced (mundane life) 'ascetics' or householders."[7]
The Abhidharma, collections of systematic summaries of the sutras, mention Darshana-citta, i.e. visions.[8]
Indian Mahayana philosophers Vasubandhu and Asanga acknowledged five paths to liberation, of which the third is darshana-marga, the "path of seeing".[9]
Nagarjuna, a prominent philosopher of the Madhyamaka school of Mahayana Buddhism, wrote that the wise person perceives tattva-darshana, true reality.[10][11]
“It’s really about looking at images and putting them together,
and looking at how they behave,” says David Noonan.

09 August 2023
Tri-Angle of Regard (SELF-LIGHT-OTHER)
Theatre of the Actors of Regard enjoyed looking at this Herald-Sun photo from 1962.
Here are a couple of TARmatic others :
05 July 2023
Telling the children about TAR [ The Art of Rego )
30 June 2023
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Rit rit ritten on the rapper
design by Ela Egidy and Tristan Main
essays by Doug Hall, Claire Roberts, PT
photography by Christian Capurro
published 2023 by Buxton Contemporary
24 June 2023
cataLOGOS/HA HA
Theatre of the Artists who Read
recommends
when next at the NGV Shop
you shout yourself PETER TYNDALL
06 June 2023
TAR (Tomorrow-AudiTARium-Registration)

31 May 2023
TAR (The Alternative Render) presents
30 May 2023
TAR (Trauma of the Arid ReplicaTAR) presents
21 January 2023
31 December 2022
Happy New Year To All !



