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.


Showing posts with label TAR various. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TAR various. Show all posts

01 March 2024

TAR : To Apprehend Relativity



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

16 November 2023

TENEZ LE DROIT / Uphold the Right [Angle]




Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
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14 November 2023

TAR presents : Twombly, the Ancient Remains


Cy Twombly moved to Italy from the USA in 1957.

His ‘Poems to the Sea’ suite of twenty-four drawings were executed in a single day in 1959.

Twombly lived north of Rome at Bassano in Teverina. “Downstream from the city centre, not far away from the Tiber, lies Lake Vadimo, locally known as the "Pond", described by Pliny the Younger as "a lying wheel with a regular circumference [...] paler, greener and more intense than the sea." - Wikipedia

At the 1988 Venice Biennale he exhibited paintings responding to the Bassano in Teverina “Pond” along with unpainted plaster sculptures. Henry Weatherfield chanced upon that exhibition just hours before leaving Venice, that one time visit. “Paler, greener and more intense than the sea is the see", he later wrote.

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

  

29 October 2023

TAR presents A Toast :

 
Toast : To All, Regard!
Reply : To All, Regard!



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

19 September 2023

T - + - R


This glossy 8x10 arrived out of the blue with several others placed inside an old folded movie poster.

Recognised as a classic Theatre of the Actors of Regard document worthy of further regard, Henry Weatherfield & Associates were commissioned to sign-write it as it now appears.
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Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA
  
  
   


19 August 2023

Three Act Regard (Part 2)


Theatre of the Actors of Regard yesterday presented Three Act Regard (Part 1) in which the first regard brought forth laughter at the appearance of a Label Flower.
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Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA

Today, another represenTARtion of the “Flower Sermon” offered by Guatama Buddha to his followers at Vulture Peak. There, it is said, he twirled a flower...

“At this, they all remained silent. Only the venerable Kashyapa broke into a smile. The World-Honored One said: “I have the eye treasury of the true Dharma, the marvelous mind of nirvana, the true form of no-form, the subtle gate of the Dharma. It does not depend on letters, being specially transmitted outside all teachings. Now I entrust Mahakashyapa with this.”

The scroll shown here is by Yosa Buson from the collection of Henry Weatherfield & Associates.

[Wikipedia : Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson (与謝 蕪村, 1716 – January 17, 1784) was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period. Along with Matsuo Bashō and Kobayashi Issa, Buson is considered among the greatest poets of the Edo Period.)

Three Act Regard (Part 2)
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Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA


    

18 August 2023

Three Act Regard (Part 1)


Theatre of the Actors of Regard

presents  

   Three Act Regard   
][             Observe the mind             )(
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Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA

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




















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


  

15 August 2023

TAR : This Anagram Reversed


[chorus)
RAT ART TAR TAT
RAT ART TAR TAT
RAT ART TAR TAT
RAT ART TAR TAT



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

     

08 August 2023

TAR : The Art Race


 Four runners, their barrows and a marker post.

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 Susie was fourth that time.
 Declared a draw!
Theatre of the Actors of Regard 
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
  
LOGOS/HA HA


      

17 July 2023

TerminoLOGOS/HA HA Arrives Relentlessly

(for Nick the SorTAR)


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


    

07 July 2023

"Holy, holy, holy."


Theatre of the Actors of Regard
presents
"Holy ...
  holy ... 
  holy."
] haec sacra mundi /
these sacred things of the world (
from
'The Analects of Robin'

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The Analects of Robin 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA


    

05 July 2023

Telling the children about TAR [ The Art of Rego )



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


        

02 July 2023

TAR : This Annual Repost


This Annual Repost is first from 2021 then 2022 and now 2023 after last night's loss by The Bombers to top side Port Adelaide from a 55m kick delivered by Dan Houston after the siren.


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


      

01 July 2023

TAR On Parade (-1979-2015-2023-)


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 TAR street parade (-2015-) with Andrea Lindsay.
 Below, with Susie and passer-by self-porTARist
 photos by Lisa Gervasoni

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 TAR : Travel_Act_Rest (-1979-)


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


   

24 June 2023

cataLOGOS/HA HA


Theatre of the Artists who Read
recommends
when next at the NGV Shop
you shout yourself PETER TYNDALL


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I                  I    

design by Ela Egidy and Tristan Main
essays by Doug Hall, Claire Roberts, PT
photography by Christian Capurro
published 2023 by Buxton Contemporary


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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
someone looks at something...
  
cataLOGOS/HA HA


   

19 June 2023

from The Archives of ResisTARs (-1992-)


Theatre of the Actors of Regard
presents

Truth Advances the Revolution
Theatre of an Abstract Russia
Terrors of the Angle-Right
The Anvil of Truths



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


     

06 June 2023

TAR (Tomorrow-AudiTARium-Registration)


To AudiTARium : Register 
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 A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/
 someone looks at something...
  
 LOGOS/HA HA


     

05 June 2023

TAR (Théâtre des Acteurs qui Rient) presents


Canned LaughTAR  
 


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


       

02 June 2023

Quack! Quack quack! Quack quack quack!


TAR 
         as Theatre of the Actors of Regard,
         having noted 
         Steven Rendall’s recent exhibition
         What do paintings see? 
         at Niagara Galleries, Melbourne
         and 
Eliza Herndon's
         Daffy Duck in feathers
         regarding
         at duck_twacy on Instagram,
         presents :

Theatre of the quackTARs of Regard (pt.2)

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


    

01 June 2023

Theatre of the quackTARs of Regard

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