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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.

06 September 2020

the name of the game

Heritage and Debt: Art in Globalization, David Joselit (2020)

'In my discipline, philosophy, thanks to such diverse figures as Kant, Nietzsche, and Wittgenstein, along with the logical positivists and the Frankfurt School, self-critique has long been the name of the game. Joselit extends those critical concerns to global art history in a dramatic, unexpected way.'

(David Carrier / Hyperallergic)

HAND SPACE

Theatre of the Anxiety of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

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05 September 2020

sudden enlighTARnment

lightning and the moon --

two views,

and a third

collection FIAPCE

Shirō Inoue (1742 - 1812) and Tani Bunchō (1763 - 1841)

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

03 September 2020

within you without you

The Feed (2019)

Roy Lichtenstein (1961)

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

02 September 2020

f o r e ! h e a d

On looking deeper into Victor Hovland's TAR

"double-pump" action :

for Peter Jones

Roy Lichtenstein, Coup de Chapeau (Self-Portrait), 1996

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

01 September 2020

s p r i ] n ( g blossom

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

31 August 2020

NESSness

Coolness -

the sound of the bell
as it leaves the bell.

- Yosa Buson

Stephanie : Know what your problem is, Shapiro? It's that you just have this really shitty way of looking at things, ya know? I don't have that problem. I just look at the dopeness. But you, it's like you just look at the wackness, ya know?

Luke Shapiro : I do?

Stephanie : All you have to do is look at me. And kiss me.

- The Wackness (2008)

Theatre of the Actors of Regard

detail

A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something...

LOGOS/HA HA

29 August 2020

Songs of TAR : We Walk The Line

Because you're mine (Johnny Cash)

I walk the line (Paul Klee)

I keep a close watch on this heart of mine (Johnny Cash)
I keep my eyes wide open all the time (Paul Klee)
We keep the ends out for the tie that binds (sing together)
Because you're mine (Johnny Cash)
I walk the line (Paul Klee)

Because you're mine (Johnny Cash + Paul Klee)
We walk the line (Johnny Cash + Paul Klee)