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 November 2020

HONK !


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03 November 2020

Vale Ania Walwicz


Ania Walwicz (1951-2020) was a contemporary Australian poet, playwright, prose writer and visual artist. - Wikipedia


 1985 Ania Walwicz portrait by Julie Joy Clarke

We first met in 1974 at the Victorian College of the Arts. Ania had the quiet charisma of someone with serious intent. Always interesting to talk with, over tea at her 9 Cremorne Street house, Fitzroy, doubly so with her learned father at the Black Cat.

It is touching, these decades later, to read the many tributes to Ania and her art practice. Here are some of those :

Koraly Dimitraidis has established a Facebook group 
to remember Ania.

Hi everyone, this is newly formed group to honour our beloved Ania Walwicz who was taken too early from this planet. 

Please share your experiences, photos, stories of her, or any news about her here, and we will keep you informed of any updates also. If you could include any dates on your photos or events that would be great, and as we are also trying to piece together her final months, please let us know if you did see or talk to her.

She told her trusted friend, Helen, that she would want written on her epitaph "It's been ridiculous" which is why we have chosen this name for the group.

RIP Ania, darling, treasure, inspirer, gentle soul. She was taken too early on September 29th, 2020 age 69. She was born on the 19th of May 1951.

Vale Ania Walwicz: ‘There Are No Rules’
by Koraly Dimitraidis, Meanjin, 13 October 2020

Australian poet Ana Walwicz: the loss of an infinite talent
by Jane Sullivan, THE AGE, 30 October 2020

Vale Ania Walwicz
by George Dunford, ArtsHub, Monday 12 October, 2020

Remembering Ania Walwicz
by Robert Nowak, St. Arnaud Books, October 2020

Spoken Word - Vale Ania Walwicz
3CR, 15 October 2020

THE AGE, 29 September 2020

Ania Walwicz  
Wikipedia

Ania's own website

From our files, this hand-written invite from December 1979, on the back of an exhibition announcement card from Art Projects gallery.

 Ania Walwicz, The Watcher, 1973

 Ania Walwicz, Doomsday, 1979

By the time of her 1983 exhibition at Art Projects, Ania's imagery was clearer, simplified and more direct, more like those above from her own website. For future reference, the 1983 works would likely be documented in the Art Projects archive.


 Below, from Ania Walwicz Series by Naomi Herzog.

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01 November 2020

B for whitewash


un-
Bidden while pissing ...
this ditty of Bs

     Beuys 
     Beckett
     Boris Badenov

Boris Badenov, after all these years! 
Here he is as B for blue
Mr Blue the art collector

click here to watch the full cartoon  
with B for Bullwinkle as the busy whitewash artist

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30 October 2020

Vote for present/ˈprɛsɪd(ə)nt/


present1
/ˈprɛz(ə)nt/
noun
noun: present; noun: the present
  1. 1.
    the period of time now occurring.
    "they are happy and at peace, refusing to think beyond the present"
  2. 2.
    GRAMMAR
    a present tense.
    "the verbs are all in the present"
adjective
adjective: present
  1. 1.
    in a particular place.
    "a doctor must be present at the ringside"
    • existing or occurring in a place or thing.
      "gases present in the atmosphere"
    • fully focused on or involved in what one is doing or experiencing.
      "you have to put everything out of your mind and be really present"
  2. 2.
    existing or occurring now.
    "she did not expect to find herself in her present situation"
    • now being considered or discussed.
      "the present article cannot answer every question"
    • GRAMMAR
      (of a tense or participle) expressing an action now going on or habitually performed, or a condition now existing.


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precedent
noun
noun: precedent; plural noun: precedents
/ˈprɛsɪd(ə)nt/
an earlier event or action that is regarded as an example or guide to be considered in subsequent similar circumstances.
"there are substantial precedents for using interactive media in training"
adjective
adjective: precedent
/prɪˈsiːd(ə)nt,ˈprɛsɪd(ə)nt/
  1. preceding in time, order, or importance.
    "a precedent case"



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28 October 2020

TAR and the scarecrowd

      
                                         collection : FIAPCE
Masaoka Shiki (正岡 子規, 1867 – 1902)

Rice sparrows;
Shot by the scarecrow,
They fall into the sea.

- Shiki

Eye arrows
Loosed by the scarecrowd >>>
Hail unto the See!

- TAR after Shiki

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26 October 2020

recto TAR verso


We screen-snapped this image some while back, but didn't make notes. Was it by Ike Taiga? 


It intrigues in the manner of  Rene Magritte's Not to Be Reproduced (La reproduction interdite), 1937.


Today, a view from the meta-side.

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25 October 2020

Write the Wrong

   

  "I'm in the wrong video?!"  Suicidal Tendencies 



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23 October 2020

Forest of TAR



 William Robinson, Landscape 19, 1987


 William Robinson, Sunset and Rising Moon, 1993

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21 October 2020

The mysterious guest.


We don't understand what's meant by we. 
Abstractly speaking, we don't understand what's meant by abstraction.

 Writing by Drawing. When Language Seeks Its Other
 (English version)

 Edited by Andrea Bellini and Sarah Lombardi
 Skira editore, Milan-Paris-Geneva

 English edition
 June 2020
 ISBN 9788857243504

 Hard cover
 21 × 29 cm
 312 pages

 PRICE
 CHF 75

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20 October 2020

TAR Test Pattern


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