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Monthly Archives: March 2012
wee walking rhythmic thinking bubble
If a sculpture was to be made in the grounds of St Peters in Cardross. Maybe an interactive one, or a few. Then I was thinking it could be a good idea to use a material that will prove to … Continue reading
Posted in Research Book Project and Pitch for an artwork
Tagged benches, height, material, stillness, walking
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Cardross, light pollution, St Peters and weird nobbley trees
I thought that the most interesting thing about the prospect of visiting St Peters would be the idea of time travel. To see a ‘modern ruin’ you’d imagine that you wouldn’t see until over a hundred or so years from … Continue reading
St Peter’s Seminary
http://www.nva.org.uk/past-projects/venice-29/movie-14 St Peter’s Seminary “For the last two years NVA has been working with patrons, local groups and national partners to develop a new vision for St Peter’s seminary. Radical new plans seek to consolidate the first modernist ruin in … Continue reading
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Tagged cardross, Modern Ruin, NVA, pitch, St Peters
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Teresa Margolles
I think that to date this was one of the best lectures I have attended. The work is thoughtful, layered and highlights shocking issues rather than being shocking in itself. While I listened to her talk I was struck by … Continue reading
Posted in The body as a site of CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
Tagged blood, political, Teresa Margolles, water
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Mirror writing
I can do this, I think almost everyone can do this its not any kind of odd rare inherited thing like has been reported on the internet. It happens naturally when you write with both hands. Maybe some people can … Continue reading
Boustrophedon
Boustrophedon Ancient Greek boustrophedon inscription,Gortyn code, Crete, 5th c. B.C The Forum inscription (one of the oldest known Latin inscriptions) is written boustrophedon, albeit irregularly: reading from top to bottom, lines 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 12, 14, 16 run from … Continue reading
Identifications
Do we know what lies between right and left? This question might arise when an everyday mistake reminds us of the strange feeling, for example, of placing a left hand into a right-handed glove. We live in a space where … Continue reading
Interface
Peter Campus’s video installation Interface (1972) is an example of how new media opened up new artistic challenges and possibilities in dealing with the right/left distinction. A transparent glass plate stands in a darkened room. A video camera films the plate from … Continue reading
Posted in The body as a site of CULTURAL REPRESENTATION
Tagged reflection, symmetry, video
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