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.


24 February 2011

Avatars of Regard

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bLOGOS/HA HA recently visited the NGV to regard
Endless Present: Robert Rooney and Conceptual Art

While there we collected a copy of NGV : What's On
featuring a front cover third-person shooter (TPS) set-up

2011_TAR as NGV viewers_single person looker_sRGB
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A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something ...


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Inside, we were pleased to find a slightly more complex play,
albeit the classic 5x man-woman-man TPS arrangement.

2011_TAR as NGV viewers_5x trio_sRGB
detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something ...


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Here again the famous 1950s 5x family TPS tableau (-1977-)


detail
A Person Looks At A Work Of Art/

someone looks at something ...


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