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2 further bits on dfw and IJ – and some maps
Just because I’m re-thinking links between reading & writing, making & articulating. Infinite Jest at 20: 20 things you need to know Why David Foster Wallace should not be worshipped as a secular saint
Read MoreTRANSIT #3 gets post-ed/tweeted, y’know
Paper posters in the world. Digital excitement follows.
Read Morebrickjest.com
Infinite Jest has been illustrated with Lego by Sebastian Griffith and his son. Visit brickjest.com
Read MoreThank you MACFA
Screened Screen Used for the University of Cumbria MACFA students on Thursday. Thank you to you all for your thoughtful attention, extremely helpful critique and ticker-tape. Changes are being made…
Read MoreThis Is Now – Film and Video after Punk
Popped into this Glasgow Film Festival compilation of film and video at the Tramway yesterday and caught these: THROUGH A GLASS, DARKLY (15.55– 17.10) Provocative filmmakers in the early 1980s pursued occult interests, treating the moving image like a mirror or a crystal ball; a surface of divination to remap perception and question distinctions between…
Read MoreIt’s Back
Daily inspiration once more on my commute. Feels like a long time coming.
Read MoreMerlin James – Long Game
Yesterday I loved and was occasionally baffled by Merlin‘s show at the CCA. It’s an absolute must. So clever, still warm.
Read MorePeter – the pages
Page 1 of my contribution to the Transit #3 publication. …Searching… (Adapted by Archie Goodwin. Pencilled by Al Williamson & Carlos Garzon. Inked by Al Williamson, Dan Green and Ralph Reese. Coloured by Marie Severin (sorry Marie) ©Marvel Comics International Ltd., a subsidiary of Codence Industries Corporation, GRANDREAMS LTD., London, 1982)
Read MoreNo Home Movie
I was working out how to best shorten a film, then I saw Chantal Akerman’s No Home Movie and have started to think better of it. Kicked off by an excellent introduction by an academic whose name I didn’t catch & whom I can’t find mentioned elsewhere (sorry), Akerman’s last film really does make you…
Read MoreEndgame at The Citz
Once I decided that this wasn’t metaphorical and that the characters were actually living at the end of the world, the fear became almost unbearable for this idiot. I remember laughing at times, but now I’m not sure why. I’m no suds aficionado, but this pair are clearly wasted on Corrie. CO-PRODUCTION BETWEEN CITIZENS THEATRE…
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