Items of note
Venice Highlights…
Here’s a list of who/what I got excited about in Venice… Pauline Boudry / Renate Lorenz’s installation Moving Backwards at the Swiss Pavilion – swishy curtain reminiscent of 2012 work Shoplifters, Shopgirls by Sophie Macpherson and Clare Stephenson. Charlotte Prodger and Laure Prouvost for Scotland and France respectively. Also old favs Ed Atkins, Rosemarie Trockel…
Read MoreThe Worlds of Ursula K. Le Guin
Alert – Arwen Curry’s doc on Ursula is on BBC4 and then iplayer at 22.00 this Sunday (17th Nov.)
Read MoreThe BR2049 – Baseline Test
I wish this was in the shops now… Until then, you can achieve a similar effect by asking a friend to shout Nabokov at you through the door of an airport toilet.
Read MoreThe Isle of the Dead: The Jumper
Mentioned in Ballard’s The Crystal World and strongly hinted at in Nabokov’s Despair, I’ve always loved Arnold Böcklin’s The Isle of the Dead. Here’s the Basil version… And now I have the jumper. I am the Isle of the Dead – a veritable picture of goth in mohair-blend by Coach. I’ve not loved an item of clothing…
Read MoreWhat is the quiet life anyway?
Mmmmmm, it involved re-watching Stalker on DVD while reading Geoff Dyer’s Zona. If you thought Stalker was a little swift at times, you know on the speedy side, then I recommend using some of your precious time in this intertextual flip-flop. I managed to stretch things out for an entire Sunday… The quite quiet life…
Read MoreEye am living – just not posting…
…I appear increasingly less interested in recording it would seem. Though I’m sure it’s just a phase, no doubt connected to a recent desire to shun devices in favour of, well, the quiet life. In a short blast of posts today, I’ll catch up by broadcasting some items of interest and others of note. Consider…
Read MorePieces of You Are Here – Lorna Macintyre at DCA
I was lucky enough to get along to Lorna’s opening at DCA last weekend and had a tip-top lunch with some long term favs to boot – thank you Lorna, Val and all at DCA. Pieces of You Are Here is delicate, detailed and full of beautiful surprises. An emotional thing for me – which…
Read MoreHymns for Robots – Noctium Theatre at Carlisle Fringe
When do I ever get to Carlisle Fringe? Never. So this year I made sure I caught Hymns for Robots, at The Old Fire Station. I hadn’t even realised that Delia Derbyshire had lived in Cumbria. Some interesting interpretations of interviews with Derbyshire and quite a few magical moments of sound, though I would have…
Read MoreHarrison – the bookmark
So, this exists. You can get one at Poundland – for a limited time before the high street leaks into an oily black sinkhole.
Read MoreImmemory
I know I’ve mentioned this CD-Rom work of Marker’s from 1997 before, but not sure that I’ve ever watched this – a walkthrough if you like – of the whole thing. Thanks to the patience of Guillaume-en- Égypte: Immemory on YouTube
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