Dear Eduardo
This has to be one of the most interesting and apt contributions to
this inquiry so far. As an artist passionate about ecology, water and
drawing, I thank greatly for these insights.
David
David Haley BA(Hons) MA Research Fellow
MA Art As Environment Programme Leader
SEA: Social & Environmental Arts Research Centre (MIRIAD)
Manchester Metropolitan University
Postgraduate Research Centre
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Manchester M15 6 BY
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On 24 Jan 2005, at 10:02, Eduardo Corte Real wrote:
> Dear Mary Claire:
>
> One of the founding myths of drawing, at least for the highly controled
> drawing is the Origin of Geometry told by Herodotus.
> The Egipcian priests where able to calculate the area and the limits
> of the
> lands and reconstruct the boundaries of property after the Nile's
> floods.
> This deals with representation and the use of abstract models to face
> environment.
> The other interesting Myth is the origin of Painting by Plinio: The
> girl
> that copies the shadow of her lover before he goes overseas.
> Water seems to be present in both as place of possible oblivion.
> Drawing
> (conceptual and mimetical)is the device that overcames the possible
> erasure
> that water symbolises. Facing the environment seem to be, therefore,
> deeply
> rooted on the origins of drawing.
>
> Best whishes for your work,
>
> Eduardo
>
> Eduardo Corte-Real
> PhD Arch
> Ass. Prof.
> Researcher at UNIDCOM/IADE
> ESD/IADE
> Av. D. Carlos I, 4
> 1200-649 Lisboa
> Portugal
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