I first met Ranulph Glanville in a gathering of Roy Ascott's Planetary Collegium at the University of Wales, in 1998. He was a profound thinker and an elegant performer, who could make his ideas come to life.
He was guest lecturer in our Doctor of Arts Seminar in 2009. There was a buzz in the classroom, energy levels were high, and we were all enriched by his presentation.
We shall miss you Ranulph.
Lily
On 22.12.2014, at 5.41, Studio Soumitri <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
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Thanks Keith. The harbour side restaurant could be swapped for a cafe in St Kilda, an academic building on Swanston Street and other locales around Melbourne. Ranulph leaves behind instances of intellectual thrust and parry accompanied by his characteristic wit and humour. It takes a special mind to introduce humour and point out contradictions in any position. Its an arbitrary whorl this business of academia in the creative field - and Ranulph could point this out with characteristic elegance.
We are all poorer for his passing. May we then sharpen our sardonic wit, just once in remembrance.
soumitri
On 22 Dec 2014, at 11:32 am, Keith Russell <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
Dear All,
Many members on this list knew Ranulph and will be saddened by the news of
his passing. His contributions over the years were always illuminating,
intense and disruptive in the best sense of the word.
Those of us who were at the Bremen conference some years ago will never
forget his musical performance that drew us all under his be-robed spell
for a time out of time. It was the irresistible living example of his
ideas of control as we played with sounds and made sounds out of our
control.
I also recall a dinner with Ranulph and a colleague, by the Hunter River
in Newcastle, Australia. The three of us in the semi darkness of a
harbor-side restaurant talked away the best part of an evening drinking
expensive wine (that someone else paid for) and eating local sea food.
This meeting could have taken place anywhere. It was a universal feast of
ideas that Ranulph set before us. Ever up for a challenge, I had a go, in
the Australian way, and found myself bested. I knew this would happen but
still, I couldnąt resist.
Ranulph was at his best and us other two were there to witness the parade
and torture of half-baked assumptions that needed turning over. Ranulph
turned and re-turned the most complex of conceptions to our delight.
keith
On 22/12/2014 3:13 am, "Ken Friedman" <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>>
wrote:
Friends,
It is with sadness that I pass this note along from Michael Lissack.
Many of us knew Ranulph as a friend, a colleague, and a partner in
inquiry and debate.
Thank you, Ranulph, for your contributions and conversation.
Ken Friedman
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