Justin McKeown wrote:
Great - the first meeting of the Situationist Int was somewhere in the
seamans mission in Limehouse East london?
Just read Peter Ackroyd's London a Biography, also Dan Leno and the
Limehouse Golem, which is about the special psycho-geography/"energy" of
London -
there a new exhibit at the BL based on their amazing map collection of
London.
I like the other comment on Marcel Duchamp re galleries killing art -
which is very ambigious for sure -
its maybe the temple like nature of the building - perhaps not
tribal/shamanic enough for his vibe -
although other critiques might be that some works of art only seem to
exist as functions of the building/gallery space -
without the framing, much would be diminished or cease to exist . . .??
Mogg
> No worries Mogg,
> Art is my area of specialism so if I can be of any help just give me a
> shout. Here's a few more links that might be useful:
>
> Formulary for a New Urbanism:
> http://library.nothingness.org/articles/SI/en/display/1
> An early text of the Situationist International, although early this
> contains all of the central tenants of the SI project and it makes
> fair reference to spiritual/psychological ideas and there's a nice
> statement towards the end about everyone living in their own cathedral.
>
> Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau (cathedral of erotic misery).
> http://www.stunned.org/kdeE.htm
> Schwitters lived in the lake district for a while and part of the
> Merzbau was discovered there years after it was forgotten. I think the
> baltic have it now.
>
> Good luck with the text, it's a really interesting choice of subject
> matter and your previous observation about the museum being the place
> of the muse is very poetic and therefore also very appealing. I'll
> keep an eye out for the book.
>
> Bests,
>
> Justin
>
>
>
>
> On 22 Apr 2010, at 10:46, mandrake wrote:
>
>> Justin
>>
>> Thanks - very handy - i've to write a chapter on museums as sacred
>> places for a collection of essays -
>> haven't really started yet but references are much appreciated
>>
>> mogg
>>
>> McKeown wrote:
>>> Hi,
>>> I don't know if you know Tim Brennan's artwork but on the subject of
>>> ritual and the art I thought this was a rather nice piece on all the
>>> winged angels in the British Museum:
>>> http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN
>>> <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN>
>>> <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN
>>> <http://www.roomartspace.co.uk/past_detail.php?eventID=98&eventType=exhibition&theartist=TIM%20BRENNAN>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Justin
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