Tag: Research

Week 12: Little bits of blue.

Bits. spaces. Glimpse. Magic moments. Hope. To move forward, rather than drift, you need direction. Light at the end of the tunnel. A light in the woods. Unless like the moth and the candle or Icarus and the Sun You don’t do your research properly and you get burnt. Gaps between the trees. The path…

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Week 12: You say Artifact, I say Artefact. Artifact, Artefact….lets call the whole thing off.

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/dictionary/english/artefact American English spelling Artifact. Sociolinguistic Artifacts “Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off” is a song written by George Gershwin and Ira Gershwin for the 1937 film Shall We Dance. Link:https://youtu.be/q7a4z7zLKts Two words, one meaning. And you thought I was kidding. Link: https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=sociolinguistic+artifacts&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&hl=en-gb&client=safari Social Artefact Creating Cultural Artifacts that Build New Legacies | David Bailey…

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week 12: Artifacts

What is an artifact, Could I make one up? Andy Holden comes to mind it would be fun. Everyday objects become magical artifacts. Cool cucumber cutters. Gouda grail. Priceless pepper pots. Oh back to Stan lee again.:)

Week 11: V&A, Gertrude Jekyll, Watts, Lutyens and Liver Custard

Must check spellings. Know I’ve got liver custard right it’s ingrained on my memory just like Olafur Eliasson’s flashbulb message saying Utopia from a few years back at the Venice Biennale. “Magic moments” as Euan Uglow used to call them, happen in the oddest of places in the oddest of ways, but they do happen….

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Week 11: Patti Smith, an accidental rock legend, has finally become the artist she always wanted to be – The Washington Post

The godmother of punk became a celebrated author with “Just Kids,” and this week releases her new book “Year of the Monkey.” — Read on http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/patti-smith-has-finally-become-the-artist-she-always-wanted-to-be/2019/09/23/44bf6e48-d4a3-11e9-86ac-0f250cc91758_story.html “My father’s cup,” Polaroid Smith included in her book “Year of the Monkey.” (Copyright Patti Smith) Wow. I never liked her readings, I found her music hard to grasp…

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Week 10: London…Navigator, other mediums.

London Calling. Artist: The Clash. I am dead sure the London Calling video was shot, in the rain, on the water down by Chelsea embankment. A little bit of research (helpful friend) confirmed my suspicions including the rain. The video for London Calling was filmed by Don Letts on the Festival (Cadogan) Pier, next to Albert…

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