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Seeing the whole archive

Posted in Ingenuity, Picturing, tagged , , , , , , on 17 June 2009 | Leave a Comment »

Yesterday I went to Dr Mitchell Whitelaw’s impressive presentation at the National Archives, about his Visible Archive project.
First, he gave a great introduction to why visualisations are important and how they can help you get a handle on a collection. In brief, search excels when you know which small piece you’re looking for. But if [...]

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Wondrous art

Posted in Beauty, Humanity, Wonder, tagged , on 19 March 2007 | 4 Comments »

Donna Ong, 2006, Secret, interiors: chrysalis

This artwork makes me wonder. Is it a childish experiment, like giving your doll a haircut, not knowing that in her case it’s forever? Or is it more sinister – a cruel act of punishment, played out on dolls in lieu of a real adversary? Or could the act of [...]

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Stone art on the beach

Posted in Beauty, People-power, tagged , , , on 24 February 2007 | Leave a Comment »

World beach is a project of the V&A Museum, in which people on beaches all over the world are invited to make a drawing in stone and photograph the result, the people who made it, and the beach itself.
Read how it started, and keep up with where it’s headed at Concealed, Discovered, Revealed, the blog [...]

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Performance imitates art

Posted in Uncategorized, tagged on 23 July 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Some people in Beloit, Wisconsin, have gathered on the riverfront to recreate Georges Seurat’s painting ‘Sunday Afternoon on the Island of La Grande Jatte’. See the photos. Sounds like it was great fun – and an excellent way to do a close reading of a painting.

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Art swallows building in Paris

Posted in Zzz.. randomness, tagged , , , on 31 May 2006 | Leave a Comment »

Indigenous Australian artists have been commissioned to embed artwork into the fabric of a new museum in Paris. Walls, ceilings and glass will contain – or be contained by – artworks. Artist Judy Watson has said it is as if the artists are “swallowing” the building. For more, see the Sydney Morning Herald report.

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