Another mansion

"Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences...."

Wed, 22 May 2013 21:46:13 +0100

““Stop thinking about art works as objects, and start thinking about them as triggers for experiences. (Roy Ascott’s phrase.) That solves a lot of problems: we don’t have to argue whether photographs are art, or whether performances are art, or whether Carl Andre’s bricks or Andrew Serranos’s piss or Little Richard’s ‘Long Tall Sally’ are art, because we say, ‘Art is something that happens, a process, not a quality, and all sorts of things can make it happen.’ … [W]hat makes a work of art ‘good’ for you is not something that is already ‘inside’ it, but something that happens inside you — so the value of the work lies in the degree to which it can help you have the kind of experience that you call art.””

- Brian Eno (via cavetocanvas)

or as Jeremy Deller said: “Art isn’t what you make, it’s what you make happen”

Photo

Wed, 22 May 2013 18:35:22 +0100

‘Silver Machine’ by James Lastsilk purse

Wed, 22 May 2013 00:03:37 +0100

‘Silver Machine’ by James Last
silk purse

moredarkthanshark: Watch in awe: Robert Fripp and his wife,...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:55:27 +0100

moredarkthanshark:

Watch in awe: Robert Fripp and his wife, Toyah, on ITV’s All Star Mr & Mrs on May 8, 2013

in the courtship of the crimson king

Thief on the Cross - Bob Dylan According to Dylanchords, this is...

Mon, 20 May 2013 19:31:33 +0100

Thief on the Cross - Bob Dylan

According to Dylanchords, this is bob’s ‘last Gospel song’, performed only once in New Orleans on November 10th 1981. The song was allegedly released as the b-side to a cassette single.

It’s a passionate performance from a great gig.

myjetpack: My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:57:10 +0100

myjetpack:

My new book of cartoons “You’re All Just Jealous of My Jetpack” is out now. Details are here.

iloveoldmagazines: Popular Aviation 1931 Vol. 8, No. 1 modern...

Mon, 20 May 2013 17:42:15 +0100

iloveoldmagazines:

Popular Aviation

1931 Vol. 8, No. 1

modern helmet

Child of Nature - The Beatles Inspired by the Beatles’...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:43:31 +0100

Child of Nature - The Beatles

Inspired by the Beatles’ brief* infatuation with the Maharishi and demoed in 1968, Lennon’s song didn’t make the cut for The Beatles (White Album). Lennon later scrapped the lyrics and reworked the tune as Jealous Guy on the Imagine album

More material from this era can be found here

*George excepted

Who Are the People That Get to Make This Thing We Call Art?

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:19:03 +0100

Who Are the People That Get to Make This Thing We Call Art?:

Useful analysis of contemporary art scene.

I’ve found Frieze (London) very depressing yet beguiling

kronstadt21: Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:08:02 +0100

kronstadt21:

Boogeymen - part of a series of eerie stereoviews - dated 1923 (Via)

unheimlich

likeafieldmouse: Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73) “In 1966...

Sun, 19 May 2013 17:59:06 +0100

likeafieldmouse:

Tom Phillips - A Humument (1966-73)

“In 1966 Phillips set himself a task: to find a second-hand book for threepence and alter every page by painting, collage and cut-up techniques to create an entirely new version. He found his threepenny novel in a junkshop on Peckham Rye, South London. This was an 1892 Victorian obscurity titled A Human Document by W.H Mallock and he titled his altered book A Humument.

The first version of all 367 treated pages was published in 1973 since when there have been four revised editions. A Humument is now one of the best known and loved of all 20th Century artist’s books and is regarded as a seminal classic of postmodern art.”

I’ve always loved seeing pages from A Humument

"‘Theophile Gautier’s elegant definition of Decadent literature as being capable of plundering..."

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:56:40 +0100

“‘Theophile Gautier’s elegant definition of Decadent literature as being capable of plundering from the most ancient past or the most recent ‘technical vocabularies’”

- This quote from a recent interview with Alan Moore is a good definition of Glam and ties the music and culture into the history of dandyism

kronstadt21: If I had a son this is how I would dress him for...

Sun, 19 May 2013 12:37:46 +0100

kronstadt21:

If I had a son this is how I would dress him for school.
From Practical Family Knitting Illustrated, 1947 reprint.

Vintage Scans

oh dear

design-voyager: Facades and Interiors of Shops from a vintage...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:49:30 +0100

design-voyager:

Facades and Interiors of Shops from a vintage Design Book called ‘Boutiques’, 1936. Via ein-bleistift-und-radiergummi

standardgrey: Dilemmas of Modern Man, Great-West Life,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:46:45 +0100

standardgrey:

Dilemmas of Modern Man, Great-West Life, Winnipeg, 1975

“Dilemmas of Modern Man was the title of the Winnipeg Centennial Symposium October 27-30 1974…This book contains the proceedings of the Symposium—-a series of learned papers by leading thinkers in the field of world affairs, genetics, aging, communication, education, and economics.”

(via stopping off place)

standardgrey: (via A Sound Awareness: MacDonald Educational...

Sun, 19 May 2013 08:39:31 +0100

standardgrey:

(via A Sound Awareness: MacDonald Educational Ltd)

this looks familiar - possibly from my school days

The Sheep

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:51:00 +0100

badkidsjokes:

where did the sheep go?

the shop

midcenturymodernfreak: Dansette Conquest Auto Record Player The...

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:37:41 +0100

midcenturymodernfreak:

Dansette Conquest Auto Record Player

The Dansette Conquest auto was considered a cut above other models, with its superior amplifier, 2 internal loud speakers and quality Monarch auto-change deck. Not only was better than other models technically but aesthetically, this model is one of the best examples of mid-century design, with its bold, rocket shaped front grille, bold control dials, sweeping curves and its own legs! It is not only a functional record player but a stand alone piece of furniture in 2 tone red and cream coloring! - Via

This was the record player that my parents had when I was a kid and which I inherited when my dad got into hi-fi into the early 1970s

Jungle Strut (Alternate Take) - Santana from the sessions for...

Sat, 18 May 2013 10:56:30 +0100

Jungle Strut (Alternate Take) - Santana

from the sessions for their third album.

You can find more tracks here

HOPE not hate news: UKIP members of Lincolnshire County Council refuse to back anti-racism pledge

Fri, 17 May 2013 23:44:15 +0100

HOPE not hate news: UKIP members of Lincolnshire County Council refuse to back anti-racism pledge:

tomewing:

All 16 UKIP councillors on Lincolnshire County Council have refused to sign an anti-racism declaration. Labours Rob Parker presented the document to ensure all Lincolnshire residents are treated equality and have access to the same services. But Chris Pain, leader of the county councils UKIP group, the official opposition, told todays annual …

UKIP: We’re not racist! But we’re not anti-racist either!

TBH the fact this pledge appeared on this council agenda days after the UKIP lot were sworn in suggests it was introduced as a bit of politics, a trap for UKIP to walk into. And obviously they then did walk into it. Because UKIP is - spoilers! - an enormous magnet for racists.

(These were also, as I understand it from talking to people who know about local government, the tactics which worked on the BNP or on any non-mainstream group - marginalise them so they can’t get anything done and they will get frustrated and bored and eventually voted out. UKIP have a much larger notional supporter base, of course, but demonstrating their petulance, ineffectiveness and nastiness feels like a good way of making sure said base doesn’t keep growing. People like voting for insurgents, they don’t like voting for losers.)