Last Saturday I was going to Belfast again ( for a Grainne Duffy band gig) and had another Perec book with me. It was another enlightening read, since there were transcripts of a couple of interviews with Perec, an introduction by his collaborator, Harry Matthews, his main translator, David Bellos and several other interesting articles.… Continue reading Another train journey, another Perec book
Author: Dave
A retired research scientist, a photographer and a Fine Art student
Perec and Food
I have just found an article by Priya Wadhera entitled, “Food Fears: From Proust to Perec, Madeleine to Anti-madeleine”. Priya Wadhera, P., Romanic Review (2021) 112 (2): 321–335. https://doi.org/10.1215/00358118-9091157 She self-cited another book article, which I haven’t found yet, “Wadhera, Priya. “Manger chez Perec: Le Geste Anti-madeleine dans La Vie mode d’emploi de Georges Perec.”… Continue reading Perec and Food
First Making Day of M1.2
It isn’t the first time I’ve been working since the first module, just the first one that our cohort decide to try to work in tandem with each other. managed to get my webcam in the ‘studio’ set up for overhead shots of the working surface in time for this ‘making day’. Next I need… Continue reading First Making Day of M1.2
Two Articles on Perec
Since I was nudged into discovering Georges Perec in the first module, I have been so impressed by his work and his universal relevance, and many aspects of my work can relate to his. In an article by Paul Grimstad in The New Yorker ( Grimstad, P. 2019. The Absolute Originality of Georges Perec. The… Continue reading Two Articles on Perec
Trains, Things and a Seeping man
Should have been “Sleeping Man”, but this is an apposite typo! I watched the film, “Un homme qui dort” , “A Man Asleep”, on Youtube before Christmas, but I didn’t get it and I think I gave up halfway. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3TNurvWW4_0 I started reading thee two works “Things: a story of the Sixties” and “A Man… Continue reading Trains, Things and a Seeping man
More Gelli
Doing a little more practice with acrylic paint and gel plates. I want to do hybrid mixed media soon.
Things: a story of the Sixties
I’m trying to read more of Perec’s work; I only had time to skim it and other works in the first module. On the back cover is a quote from a review by Andrew Motion in The Observer. “Things: A story of the Sixties is the story of a young couple who want to enjoy… Continue reading Things: a story of the Sixties
Thursday Nights
Or The Infra-ordinary, the Ordinary and the Extraordinary Or Endotic, Everyday and Exotic Every Thursday I take the train to Belfast from my home in Coleraine. Well I did until the MA started. Belfast was so parochial compared with London, Cambridge or Berlin, but it was slightly less ‘one horse’ than St. Catharines or Coleraine.… Continue reading Thursday Nights
Record receipt
It just ocurred to me … that record receipt from November 75 for Joni Mitchell’s ‘Blue’ and Steely Dan’s ‘Countdown to Ecstasy’ … well, I still have most of my old vinyl, although I haven’t played them for over 30 years (but I’m actively putting together my old hifi system from the 70s and 80s… Continue reading Record receipt
Musing and Reflection
We are in the pause between the first and second modules of the MA at present. In the first module I was looking for, and found, a portfolio group of themes under the umbrella of TIME. Theme One was the observation and examination of the infra-ordinary, the endotic – observing everyday objects and daily and… Continue reading Musing and Reflection