Author: Dave

A retired research scientist, a photographer and a Fine Art student

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Some work I made tonight, using Photoshop to make 2 composites. here are the 2 composites I made. Just testers, I think.

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More on Robert Smithson

I found some videos on Youtube about Robert Smithson. I haven’t been convinced so far on his ideas on entropy, but I found Trevor Paglen’s talk mentioning George Kubler (see his talk at https://www.artforum.com/print/197308/a-talk-with-george-kubler-37980) and Bergsen (check spelling and who they are) and their views on Time, Duration, History and Art fascinating. e.g. “duration can… Continue reading More on Robert Smithson

Middle Row Scanned

Well, one row of the Pandora’s Box contents is sorted and scanned! It took 3 days, was tiring as I read EVERY letter. LEFT ROW Next comes the LEFT row. I think it contains mostly letters. Right Row I just sorted most of these in terms of author. They are mainly earlier letters and from… Continue reading Middle Row Scanned

The Last Post ?

The first module, MA 1.1 Research and Practice, finishes today. All the assignments were uploaded at 3.30 am. I am exhausted after the last 2 weeks of writing. What an experience!

MSc thesis

I’ve been referring to this in my work and using some pages in my practice, so I thought I should add it to the blog. It’s got the catchy title of “Dechanneling of 2 MeV Helium Ions in Gold“. This was completed in 1978 at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.

Countdown Schedule

I’ve broken down the remaining things I have to do to finish this module into this schedule. I’m sure I wont stick to it exactly, but at least it’s a plan! 11th March – Endnote – set up OCA Harvard citation style 12th-15th March 16th-20th March – Finish Contextual Study (using Blog entries, etc. 21st… Continue reading Countdown Schedule