1.2 Contextual Perspectives – Page 5

Extraction of the Fraction

I wanted to try some erasure/extraction poetry, using pages from my MSc thesis from the 70s as the source material and maybe use some gel plate techniques to add some interest. One of the first pages I chose (p. 90), gave me the line “Extraction of the Fraction”, an omen for this kind of work?… Continue reading Extraction of the Fraction

Testing Your Boundaries

I wrote this before the second module began, but I forgot to transcribe it from my notebook! Worksheet on Initial Thinking What is the focus of my practice? My main theme is the observation of ordinary objects and/or everyday routines and their changing relationship with time and possibly entropy (if I have time!). These observations… Continue reading Testing Your Boundaries

Another train journey, another Perec book

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

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

ppp intro

I’m just trying to figure out how to post this on my journal

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