To understand a landscape one must learn its bones. Rocks gorge and flood plain, ice-smoothed hill or upthrust ridge record … More
Category: Notes
The Frayed Atlantic Edge, David Gange
strong links between landscape and memory/historical research Simon Schama Landscape and Memory – ‘archive of the feet’ ‘thinking of history … More
Simulacra and Simulation, Jean Baudrillard
the hypocrisy/never-ending cycle of ethnology and science – pursuing the truth of a subject but often by viewing it it … More
Trenoweth Quarry
On Tuesday I attended a trip to a Trenoweth Quarry, near Penryn, with David Paton (Associate Lecturer – works part … More
Mountains of the Mind, Robert Macfarlane
‘[our responses to landscape] are for the most part culturally devised. When we look at a landscape we do not … More
Eco-Visionaries
The RA’s current exhibition ‘Eco-Visionaries’ aims to ‘confront a planet in a state of emergency’; it ‘presents how creative practitioners … More
Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life
‘Olafur Eliasson: In Real Life’ is a collection of works from throughout Eliasson’s 40 year career. There is a broad … More
Kiki Smith: I am a Wanderer
Kiki Smith’s current exhibition at Modern Art Oxford is described as being ‘in dialogue with the city of Oxford’ and … More
Antony Gormley
I recently saw Antony Gormley’s self-titled exhibition at the RA in London. There were several noticeable themes and points of … More
The Old Ways, Robert Macfarlane
Way-marking of old paths: cairns, grey wethers, sarsens, hoarstones, longstones, milestones, cromlechs desire lines/paths Richard Long – did a piece … More
Anna Harris 