{One of five framed prints you can see in the group exhibition Playing Field. This piece has been reworked with both colour pencil and collage, and the show it opens tonight.}
Sandwiched willingly between those things that need doing (the domestic chores of washing and cleaning) and other exciting commitments (the binding by hand of 500 poetry books for the APC, and the finishing touches to our work for Playing Field), my festival days roll on. A cold never came, thankfully, and since last I stopped by this cave wallpapered with film stills, I have new ones to add. I have seen several more films, some brilliant, some, naturally, less so. I will paste them here, alongside those that preceded, so that come next week I will remember them in full glory still.
Two links to share before I depart.
+ “Armed with antique magnifying glasses and donning stylish vintage trench coats, Gracia and Louise elegantly traverse Moroccan souks, Icelandic seas, derelict natural history museums and tiger-filled jungles gathering inspiration for their artists’ books, zines, prints and postcards…” is a charming visual painted that made us both smile ear to ear. Thank you.
+ From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens: Art and rememberings celebrating sustainable agriculture and good food is a book Louise and I am a part of, and am exceedingly happy that this is the case. (More on this soon, I promise.)
From Orchards, Fields, and Gardens features writing from 11 authors, and photos and illustrations from 21 artists. The authors remember activities, people, and places that shape(d) their appreciation for small scale food production and processing. Beginner small scale farmers, a young jam making entrepreneur, a scientist, poets, and artists recollect exploring grandparents’ gardens, gleaning walnuts from a walnut orchard, studying honeybee colony collapse disorder, planting garlic, and more.
More later, for I’ve an opening to attend and a trench coat to lay my hands on.
{Women Without Men, La Danse, The Portuguese Nun, The Ghost Writer and Margreth Olin’s fiction debut, The Angel, equal a further five films seen. Scenes
from both Shirin Neshat's brilliant Women Without Men and Frederick Wiseman's
beautiful La Danse: Paris Opera Ballet still play in my mind. See them both if you can. Do.}
