“The Russian Ending” – Tacita Dean (2001)
August 23rd, 2018 § 0 comments § permalink
Photo-etchings on paper, this edition from the Tate collection. Currently exhibited at the Fruitmarket, Edinburgh
Ship of Death
The Crimea
The Wrecking of the Ngahere
Erinnerung aus dem Weltkrieg
Ballon des Aérostiers de Campagne
The Sinking of the SS Plympton
Death of a Priest
La Bataille d’Arras
Götterdämmerung
Der Rückzug nach Verdun
Zur Letzten Ruhe
The Wreck of Worthing Pier
The Story of Minke the Whale
So They Sank Her!
The Life and Death of St Bruno
Vesuvio
The Tragedy of Hughesovka Bridge
Die Explosion in dem Kanal
Beautiful Sheffield
Ein Sklave des Kapitals
Book Review – “Berlin Alexanderplatz” Alfred Döblin (1929)
August 15th, 2018 § 0 comments § permalink
Yes! It’s quite astonishing that this was written in 1929 – its a funny, experimental, modern, witty, varied collage.
Also, the cover for the 1st edition is pretty special:
Archaeological Sites Revealed by the Summer Heat
August 15th, 2018 § 0 comments § permalink
Photos by Historic England
Official World Cup Portraits
June 15th, 2018 § 0 comments § permalink
When I first saw most of these, I thought ‘wow, they’re shit’. With poor lighting, awkward poses, embarrassing faux enthusiasm, or faux seriousness. But as I look a bit more, I quite like the informal aesthetic – they lool like young men caught outside a club to have their photo taken for the nightclub website. The flash is intrusive, their skin is blemished, their poses are the result of doing what they think they should. The bold background colours work well, allowing the strips to standout without distraction. The others without the bold colour, and the black and white ones particularly, don’t work as well. I guess the shoot was done pretty quickly, and therefore they are quite unguarded, and look like non-models, natural, goofy, uncomfortable – which makes a change from advertising photos, and footballers own informal instagram images. They are taken by a number of different photographers for Getty Images. Anyway, they still all tend to end up in one of a few categories, which I am defining as:
ODD/AWKWARD
CLENCHED FISTS/ROAR
KEEPERS
GOOD
BALLS
MOODY
There are others (Finger Point, Badge grab/kiss, distant look, tattoo point etc) and obviously some overlap between categories, but you can have a look yourself – https://www.fifa.com/photos/galleries/index.html.
ODD/AWKWARD
CLENCHED FISTS/ROAR
KEEPERS
GOOD
BALLS
MOODY
World Cup Moments – 1990
June 14th, 2018 § 0 comments § permalink
CIAO
COSTA RICA (a beautiful backheel)
BRAZIL (poor Jim)
CANNIGIA (and Maradona and both teams strips)
TOTO SCHILLACI (in general)
WADDLE (hits the bar from his own half – go to 5.26)
CANNIGIA (v Cameroon)
IRELAND GOAL v HOLLAND (Hoof, passback, spill, slide, goal)
WALTER ZENGA (His name & his shiny shirt)
TONY MEOLA
FIAT PANDA
