Study: Trolley

The Conspiracy of "One"

conspiracy theories (or theories that trade in fear)... that contribute to the perception of total power of "one" (...world government, wing of government, dictator/tyrant, religous body or belief system)

the authority of a complex system divulged into one representation of being.

is it a distraction from the potential of the individual?

"when prophecy fails" absolutism

Divide and Conquer

Secularism and Mathematical Oneness

The Prayer Stool was one of my early sketch models before commiting to this project. The sprititual aspect of Marquez's story(ies) and my own fascination with division of belief despite seemingly identical values drove me towards an interpretation of the spritual buffet we seem to be (continuing to) evolve. Although violent secularism seems to be the news media's messianic vision the future may not be so bleak. I am interested in the divulgence of religions and the intergration of belief through individual and socially cohesive policies as this happened for example to propagate the big three monoteistic religions and will continue to proliferate, in my opinion. The interest for me is in the concepts of absolute truths, or single individual immoveable facts and the individuals that pursue this quest for... the examination of limits-of-faith-in... the description of the ultimate "figure" (person, number, equation, date, event) numbers and dates - measurements, (nemerical and mathematical / spirtuality - noahs ark, the ten commmandments, the ark of the covenent, islamic geometry,equations, theoretical sciences/maths) events, (apocalypse, doomsday (cults), second coming, end of the universe, meteorites, blackholes, singularity etc) always figure in religion and science, both of which require huge dedication and "faith" in the subject of focus. The examples of which interest me, the anthropological neccessity (as it seems) to generate and regenerate or re-present the concepts of both division (divisible down to 1) and multiplication (or duplication of 1) within contemporary frameworks.

the "drive" or impetus, the momentum all interest me, why divide numbers down to 1? conversely multiplying othe relements

experiencing the city alone we are neither on our own or part of the swarming herds cutting channels through the humdrum flow. In the middle of one world city the illustration of the great divide in life seems to niggle at me. Not rich and poor, immigrant and native, male and female, young and old, but one that sums up all of these divides. The one and the many. How you perceive yourself in this equation (feedback?) of the one and the many may define your experience. To be part of the many is important to us but in typical human contradiction we seemingly desire to be different, to establish our own independence.

More lost bouys

Study: The Brutalist of Solitudes

Study: Locked Heron

Study: Square chair in a scaffold grid

Another balcony space with a chair
This shares a visual language with this recent post and a more "disintergrating"older post

Study: Separation of the human and all its senses...

the chair here in a squalid corner of a squalid park, used by drunks and tramps, a single seat futon matress crumpled up dumped in a corner next to the derelict toilets. The visual cues of the human form curled up in a foetal position renders this image as slightly disturbing and an unsettling reflection of the scenes played out upon it. The lost and broken paraphernalia smashed glass, a stick, an empty beer bottle and can, a remote control, electrical componants, bin bags























If you take all the sense and all the senses from the human form there is only a carcas remaining recognisible by the most basic of forms

Charlie Brooker's interesting disection of the relationship the media wishes to define for itself with the general public...

in particular this episode

The Little Prince

The Little Prince is an excellent book for children and adults (as in the tradition of all great childrens books). In thinking about the individuals relationship to wider society and the contribution one needs to make this book works for all ages. I plucked this from someone else's bookshelf and opened on a page randomly , this is the chapter.






































































































An observation that Marquez frequently makes in his 100 Years... is the solitude that driven people put themselves in. And how meaning can be derived from any activity especially if it is the forms of escapism that the caracters seem to be attracted to. The pursuit of something not for the love of that thing but for the solitude and self rightousness this approach to life affords.

"the last days of decadence"

The entry title refers to the name of a club night in London which always springs to my mind when I think about our current decade in comparrison to the turn of the last century and up to world war 1. It uses the imagery of art nouveau and brings to mind the comparisons of both heady times.

In contemporary terms how can we talk about the individual and his corresponding society as Plato spoke about the individual and his corresponding society, although this is (admittedly) suscptible to (forced through) prejudicial and stereotyping (filters)

"the last days of decadence"

are there similarities between art nouveau and the movement of cameras one effect of our fascination with the integration of technology (anthropomorphising technology/objects/values and valueables) integrating into our lives and even our persons (body programming mental and physical) mixing new technology with natural elements. does this take the edge off new concepts? to smoother it in beauty to disguise its harsh reality...

harmony and disharmony

divide images into two categories

Faith in Facts, the "one"...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b00pv1c3/The_Secret_Life_of_Chaos/

"design does not need an active interferring designer its an inherent part of the universe"

how are the implications of chaos in particular self organisation and evolution evident in both the physical manifestation and the physcological effect of the decision making process?

how does being exposed to this concept affect our understanding of our ability to comprehend it? how does it develop instinct, emotions, and what are the implications ?

is our consciousness a lie? are we just an amalgamation of millions of self organising systems within self organising systems, at every level the simplicity of the feedback equation affecting our decision making processes. Is Plato's three parts of the soul irrelevant, is Dawkins right?, decision making an accidental feature of millions of years of evolution. What we call subconscious or unconscious are just features of self organising and evolving sytems?

How does this relate to individual and society? If this feedback loop and other theories like existential mathematics have contributed to one vision of the world and the laws of nature (when we consider the search for theoretical particles) the picture of our life can be painted as a beautiful and "elegant" (important aspect to theoretical sciences) but at the same time sometimes alien and cold, the only warmth and respite for the soul lies in the "human" aspects, what can we sense and share from these definitions of the "human" element. At this level how close is science to religion or spirtual understanding and debate? Are different ways of describing the universe as fallible and admirable in equal measure as each other? In our new media churches what is the role of the pop science in engaging the general public in scientific views? What are the wider implications?

i'm thinking about the difference between the individual as a part of society and individual as an independant entity and the atypical and stereotypical caracters of each...

Designboom website

http://www.designboom.com/history/stilllife.html

Study: Deteriorating bench

Study: Broken stone bench

quote lifted from the website below

http://www.roopho.com/connectionPage.html
relates to this earlier thought...
and this observation

From the Tate

Artschwager’s sculptures are neither real, functional objects nor straightforward representations. They aim to call our attention to their nature as illusions. Artschwager has described them as ‘useful furniture with an overlay of representation’. This refers to his technique of applying the conventions used to depict form and space in illusionistic painting to three-dimensional objects. In this sculpture, the wood-grain and coloured plastic laminate are used to outline the forms of the table and chair and the empty areas around their legs or seat.

(From the display caption September 2004)

Study: observational posts

observational posts: binocculars in the flat on london bridge.

Graphics: Blog banner - banimation1

Study: Sitting under the dock of the bay

Study: Another junk chair

Study: Canada Water

Chair blog

http://www.chairblog.eu/

The Jam: Thats Entertainment

The last verse:

Two lovers kissing amongst the scream of midnight -
Two lovers missing the tranquility of solitude -
Getting a cab and travelling on buses -
Reading the graffiti about slashed seat affairs -


it includes the beautiful phrase "tranquility of solitude" and the image of slashed bus seats graffitied with typical lovers writings. These are usually proclamations of love or declarations of regret and degressions of character linked to the failure of the former.

Chair video, brilliant...

Blu Dot Real Good Experiment from Real Good Chair on Vimeo.

Study: 18 Single seats

18 single seats all facing the same way, each section of the seat divivded from the next with a devisive arm, one that defines the sitting space and also the seated. The location is in front of one of the many Thames side institutions, which one is irrelevant. The view is of triumphant buildings celebrating the acheivments of the lifestyles and culture afforded by the institutions. Facing each other in mutual admiration celebrating and propelling each other in a dynamic relationship that eminates the depth of complex influences from the population that man them and provide the impotus emotionally divisive apparatus for the carrot and stick illusion.

Study: Reflection of a chair

I remembered Alan Silhetoe's The Loneliness of a Long Distance Runner today which compelled me to search for it on the internet only to embark on one of those link-journeys that taught me that Iron Maiden had a song of the same name!... and it appears in the history-of-the-USA montage de Gump!

Study: Cellist's Chair, Tate Modern

The cellist's chair next to Jannis Kounellis’s work Untitled (1971) which I think is more of a prop as oppossed to an integral part of the work. The chair is a visual reminder of the absent cellist.























Here is an official reproduction of the piece in the tate modern

Study: Sunrise reflecting off park benches

on new years day