Wednesday 24 November 2010

ubuweb

ubuweb is a new discovery for me, been enjoying browsing through it;

http://www.ubu.com/film/muller_haven.html

http://www.ubu.com/film/dwoskin_dirty.html


Sunday 14 November 2010

Valeska Soares



Valeska Soares sorts through piles of old papers on the gallery floor the way a painter would fuss over her palette. But she isn’t looking for colours, and her most recent hunt constituted a search for confessions of love.Love Stories is a work made up of 125 books with the word ‘love’ in the title. Published by the artist herself, and arranged neatly on a bookshelf as if purloined from the library of some inconsolable lothario, the volumes in five different languages mimic the effect of the dedicatory collage upstairs. From far away they are a colourful display of hidden meaning. When the titles are browsed one after another at close range, a lyrical poem begins to compose itself, one that celebrates the buoyancy of love while also speaking to the bitter weight of stories that sometimes end with irreparably damaged hearts.

Tuesday 9 November 2010

Horace O'Sullivan



Artists Rifles roll of honour


Horace Alexander O Sullivan

United Kingdom
Initials: H A, Nationality: United Kingdom, Rank: Lieutenant, Extra Info: Son Of James And Ellen O'Sullivan (nee Flanrahan), Of 84, Brook Green, Hammersmith, London., Regiment: Royal Garrison Artillery, Unit Text: 41st Siege Bty., Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead, Grave Reference: V. G. 21., Cemetery: ECOIVRES MILITARY CEMETERY, MONT-ST