memory. language, art. wittgenstein. books. ceramics.
all sorts of thinkings on memory, language, art, wittgenstein, books, etc, while I am getting on with my MA
Saturday 29 January 2011
Burning books - no10; 1978
Before:
After:
This one has been completely destroyed. I do like the aesthetics of it, even though, the outcome looks like a disaster. I do like this book. I love the traces on the clay and metal clips. It is also holding better together, so it could be mounted on the wall.
Where do I find a studio with a kiln for the future?
I am taking books, that no longer have the society that supports them (uh! I have got a barn full of them!) and I reduce them to an immensely fragile state (firing in the kiln) - so fragile, that they may disintegrate in hands - just like the memory of the times, that they represent.