Nov 13 2003
On 29 November 2001, I read a magazine article about the preservation of artworks on paper. Modern papers deteriorate with age and are affected by acids in skin, ultraviolet light and other pollutants.
How could the natural deterioration of paper be used to create a work with history, an aging quality? What else? Could you create [...]
Nov 11 2003
The schwa is the commonest vowel sound in the English language. It is a very short neutral vowel sound, the sound of which depends on the adjacent consonants. In phonetics, it is symbolised by an upside-down rotated e, and sometimes signified by the pronunciation “uh”.
Nov 11 2003
The examination of America’s culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence in Michael Moore’s documentary film Bowling for Columbine was interesting. But it was something that the dressed-in-black shock rocker Marilyn Manson said that stuck in my mind: ” … it’s a campaign of fear and consumption … keep everyone afraid [...]
Nov 07 2003
The curse of the keyboard … a couple of years ago, I found I was able to type really quickly with only two fingers but my handwriting was no longer fluid and barely legible. The prospect of losing my handwriting ability shocked me; it seemed akin to losing my fingerprints.
