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Into The Light (2)343 views
2010_04_20_DaysInALife.mp3
Days in a life336 viewsChaotic audience participation based on a poem, with musical response from me on Sax and Simon Tarassenko on electric bass.
2010_04_20_LudusAtonalis.mp3
Ludus Atonalis334 viewsAudience improvises sounds according to simple instructions, with musical response from me on Sax and Simon Tarassenko on electric bass
Live_Art_or_Group_Therapy.pdf
Ritual: Live Art or Group Therapy?313 viewsThe title of this essay is a response to an article in the Artist's Newsletter entitled "Community Arts: Art or Therapy?".
However, the content explores whether or not sacred ceremony can be considered as a genre within visual art, and concludes that, with some important provisos, received wisdom distinguishing between the two types of activity is outdated and ill-informed.
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Rock Painting309 viewsPastel on Paper, A2 size. I like the ambiguous depth - is the figure drawing on a rock face, or standing hundreds of yards from a cliff face photographing it?
Ritual_and_Empowerment.pdf
Ritual and Empowerment308 viewsSacred ceremonies are often perceived as imposing and maintaining a belief system, and as being a mechanism for controlling an obedient congregation.
It doesn't have to be this way. There is nothing so sacred as an individual's relationship to their divinity and their community, and nothing so precious as a sense of meaning and compassion.
Sacred ceremonies can, and maybe should, be constructed to celebrate these things. This essay explores how.
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In the Sacred Grove304 viewsPastel on paper
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Dolly299 viewsPastel on Paper
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Dea Rotam Anni293 viewsThe rebirth of the New Year's sun. Acrylic, Canvas, twigs, fire rope, paraffin, flammable varnish.
Ritual_and_The_Turner_Prize.PDF
Ritual and the Turner Prize293 viewsAn edited version of this essay was published in the Artists' Newsletter January 2010 edition under the title "Democracy: The new way forward", and is still available on their website.
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Beech Tree (Wytham Woods)280 viewsPastel on Paper
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Blind Dragon's Head269 viewsAcrylic paint, PVA, ModRoc, Twigs
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