ice ice baby

beautiful stuff from katie paterson...

3 litres glacial meltwater, 3 litres silicon, 3 turntables [2007}

Sound recordings from three glaciers in Iceland, pressed into three records, cast, and frozen with the meltwater from each of these glaciers, and played on three turntables until they completely melt.

The records were played once and now exist as three dvds. The turntables begin playing together, and for the first ten minutes as the needles trace their way around, the sounds from each glacier merge in and out with the sounds the ice itself creates. The needle catches on the last loop, and the records play for nearly two hours, until completely melted.

http://www.katiepaterson.org/icerecords/view.html

fight...!

from gladwell's 'what the dog saw' on the subject of genius and early blooming, put forward in regards to conceptual (picasso) v's experimental (cezanne) creativity...which basically refers the the fact that some people take a while to find their place and that it's no less a genius to have worked hard to find it...anyway read more about Galenson and his research into creativity here...

this is from picasso...

"I can hardly understand the the importance given to the word research,"

"In my opinion, to search means nothing in painting. To find is the thing."

"The several manners i have used in my art must not be considered as an evolution or as steps toward an unknown ideal of painting...i have never made trials or experiments."

cezanne (allthough seemingly was far too angry by the sound of things to comment most of the time, being busy throwing his paintings out the window or slashing them to pieces...said...

"I seek in painting."

new things to covet part 1

in auckland for the semipermanent conference and am so bowled over by the energy and straight up niceness of the place...we even got some rain to make us feel well at home...the last few days have officially been a prescription jet lag drift but have managed to not only fall in love with a print but actually buy it from james jean's new show here...

a proper report shall ensue but probably after me and harry's tiki tour embarking from wellington on monday...

im twittering (finally) for the studio here...

my new willow tree...(with heron paul)