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| Guimiliau |
EXHIBITION April 29- May 17 at SUR LA ROUTE, Huelgoat
Opening event: May 4, 3pm
I am exhibiting creative texts - together with photos by Candy Blackham
- on the theme of the Parish Closes in northern Finistere. These extraordinary
religious ensembles renowned for their architecture and art deserve to be
better known. They are also revealing of the particular social and economic
history of the region.
Extract from Text 4: Ossuary - Bone House
end flakes
darling dust
not so
continuous
stone speaks
the dead words
memento mori
talking of bones
Extract from Text 5: Calvary – a tiered response
And
those women: Mary sweetly holds her baby’s foot as they flee. Magdalena grieves
at the base of the cross. Mary Stuart’s hat is there. Veronica and the hologram
handkerchief. Those are the good roles, mothers and mourners. Not like Katell
Gollet, dragged down to hell for liking a drink and a dance. Watch out, girls.
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| Bodilis |
Extract from Text 10: Bits
about Bits
Enclosure: determining wall, shaping
the truth. Keeps faith in and the ungodly out, likewise dogs, chickens and
pigs. Pagans manage to squeeze through.
Defining space and temptation, ritual containment. Descendant of cairns and
alignments.
Extract from Text 12: Faith
is
FAITH is glue, sticking together.
FAITH is an almost forever.
FAITH is illusion, but one bright and gilded.
FAITH is for the weak and deluded.
FAITH is trust in bones and blood.
FAITH is no protection from flood.
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| Sizun |
Look forward to seeing friends and followers at some point during the course of the exhibition.
4 comments:
Looking forward to seeing it too, what an appetising taster!
Didn't know about poor Katell, reminds me of one of the sombre warnings Tom grew up with: you can dance your way into hell but you can't dance your way out of it!
(Also a quip from Pat Boone, of all people, that the church he grew up in was so strict, you weren't allowed to have sex standing up in case someone thought you were dancing!)
That's very funny. Even in the 1950s/60s priests in Léon were trying to stop 'belly to belly' dancing... maybe still now ;-)
Hi there, I enjoy reading through your article.
I wanted to write a little comment to support you.
Thanks to all the many people who came to the exhibition and extra thanks to those who took the time to write to me about the texts.I am so glad people seemed to enjoy this aspect of my work. Now, back to books...
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