It is tempting to follow a well worn path and draw up a simple formula that makes apparently natu... more It is tempting to follow a well worn path and draw up a simple formula that makes apparently natural connections between colour, geography and identity, especially in Australia. Such a formula is fashioned from a series of analogies that act as boosters for specific mythologies about Australia as a country, nation, culture or even design industry. Following the tourist public relations brochures, and the colours of Australian national sporting teams, you could wax lyrically about the golden yellow of the Wattle flowers or that dark bottle green that is symbolic of what?—Eucalyptus trees maybe. Note here the attribution of names for interior design colours found in charts for various paint companies. (see Fig. 1) An analysis of the history of colour chart nomenclature provides a fertile ground for reading a culture through the different names for colours. The names such as Drover's Swag, Walkabout, or Billabong's Edge, given to the paint samples in the Wattyl colour system,...
fishermen reported large numbers of fish with a milky, distant look in their eyes. Scientific tes... more fishermen reported large numbers of fish with a milky, distant look in their eyes. Scientific tests proved inconclusive. The Catholic Church set up an appeal. Ocean Watch pointed to the sudden disappearance of the Giant Albatross as a possible trigger. New Age guru Robert Davidada saw a vision of the oceans brimfull of tears. One thing is certain, humans are now the only species capable of crying the eye's libation. Changes are already evident. Tears from Heaven, the CD of raindrops falling on banana leaves is in the World Music Top 10. Aquariums are the fastest growing indoor attraction. And Crying Fish is a the latest trendy restaurant dish.Tears "mark the disappearance, the sudden destruction of the known universe in which we belong," says Bataille.Well...when I was four I caught a little silver fish. He slept under my pillow for two nights until mummy let him go. Now whenever I'm in the supermarket I can't pass aisle four without buying a can of sardines. Ballard noted that all fish are images of ourselves seen in the sea's mirror. The sea serves to make my narcissistic image more natural-to touch and mobilise my fleeting expressions. Reflecting waters lure me from the shores of reason into murky uncanny depths. Neither out far nor in deep...the last stanza...four little lines swimming under the text. Only with crying does vision begin. David Levin,The Opening of Vision. It is the liquidity in our eyes that causes us to dream. Gaston Bachelard,Water and Dreams. The sage who wants to change the world will have to look towards the water. Taoist saying-Tchouang-Tsu. Hydrotaxis They can not look out far They can not look in deep But when was that ever a bar To any watch they keep? Robert Frost Horizon-lines When water freezes, all the excrement rises to the surface. Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories. I heard the old, old men say, 'All that's beautiful drifts away Like the waters.' W.B.Yeats,The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water.
rheory is often thought of as a carrybag into tohich is tossed various deas, -isms, conceptsand t... more rheory is often thought of as a carrybag into tohich is tossed various deas, -isms, conceptsand thoughts that can then be "welded" to graphic lesign products in a concrete and vivid way --a notion of theory as xilue-added service. We end up with a split between theory and design vhich defeats the role of theory as a critical and analytical part of the iesign business or education program. This article argues that it is a 'alse economy to have such an oppositional split between theory and miciice or studies and production.
No abstract available.; Medium: oil and linocuts on canvas; Exhibition: Rivergarden Gallery, Unit... more No abstract available.; Medium: oil and linocuts on canvas; Exhibition: Rivergarden Gallery, United States, 13 April - 20 May 2008
It is tempting to follow a well worn path and draw up a simple formula that makes apparently natu... more It is tempting to follow a well worn path and draw up a simple formula that makes apparently natural connections between colour, geography and identity, especially in Australia. Such a formula is fashioned from a series of analogies that act as boosters for specific mythologies about Australia as a country, nation, culture or even design industry. Following the tourist public relations brochures, and the colours of Australian national sporting teams, you could wax lyrically about the golden yellow of the Wattle flowers or that dark bottle green that is symbolic of what?—Eucalyptus trees maybe. Note here the attribution of names for interior design colours found in charts for various paint companies. (see Fig. 1) An analysis of the history of colour chart nomenclature provides a fertile ground for reading a culture through the different names for colours. The names such as Drover's Swag, Walkabout, or Billabong's Edge, given to the paint samples in the Wattyl colour system,...
fishermen reported large numbers of fish with a milky, distant look in their eyes. Scientific tes... more fishermen reported large numbers of fish with a milky, distant look in their eyes. Scientific tests proved inconclusive. The Catholic Church set up an appeal. Ocean Watch pointed to the sudden disappearance of the Giant Albatross as a possible trigger. New Age guru Robert Davidada saw a vision of the oceans brimfull of tears. One thing is certain, humans are now the only species capable of crying the eye's libation. Changes are already evident. Tears from Heaven, the CD of raindrops falling on banana leaves is in the World Music Top 10. Aquariums are the fastest growing indoor attraction. And Crying Fish is a the latest trendy restaurant dish.Tears "mark the disappearance, the sudden destruction of the known universe in which we belong," says Bataille.Well...when I was four I caught a little silver fish. He slept under my pillow for two nights until mummy let him go. Now whenever I'm in the supermarket I can't pass aisle four without buying a can of sardines. Ballard noted that all fish are images of ourselves seen in the sea's mirror. The sea serves to make my narcissistic image more natural-to touch and mobilise my fleeting expressions. Reflecting waters lure me from the shores of reason into murky uncanny depths. Neither out far nor in deep...the last stanza...four little lines swimming under the text. Only with crying does vision begin. David Levin,The Opening of Vision. It is the liquidity in our eyes that causes us to dream. Gaston Bachelard,Water and Dreams. The sage who wants to change the world will have to look towards the water. Taoist saying-Tchouang-Tsu. Hydrotaxis They can not look out far They can not look in deep But when was that ever a bar To any watch they keep? Robert Frost Horizon-lines When water freezes, all the excrement rises to the surface. Jean Baudrillard, Cool Memories. I heard the old, old men say, 'All that's beautiful drifts away Like the waters.' W.B.Yeats,The Old Men Admiring Themselves in the Water.
rheory is often thought of as a carrybag into tohich is tossed various deas, -isms, conceptsand t... more rheory is often thought of as a carrybag into tohich is tossed various deas, -isms, conceptsand thoughts that can then be "welded" to graphic lesign products in a concrete and vivid way --a notion of theory as xilue-added service. We end up with a split between theory and design vhich defeats the role of theory as a critical and analytical part of the iesign business or education program. This article argues that it is a 'alse economy to have such an oppositional split between theory and miciice or studies and production.
No abstract available.; Medium: oil and linocuts on canvas; Exhibition: Rivergarden Gallery, Unit... more No abstract available.; Medium: oil and linocuts on canvas; Exhibition: Rivergarden Gallery, United States, 13 April - 20 May 2008
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