carpe diem 2013 - 20...

 Eight Encyclopaedia Britannica surround the mulberry bush

thirty minutes (and countless consumed ripe mulberries) later..

 

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carpe diem 2013 - 19...

42 pages from 'how to  earn a living in the visual arts'

folded into 42 paper cranes

and arranged as a spiral

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codex infinitum - the infinite book....

my solo exhibition

opened October 10 at Switchback Gallery

lets take a tour shall we....

the gallery entrance is now guarded by my book pillars

Pulvis et umbra sumus - 'we are dust and shadow'

inside the gallery...

there are large and small photographic prints,
a large book and a small handmade book

in the middle partition is my large print...

 Ancora Imparo - 'I am still learning'

which is also the name given to the installation
recreated in the middle of the gallery..

 the installation contains the looooooong coptic bound book

codex inperfecto - the unfinished book

behind the middle partition

 hidden from initial view... 

is the large 

nec tamen consumebatur - 'and yet it was not consumed'


also in this space are 3 works from 2010...

Novus libri scientia - The New Books of Knowledge 

  Flammeus libri ardor - The fiery passion of the book 

and 

 genius loci

as well as a small coptic bound book -- carpe diem

I'll share more of what's inside this small book 

and some more of the individual works in the show

*next time*

 

so with a last look over my shoulder -- it's on its own....

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carpe diem 2013 - 18...

 

one red volume of Oxford Advanced Atlas

in a (halved) pear tree log

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a new art paradigm (again)...

 In early 2012 I posted about having an Arrrrrt Kareer

and threw out into the world my arty manifesto

(of sorts)

and as I'm putting the finishing touches on my MFA works

I found myself revisiting my words and thoughts of 

what art can be

what art should be

what I want art to be...

(aka - a new art paradigm)

I want Art that snubs its nose at post-bloody-modernism and bling-bling art stars; 

I want Art that circumvents the corporatisation of culture and cult of personality;  

I want Art where value is determined by what the art gives rather than what it makes at auction;  

I want Art that engages community and is egalitarian in spirit and execution; 

I want Art that respects and values fine crafting (where appropriate) without falling into the trap of nostalgic connoisseurism; 

I want Art that understands that you don't need to be a Western, white, city boy to make stuff worth paying attention to; 

and

I want Art that is of and for and from an extended connection to country.....  

(THIS is where my head and heart are)

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long time... long binding...

the unfinished book from ronnie ayliffe on Vimeo.

carpe diem 2013 - 17

18 World Book encyclopaedias

placed face down on a wombat/wallaby track

leading to Sams Creek

 

 

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