Wednesday, 24 February 2010

Nested signs in nested landscapes

Our experiments in spatial detournement are beginning to show up within the "official" Google Maps site.


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The methods that we have briefly dealt with here are presented not as our own invention, but as a generally widespread practice which we propose to systematize.

We will postpone the development of these theses until later.

see also
http://www.artcornwall.org/webprojects/bod%20moor.swf

Tuesday, 23 February 2010

The Walls of Dobbe

Using a dowsing instrument like a map, or a digitalised aerial photograph, allows your subconscious to tap in to the wealth of information available from this superconscious energy.
aerial photo from google maps




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the above as embedded data

see also http://nigelayers.blogspot.com/2010/02/walls-of-dobbe.html

It follows, therefore, that dowsing using digital information is the most physical type of dowsing because it is closely related to your body's own sensitivity to the informational currents that surround us. Using computer graphics in this research allows the physical body to tune in to electrical currents. It becomes more psychic in nature however, because you really have to let your rational mind let go of preconceptions in order to get in touch with energies of which you may not be fully conscious. This simple intuition is the reason many people talk to their computers.

http://bodminmoorzodiac.blogspot.com/

Sunday, 21 February 2010

Saturday, 20 February 2010

The Walls of Dobbe

The Walls of Dobbe, a group of three stone circles in the village of Dobwalls, Cornwall. These circles are interpreted as aspects of a lunar goddess. The first circle represents the left hand crescent moon, or virgin, and comprises of seven irregular granite stones. The second circle, represents the full moon or mother, also comprises seven irregular stones of similar height. The third circle represents the left hand crescent moon or crone and stands beside a row of trees. It consists of six stones, one of which is distinctively pointed and taller than the rest. As water courses run below the stone circles, the power of the stones are encapsulated and controlled by the cultural form of the triple circle. The centre axis of the circles extends southwards into an accurate moon observation line, whilst to the north it marks the rising of the star Spica. These stones of the triple mother-circle are finely and firmly set. They are cleft but not further tooled. At the centre of each stone circle the original carved and finished central stones have been replaced by cast iron plates.

These stones of the triple mother-circle are finely and firmly set. They are cleft but not further tooled. At the centre of each stone circle the original carved and finished central stones have been replaced by cast iron plates. Each plate is inscribed with a replica of the labyrinths that were originally carved on the central stones. These labyrinths seem to have served as dance mats in the triple centres of this ritual place.

Sacred Dance Mat



The honouring of Sophia as the mystical bride of the philosophers or "mistress of the inner world" , often intersects with worship of divine Mercurial water. Here, the tree-crowned Sophia stands upon a sacred dance mat.


The dance mat is inscribed with a labyrinth design. The labyrinth is a weaving or spinning image, referring to a woman's capacity to weave a child in the fabric of her own body. A Hindu birth ritual involves sketching the labyrinth in saffron on a bronze plate and washing it off with water. It is then fed to the pregnant woman.This thereby permits the child to move easily through the labyrinthine seven uterine "wombs". There are two holes cut through the dance mat plates marking where a cord (representing the umbilical cord) may have been threaded.


T' Owd Tup


That's me,In the guise of T'Owd Tup, doing my bit for t'Derbyshire folklore back in 1975 - in the Mummer's play also known as the Derby Ram.
Tidza Tupping Team won first prize in Eyam carnival you know.

From the cover of Brian Woodall's 1976 Calendar of Events.

Caroline K: Now Wait For Last Year

Klang Galerie have just re-issued Caroline's solo LP on CD with 3 extra tracks of her trademark moody electronics. Here are some scans:



and a link:
Klang Galerie