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Thursday, 20 January 2011

Chahar Bagh 4

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Labels: chahar bagh, gardens, Iran, shadows
Back in the studio photographing shadows on the glass chahar bagh and wanting the sun to stay behind a cloud.
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Friday, 14 January 2011

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Persian textile pattern detail on House.

Of Interest .....

  • The Queen of Hungary Project Space
  • Queen of Hungary Project Space Blog
  • Satellite Blog
  • Axis artist
  • Dominique Rey
  • www.gardenofcyrus.co.uk

Dominique Rey

Cyrus' Garden
This is part of a period of visual research into WW2 bunkers and camouflage, Sir Thomas Browne's Garden of Cyrus and Urne Burial and Persian gardens and textile designs. Funded by Arts Council England, East.
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The Mercer's Grains of Paradise (video still)

The Mercer's Grains of Paradise (video still)
Historic Norfolk textile patterns in spices.

Facade

Facade
Constructed after reading Paul Virilio's 'War & Cinema'.

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Some Books...

  • A Guide to German Fortifications on Guernsey, Gavey, E.
  • Bunker Archaeology, Virilio, P.
  • Camouflage and Art, Goodden, H
  • Channel Islands Occupied, Mayne, R and Jarrold Publishing.
  • Desert Screen, Virilio, P.
  • Embroideries, Satrapi, M.
  • Festung Alderney, Davenport, T.
  • Mirrors of The Unseen, Elliot, J.
  • Pictures From Persia, Keeling, C.
  • The Forgotten Empire - The World of Ancient Persia, Ed. Curtis & Tallis.
  • The Garden of Cyrus, Browne, Sir Thomas.
  • The New Iranian Cinema - Politics, Representation and Identity, Ed. Tapper, R.
  • Urne Burial, Browne, Sir Thomas.
  • War and Cinema, Virilio, P.
  • Wild & Fearless - The Life of Margaret Fountaine, Scott-Stokes, N.

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Bagh -i-Tut,

Bagh -i-Tut,
Sandblasted glass, light, concrete blocks

Persian Textile Flowers, researching The House is Black.