‘Middle Temple’ (2015) by Eva Rothshild.
The novel ‘Cosmos’ (1965) by Witold Gombrowicz.
“[…] In Cosmos, I am telling the simple story of a simple student. This student goes to spend his holidays as a paying guest in a house where he meets two women, one has a hideous mouth which has been ruined by a motor car accident, while the other has an attractive mouth. The two mouths are associated in his mind and become an obsession. On the other hand he has seen a sparrow hanging from a wire and a piece of wood hanging from a thread… . And all this, a little out of boredom, a little out of curiosity, a little out of love, out of violent passion, starts dragging him towards a certain means of action … to which he abandons himself, but not without skepticism. […] Cosmos is an ordinary introduction to an extraordinary world, to the wings of the world, if you like.” – W. Gombrowicz
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Also tagged absurdist, book, cosmos, dead bird, found, fuchs, fuckem, hanging, hung, katasia, lena, meaning, modernism, novel, objects, piece, polish, signs, sparrow, story, string, suspicion, text, the wild, things, unknown, vacation home, wire, witold, Witold Gombrowicz, wood
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Stephen Shore, ‘Norway, Michigan, “Big John”, Iron Mountain Iron Mine, July 9, 1973’ (1973-2006)
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Also tagged 70s, big john, cars, figure, human, human traits, iron mine, landscape, michigan, nature, norway, parking lot, photograph, public space, stephen shore, the wild, unknown, USA
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David Maljkovic, ‘Retired compositions’ (2008)
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Also tagged black and white, characters, collage, Composition, david maljkovic, fun, landscape, nature, object, overdue, retired, shape, standing, unidentified, what is art all about
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Michael Coombs, ‘Here today, gone tomorrow’ (2004)
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Also tagged bodies, body parts, collection, DIY, found, gone tomorrow, here today, installation, lying, michael coombs, missing, nature, park, public space, romance, sculpture, sleeping, trees, unknown
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Elena Bajo, ‘To the North, The Crystal of Non-Knowledge, a Landscape to be invented’ (2010)
Solyst Skulpturen Park, Copenhagen
Trashed damaged staircase and stained color glass window found in a wasteland, re-assembled and welded in collaboration with unemployed workers, subsidized by the Danish Government.
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Also tagged action, denmark, dysfunctional, Elena Bajo, fuckem, fun, government, labour, landscape, mechanical sculpture, meditate, metal, nature, politics, public space, re-use, scrap, sculpture park, stained glass, staircase, trash, unemployed, view, water, window
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Cornelia Konrads, ‘Passage’ (2007)
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Also tagged arch, branches, cornelia konrads, DIY, door, fuckem, installation, nature, opening, passage, public art, public space, romance, sculpture, the wild, twigs, walkthrough, wall
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Ugo Rondinone, ‘Jahrestage’ (2004)
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Also tagged beauty, chime, dead, found, fuckem, gaffer, installation, light, mysticism, nature, public art, public space, romance, sculpture, shine, silver, summer, sun, tape, the wild, tree, ugo rondinone, unknown, wind, wrapped
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‘Gastroliths’ (2011) by Sven Fritz
‘Gastroliths’ is a collection of 1088 pictures of pebbles from the stomach of one capercaillie (Tetrao urogallus), a large bird living in old pineforests situated in rocky territory. Most herbivorous birds eat stones to help grind their food.
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Also tagged birds, capercaillie, collection, DIY, gastroliths, herbivorous, nature, pebbles, photo, photograph, pine, romance, stomach, stones, sven fritz, Tetrao urogallus, the wild, trash
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