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Tina & David Meltzer

Lamentation for Hank Williams

—If I can’t finish writing a song in ten minutes then it ain’t worth the finishing,
said Hank to a reporter.
A camera was busy taking pictures for LIFE magazine.

–I’ll never get out of this world alive,
wrote Hank in a song
sung for millions at The Grand Ole Opry
published by Acuff-Rose Sales Inc.
recorded by MGM records

flat-picking his D-28
backed up by The Drifting Cowboys
night after night & during the days
playing at picnics, rallies
supermarket gala openings

–There’s no dreams but bad ones,
Hank told his wife Audrey
who told her lover who told the doctor
who could not heal him

places no longer places
velocity of faces
& he burned down, died at 29 of an overdose
kindly rocked to sleep in the back seat of his Cadillac
being driven to a concert
New Year’s Day 1953

by Tina & David Meltzer (listen here)

By mh | Posted in Composition | Also tagged death, lamentation for hank williams, meltzerville, music, music business, narration, performance, poem, poetry, romance, story, text, tina & david meltzer, tragedy, truth, unknown | Comments (0)

Jef Geys

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Jef Geys, pages from ‘Kempens Informatieblad ‘ (1971-2013)

Since 1971, Jef Geys has been publishing the newspaper Kempens Informatieblad which was a local publication in Kempen, Belgium. Geys prints and distributes Kempens house-to-house, and often produces them in line with his exhibitions.

A more recent edition : Warande (2013)

By dd | Posted in Composition | Also tagged action, amazing, archive, belgium, collection, DIY, door-to-door, fuckem, jef geys, local, newspaper, public space, romance, street view, the wild, unknown | Comments (0)

Morgan Fisher

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Morgan Fisher, ‘Color Balance’ (1980) (reconstruction 2002)
Film installation, 3 x 16mm
Colour, silent (24 frames per second). Loops

By dd | Posted in Composition | Also tagged 16 mm, color balance, dry, film, filmmaker, installation, LA, light, loop, morgan fisher, nature, primary colors, projection, raven row, rgb, romance, silent, the world, wall | Comments (0)

Stefan Brüggemann

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by Stefan Brüggemann

By mh | Posted in Composition | Also tagged death, language, light, neon, off, on, piece, romance, stefan brüggemann, text, unknown, wall, work | Comments (0)

Sol Lewitt

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Sol Lewitt, ‘Wall Drawing #797’

Instructions: The first drafter has a black marker and makes an irregular horizontal line near the top of the wall. Then the second drafter tries to copy it (without touching it) using a red marker. The third drafter does the same, using a yellow marker. The fourth drafter does the same using a blue marker. Then the second drafter followed by the third and fourth copies the last line drawn until the bottom of the wall is reached.

By dd | Posted in Composition | Also tagged action, american, conceptual, DIY, drawing, father, follow, fuckem, image, imitation, instruction, minimal, muur, performance, poetry, random, simple, Sol LeWitt, wall | Comments (0)

Eilis Mcdonald

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Eilis Mcdonald, ‘Back 2 Reality’ (2010)

By dd | Posted in Composition | Also tagged altar, anthropomorphism, back to reality, ball, eilis mcdonald, esoteric, horses, installation, mess, new new age, props, sheets, stuff, TV, video, weird, worship | Comments (0)

Frank O’Hara

Frank O´Hara reading his poem “Having a coke with you” in his flat in New York in 1966, shortly before his accidental death.

By mh | Posted in Composition | Also tagged autobiography, coke, DIY, Frank O'Hara, having, house, language, love, New York, performance, poem, poetry, romance, text, together, unknown, with you, writer, writing | Comments (0)

Gummbah & Chantal Rens

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‘Life is a must’, by Gummbah & Chantal Rens

By mh | Posted in Composition | Also tagged chantal rens, collection, DIY, fun, glasses, gummbah, haha, humor, is a must, joke, knitting, old man, oneliner, photograph, portrait, statement, sweater, text, the wild | Comments (0)

Ivko Šešic

‘Krik’ (1978) by Ivko Šešic.

A portrait of the Belgrade Zoo, built within the walls of an ancient fortress. The camera focuses on details of the sturdy walls and on footage of the idle, empty life of caged animals.

By sk | Posted in Composition | Also tagged animal, Belgrade, cage, empty, fortress, Ivko Sesic, lion, muur, rhinoceros, wall, zoo | Comments (0)

David Sherry

David Sherry, ‘The life of a finger’ (2011)

David Sherry is participating in the show ‘I want to believe’, which is taking place next on Saturday the 15th of September, 19.30hrs at NS16, NS-plein 16 in Tilburg. See you there!

For more info:

http://pietmondriaan.com/2012/08/04/pietmondriaan-com-presents-i-want-to-believe/

Facebook event page

By mh | Posted in Abstraction | Also tagged action, auction, bodyparts, buyer, cancelled, David Sherry, DIY, finger, fuckem, fun, hands, ownership, performance, public art, romance, seller, text, the wild, unknown, voodoo | Comments (0)