R & D

Stills from Alain Resnais’ “Toute La Memoire du Monde” (1956) via www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0RVSZ_yDjs (Criterion Collection)

Thanks to this bursary I am having ongoing conversation/feedback with Michael Hampton, author of “Unshelfmarked – Reconceiving the Artist’s Book” and contributor to Art Monthly, Frieze, White Review and Uniformagazine amongst others. As our communication will eventually become a publication for my forthcoming solo project, unfortunately I can’t really post our words here, BUT he has been sending me some wonderful images…

You are requested to close the eyes

OCULUS |ˈɒkjʊləs|
noun ( pl. oculi |-lʌɪ, -liː| ) Architecture

A round or eye-like opening or design, in particular:
• a circular window
• the central boss of a volute
• an opening at the apex of a dome

ORIGIN mid 19th century: from Latin, literally ‘eye’