EC Container 4
objects
2001 a space odyssey
12/11/09 05:46
The black stone on the moon in 2001, omnipresent, menacing, powerful. I am struck by the similarity between the polished granite stone in 2001, and the current digital gadgets, the phones and MP3 players; the iPhone and iPod especially, and some of the more expensive, perhaps more desirable mobile phones and pda's.
the egg
05/11/09 06:55
a perfect shape for the job that it does, and such a beautiful object to hold - brown or white, no difference - why would we go for the brown?
pebbles
22/10/09 06:54
pebbles - collecting - people have collected pebbles for years, tokens, memories, museums, patina, the holding of a pebble in the hand, lucky charm, a stone to play with, to hang about the neck - rosary.
I was on an archeological gig around standing stones in Pembroke, talking to an archeologist who had found a pebble that, due to it’s geology, must have come from Cornwall. Something or someone must have picked this pebble up at some point, and carried it from Cornwall to Pembroke. As this was an ancient site, we mused on the possibility of it being an ancient person who had treasured this stone.
Like magpies, we have collections of precious stones, picked up from beaches on holidays.
For a while, when my child daughter found sleeping difficult, a wise one gave her a sleeping stone to put under her pillow at night, to ‘worry’ in her pocket during the day.
We give objects an energy and a meaning.
I was on an archeological gig around standing stones in Pembroke, talking to an archeologist who had found a pebble that, due to it’s geology, must have come from Cornwall. Something or someone must have picked this pebble up at some point, and carried it from Cornwall to Pembroke. As this was an ancient site, we mused on the possibility of it being an ancient person who had treasured this stone.
Like magpies, we have collections of precious stones, picked up from beaches on holidays.
For a while, when my child daughter found sleeping difficult, a wise one gave her a sleeping stone to put under her pillow at night, to ‘worry’ in her pocket during the day.
We give objects an energy and a meaning.
touch
20/10/09 06:03
Thoughts from this mornings walk around touch - the jumping up and down of the brushes on the site. Clicking buttons - that button thing, the magic of going from one place to another, being in control. How does this fit with play - with desirable objects - my penknife - the Pitt Rivers.
Objects in the Pitt rivers - ornamentation, treasure, collect, pebble - the pebble from pre history story.
the scrubbing - touch in that - the fact that Apple call their ipod the touch.
Objects in the Pitt rivers - ornamentation, treasure, collect, pebble - the pebble from pre history story.
the scrubbing - touch in that - the fact that Apple call their ipod the touch.
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