A journal by artist and designer John Coulthart.
Remarkable steam-powered engines by glass artist Bandhu Scott Dunham. The one above is based on 19th century designs. Others are Dunham’s own developments which include contraptions to move glass marbles up and down a series of corkscrew paths. Still pictures don’t do these things justice, best to look at two short QT movies here and here which show the machines in operation.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Wesley Fleming’s glass insects
• The art of Lucio Bubacco
• The glass menagerie
God only knows
| Nico Muhly on music and religion.
Photos by Konrad Helbig (1917–1986) from his Ragazzi portraits of Sicilian boys covering the period 1950–1969. A book collection of these appeared from Edition Braus a few years ago but now seems to be out of print.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• Les Demi Dieux revisited
• Les Demi Dieux
• California boys by Mel Roberts
• Erotic flicks
left: Aeolian Harp; right: Wind Flute.
The Wire has a selection of Max Eastley-related materials among the web exclusives on its site. As well as a photo gallery showing many of his musical instrument/artworks there’s a couple of video clips including part of Simon Reynell’s 1989 film, Clocks of the Midnight Hours. (Title borrowed from a poem by Borges.)
And as you’d expect there’s Eastley work to be seen and heard at YouTube as well, including an extract from Derek Bailey’s excellent documentary series about improvised music, On the Edge. For Eastley on record I’d recommend his 1994 CD with David Toop, Buried Dreams, but that seems to be out of print for the time being.
Previously on { feuilleton }
• The Avant Garde Project