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Metamorphoses : August 2016
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Sunday, August 21, 2016. Deconstructing 'self ' - Sophie Calle and the art of celebrating birthdays. Sophie Calle, The Birthday Ceremony, 1986, showcase containing various personal objects,. How much it is individually and socially negotiated; constructed out of expectations projected by others onto the roles we are given to play as much as our own preconceptions and the qualities we bring to bear at the significant moments we are called on or feel the need to define 'ourselves'. My own effort at attempt...
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Metamorphoses : Italy, Flanders and the poetry of decay
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Wednesday, August 17, 2016. Italy, Flanders and the poetry of decay. Studio Bibliografico Benacense, Riva del Garda http:/ www.studiobenacense.it/. Pieter Bruegel. Alpine Landscape. Dolomiti di Brenta above Molveno, August 2016. Apart from the pleasures of swimming, eating, walking and browsing old books (I managed to see and handle a lovely early printed edition of Ovid's Metamorphoses from 1551 at Studio Bibliografico Benacense, illustrated with small woodcuts like the one below) -. My own efforts with...