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| Terres...Formes...Terres |
This Gothvos placing was carefully undertaken in
a stolen moment beneath shadey date palms by artist/performer Andrea Cusumano whilst in Morocco
performing Terres…Formes…Terres at the behest of the Ducci Foundation in the
city of Fes or Fez (Arabic: فاس,) the third largest city of Morocco, with a population of
approximately 1 million. The city has two old Medinas, the larger of them is
Fes El Bali. It is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and is widely
believed to be one of the world's largest car free urban areas. Al-Qarawiyyin,
founded in AD 859, is the oldest continuously functioning madrasa in the world.
The city has been called the "Mecca of the West" and the "Athens
of Africa". Andrea writes of this moment between the physical demands of
his performance schedule: "Came here yesterday for my performance. Spent
the day buying the materials in the souk. What a tiring day but rewarding
experience. I am happy. The show felt really good and I am happy Fleur was so
good with me on stage. A bit too dark...but if I don't take it now...there
won't be time" (the Gothvos moment photograph)
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| Andrea Cusamano Terres...Formes...Terres. |
- John London -
'We saw a frog here outside the house in which we were staying in Sóller, Mallorca. It jumped into what looks like a secret irrigation channel. So the stone reminds us of its presence.
August 2013'
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Autochthonous reaction in Sóller and the hidden Frog.
Sóller (Catalan pronunciation: [ˈsoʎə]) is a town and municipality near the north west coast of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands of Spain. The town is some 3km inland, from the Port de Sóller, in a large, bowl-shaped valley that also includes the village of Fornalutx and the hamlets of Biniaraix and Binibassi. The combined population is around 14,000. A famous tramway, the Orange Express links Sóller to Port de Sóller.
Sóller is linked by the historic railway, the Ferrocarril de Sóller, and by a highway with a toll tunnel, to the Majorcan capital ofPalma. The Ferrocaril was built on the profits from the orange and lemon trade and completed in 1911. The Andratx-Pollençahighway also runs through the valley. The present-day economy is based mainly on tourism and the expenditure of foreign residents, complementary to the agricultural economy based around citrus and olive groves.
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Chloe Kenwards Dead Sea Scroll Down
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| Chloe Kenwards journey to the Dead Sea. |
Mineral Beach, The Dead Sea, Israel
At one side of a quiet beach on the Dead Sea, a naked stone
sits amongst clinging salt deposits, oddly clean in a salt-contaminated world.
Salt stalactites are bonded unforgivingly to its surroundings.
Sun evaporating the shore water to leave strong white crystals on every rock
and stone.
Haze floats in the air, as if steaming from the sea, which
merges the shimmering colours of Jordan across the water. Blues, greens, pinks,
and reflections are confused amongst the haze.
It is the lowest place on earth, 400m below sea level. The
air is thick with 10% extra oxygen; the sea, 30% thick with salt.
Floating in the Dead Sea is a disembodying experience. Legs
become useless at propulsion, as they cannot be submerged in the water, and
unbalance the body, the bather losing control of their centre of gravity. The
water, loaded with minerals, stings the skin, and warns not to be swallowed or
splashed into eyes.
Salt is a mineral that sustains life in the right quantities
– too much, or too little, and we would not survive. Tiny, individual, delicate
crystals become a strong force in numbers. Our diets, and the history of food,
were irreversibly changed by salt.
I wonder what the stone will look like a year from now.
Caked with salt on the shoreline, or washed onto the seabed, in a dead world,
which sustains no life. Ingratiated into its new surroundings, no longer a
souvenir from foreign lands.
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| Chloe Kenwards journey to the Dead Sea |
Chloe Kenward - The Dead Sea scroll-down.
Chloe Kenward is a travel photographer and lighting designer
Whilst awaiting Harvey Grosmans placing...
Gothvos placed by Jacqueline Awieh in the historic town of Falmouth Jamaica.
During the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, Falmouth was one of the busiest ports in Jamaica. It was home to masons, carpenters, tavern-keepers, mariners, planters and others. It was a wealthy town in a wealthy parish with a rich racial mix. Within the parish, nearly one hundred plantations were actively manufacturing sugar and rum for export to Britain. Jamaica, during this period, had become the world's leading sugar producer.
As a result, starting in 1840, Falmouth's fortunes as a commercial centre declined after the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire. This decline and lack of support for development has left many of its early buildings standing. The streets are lined with many small houses known for their unique fretwork and windows, major merchant and planter complexes, and commercial buildings, all dating from 1790 to 1840.
While Falmouth saw little commercial advancement after the 1840s, houses continued to be built. The town's buildings, the old and the not-so-old, make up the historic townscape of Falmouth. These shared characteristics weave the varied building styles into a distinctive pattern of early Jamaican architecture, and a critical mass of each variety makes the town an unusually distinctive place.
Papillon was shot on location in Spain (doubling for the French locations in the film) and Jamaica; the prison set was constructed in Falmouth, Jamaica, and was the largest in the film, running an expanse of 800 feet. The Devil's Island and Indian village sequences were filmed in Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and the scene featuring the arrival of the prison ship was lensed in Kingston, Jamaica. Unfortunately, the tropical island proved to be a troublesome location due to unpredictable weather, the plentiful abundance of ganji (marijuana) which affected the productivity of several crew members, and numerous thefts, resulting in the loss of costumes, set props, machinery, and other items to the tune of $30,000.
