So Jungs' Journey to Art and invisible Cultures.

06.05.2018. Belvedere Palace, Vienna, Austria. - Salzberg - Hallstatt.

Does anyone need to justify a visit to Salzberg, Hallstatt and Vienna? Such a rich array of cultural objectives and activities await the traveller there. My visit was to be an adventure with the main purpose of Photography and a personal curiosity of all things cultural, to achieve some good photos of me, some perhaps in interesting locations, I focused on a simply planned excursion without specifics in the itinerary. But for this excursion I became increasingly influenced by some of my more favored accounts of art history.

I became more familiar and at ease with the architecture and the urban feel of the city by looking through the work and style of the artists I had studied, particularly through the work of the artists I knew to be "inhabiting" those Vienese galleries. I could easily conclude that they helped me enjoy that city. I seriously believe that I got to know how to feel my way around the city through the spirit of some famous artists combined with my appreciation of art and aesthetics. For me the most important artists are Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele. To be honest, I hadn't felt really mesmerized by any art work to such a strong degree from any gallery before, even though I'd already experienced quite a few art museums including Paris Louvres and National gallery in London and so on.. But when I saw some of the art works from Schiele or Klimt I couldn't pass by easily and I just gazed at them for a long time because I had become so familiar with the artists' story and background, so my impression was that much more informed.

So Jung Travels

Belevedere Palace was so huge and there were a lot of things I could see but I concentrated on those two artists' works, comparing theirs. Therefore, I was satisfied with what I experienced even if I narrowed my field of vision, I did so to intensify my enjoyment of very specific parts of the galleries. Now I'm looking forward to visiting other different galleries all over the world, with the same attitude of mind, I'll research the stories and the background of each important artist before I visit a city!!
'One’s destination is never a place, but always a new way of seeing things.' said someone..
10.05.2018. Salzburg, Austria.


http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/cultural-history-of-ireland/hallstatt-celtic- culture.htm#definition

When the departure date of my trip was just around the corner, I was very excited, I was so tired of the fickle and gloomy weather in London at that time, by good fortune the weather was sunny in Austria! To me, it was a trip; not only for the cultural heights of art and architecture but also a moment to avoid the rain and recharge my batteries with the warmth of the sun. When I arrived in Salzburg, where I enjoyed open scenery more than the architecture and art in the beautiful museums, I felt supreme happiness in the warmth of the sunshine. But, when I went to Hallstatt, a small town near Salzburg, the weather deteriorated and was not as good as I thought it would be. It took quite a bit of time and effort to get there
and I was really looking forward to going so I became a little bit disappointed about that. Also, I don't think there was anything particularly special compared to its popularity. 

This helped me conclude that planning a visit simply because the location is popular is not always a good strategy.

 But I just looked at the peaceful lake and the not so grand but attractive church for a long time. And I placed a Gothvos inscribed Greenstone from Kernow: Cornwall U.K. the stone hints towards the hidden culture of Hallstatt Celtic cultures for someone who went there because of its historic associations but lost interest immediately (like me), hoping someone may like to find a little bit of fun when seeing the stone.

The Masque and Spectacle of Hollywood - a Forest of Pavements

Where in 1922 The King of Hollywood, Douglas Fairbanks enacted to pursue the rich to pay the poor as Robin Hood, posing as the ultimate Cuculatti.

Now my beloved, step down from your chariot, and let not your foot, my lord, touch the Earth. Servants, let there be spread before the house he never expected to see, where Justice leads him in, a crimson path.

"I am a mortal man, I cannot trample upon these tinted splendours without fear thrown in my path".

(Agamemnon to Clytemnestra)

The Uncarpeted Reality.

The carpeted space is veneered with the colour of our interior, outwardly accessible and yet isolated from the location of its common ground, the inhabitants and their mutual gaze occupy a shared totality. 

Secular temples; The Ineffable Space (Courbusier) and the Tabula Rasa of the cinema screen.

"Who controls the past, controls the future: who controls the present controls the past,"

On Malibu Beach by Alpha Lima Hotel

An old Collie Dog with a (rich or poor) Dude,

Lived in a house or lived on the beach - 

Can"t tell

Well, his dog stared at me for a long time,

then he came up behind me

and poked me in the bum.

It was very funny, the man apologised.

Davids Morning stroll.

On uncarpeted ground, a Rebus in Beverly Hills accompanies the local news, where the news vender wanders the poiesis slumbers,

Una postal on es veu la cara d'una vella i, mitjançant un sistema d'incisions en persiana, en estirar una llengüeta, apareix la màscara del diable. Al darrere llegiu amb faltes d'ortografia que de nit no us heu de mirar al mirall amb un llum encès a la mà. El dia a dia, 1988-1992  Every Day - Joan Brossa

Una postal on es veu la cara
d'una vella i, mitjançant
un sistema d'incisions en persiana,
en estirar una llengüeta, apareix
la màscara del diable.

Al darrere llegiu amb faltes d'ortografia
que de nit no us heu de mirar al mirall
amb un llum encès a la mà.


El dia a dia, 1988-1992  Every Day - Joan Brossa

Under a Violet Moon with Abby Cheng in Rothenberg

Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Germany (27th Dec., 2017) 

Travelling has become an important element in people’s lives. 
Before travelling, people get excited in anticipation of their planned journey and, look forward to sampling new sensations. I was close to completing an intense English Language course and I was looking for comfort and hospitality rather than excitement. 
When travelling, people can forget their pressures and enjoy being in unfamiliar places.

After travelling, day to day, one reflects and contemplates precious memories of destinations. 

A Gothvos Greenstone brings more peace to Rothenberg

Abby's Memory Lane

I went to Rothenburg very close to Christmas holiday which is my personal favourite holiday. The houses there were so colourful and full of the christmas spirit that we felt like we were in a fairy tale town. The town seemed full of Christmas cheer. (I got into the spirit of the holiday I even bought a Santa Claus doll hahaha). Moreover, people we met there were incredibly friendly, the host of our accommodation, the waiter in the restaurants, and shopkeepers… etc. I could feel that the people who live in this tiny town live simple, uncomplicated lives and seem satisfied with life generally, I hope they were. My friend and I thought about opening an Airbnb here in maybe 20-30 years time. You could really feel relaxed here.


The train journey took us over seven hours from Dusseldorf, I'm glad we persevered, our patience really payed off, it was totally worth visiting! If you want to encounter somewhere that is simple, honest and superbly relaxing, visit Rothenburg, you will not be disappointed, you can discover so much more among those charming streets and pretty houses. 

It was a perfect getaway for me. At the moment I cannot think of a better location to retire to it’s so absolutely suitable for living a relaxed carefree lifestyle away from the distractions 
It has become one of my precious memories, and I will cherish it forever. 



Abby Cheng 11/03/2018

Rothenburg has appeared in several films, notably fantasies. It was the inspiration for the village in the 1940 Walt Disney movie Pinocchio. It was the location for the Vulgarian village scenes in the 1968 family movie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. It is sometimes mistaken as the town at the end of Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory (1971); that town was Nördlingen. The town served as a loose basis for the fictional town of Lebensbaum ("life tree") in the video game Shadow of Memories (Shadow of Destiny in American market).^[6] Pictures of the town were used in some parts of The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm, and in the trailer for the film the camera flies over the town from the direction of the valley towards the Town Hall.^[7] A plaque exists on the rebuilt town wall to commemorate this. Filming was done in Rothenburg for Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows – Part 1 (2010) and Part 2 (2011).

Robert Shackleton's Unvisited Places of Old Europe contains a chapter, "The Old Red City of Rothenburg", about the city and its history. Rothenburg is the primary location for Elizabeth Peters's mystery novel, Borrower of the Night (1973) about the search for a missing Tilman Riemenschneider sculpture. The town featured as the location in the Belgian comic book La Frontière de la vie (The Frontier of Life, 1977) and it inspired the look of the town in the Japanese manga and anime series A Little Snow Fairy Sugar(2001).^[8]

Rothenburg's famous street Kobolzeller Steige and Spitalgasse is depicted on the cover of two Blackmore's Night albums, 1999's Under a Violet Moon and their 2006 album Winter Carols. The same image was also used as the town center of Mêlée Island in the 1990 point-and-click graphic adventure game The Secret of Monkey Island.

The video game Team Fortress 2 features a map titled "Rottenburg", a play on the original's namesake along with visually similar architecture.

The southern part of the marketplace is prominently featured in the video game Gabriel Knight 2 depicting the fictional town of Rittersberg.

Venice with Bells on by Abby Cheng

"When a man is riding through this desert by night and for some reason -falling asleep or anything else  -he gets separated from his companions and wants to rejoin them, he hears spirit voices talking to him  as if they were his companions, sometimes even calling him by name. Often these voices lure him away  from the path and he never finds it again, and many travelers have got lost and died because of this. 
Sometimes in the night travelers hear a noise like the clatter of a great company of riders away from the  road; if they believe that these are some of their own company and head for the noise, they find  themselves in deep trouble when daylight comes and they realize their mistake. There were some who,  in crossing the desert, have been a host of men coming towards them and, suspecting that they were  robbers, returning, they have gone hopelessly astray....Even by daylight men hear these spirit voices,  and often you fancy you are listening to the strains of many instruments, especially drums, and the clash  of arms. For this reason bands of travelers make a point of keeping very close together. Before they go  to sleep they set up a sign pointing in the direction in which they have to travel, and round the necks of  all their beasts they fasten little bells, so that by listening to the sound they may prevent them from  straying off the path."

---- Marco Polo, Travels

Gothvos stone from Mounts Bay Cornwall placed and photographed in Burano Venice by Abby Cheng

Venice was one of my destinations for my first solo trip. Even though I spent the least time here, it truly became my favourite place I’ve ever visited. 

Actually, from the first moment I arrived in Venice airport, I had no special feelings for this city cos' my luggage wasn’t delivered!. I was told it was impossible to get it that day. Here’s the problem: I wanted to stay here for one night only,  which meant, the entire period I stayed in Venice, would be without any of my belongings… It was ridiculous…and unbelievable! But the best thing I could do was to accept the fact and take a boat to the main island…

However, this wasn’t the only mishap that happened to me... When I noticed there were fewer and fewer people on  the boat after 20mins or so, I realised that I’d taken the wrong boat. It went to the opposite direction… It was nearly 9pm I felt exhausted, and again, unbelievable…. 

Then when I looked outside, I found the scene was astonishingly beautiful. So I turned to make myself enjoy Venice.

 The night time in Venice was quiet and peaceful. It’s a very touristic city, there were always loads of people

 so I didn’t feel unsafe. Instead, I enjoyed it a lot. I was touched when I heard the bell rang in St. Marco square.

 I felt relaxed when I walked around here. People I met were extremely nice and hospitable. I love strolling in this fantastic Floating City. And eventually, I actually felt quite thankful that I didn’t need to worry about my inconvenient huge suitcase. Because of that, I could go to another island (Burano) on the next day. And because of that, I could deeply immerse myself in this scenic place.

I always remember that one of my friends told me ”Every unexpected thing is the most memorable in our trips

.” Thanks to these mishaps l fell in love with Venice. 
So I decided to leave my first Gothvos stone in Venice to mark a time and place where I made and found my true inner peace. 

Abby Cheng 
21 Janurary,2018

Suzanne, David and Margret's Mimesis of Gothvos at Dinnever

 Stannon Down excavations in the 1960s revealed eight unenclosed round house sites suggesting a settlement of over twenty, approximately 6 metres to 8 metres in diameter covering an area of approximately 150 metres x 100 metres with fields and rectangular enclosures tentatively identified as corrals or used for stock showing that the area could have been close to mixed oak woodlands and oaks would have grown in the area.  Houses were constructed of posts, supporting thatched roofs, partitioned with wood with paved or compressed earth floors, incorporating drainage and furniture. Pottery, flint tools were discovered along with a whetstone that suggested the possibility of metal blades. The settlement was estimated to have a population of around one hundred people and dated to the Middle Bronze Age, a later date than suggested for the circle itself. 

When standing in the supposed centre of Stannon Circle, a point between twenty-two and twenty-eight degrees north from east is marked by Rough Tor,  Matthew Gregory Lewis found a relation of these monuments to the neighbouring hills which suggested that they were designed with special consideration of the position of the sunrise at certain times of year.  Andy M. Jones reviews studies of the area and called Stannon a ceremonial complex.
Stannon is named from the nearby farm and is sited between two streams on the slopes of Dinnever Hill, two and a half miles southeast of Camelford. Overlooked on one side by the china clay works that now blights the landscape. The circle's remoteness should be a fertile atmosphere in which the lonely stone may languish, visited only by the wild animals and solitary walkers or Claymen of the moor to be encountered and contemplated. The Gothvos Stone was placed by Suzanne Pearce and Margret Michell and photographed by Dave Thomas in late August 2017.

Geoff the Alchemist and his Mutus Liber

Geoff Reynolds; community artist in Caerdydd

I met up again with artist and cinema curator Geoff Reynolds in a field above the splendid striations of Mylor Slate at Porthenhalls a matter of two miles from my home stone down Relubbus Lane, I last saw Geoff some thirty odd years back when we both were gainfully employed by the Welsh National Opera in their incredible Scenic Facility in Cardiff. Geoff was holidaying at Porthenhalls on this occasion and upon returning to Wales set down his Gothvos stone in a purposeful and intentional manner, setting it into a hedge in his garden.

The Gothvos Stone is cemented in my garden wall. I live in the Roath area of Cardiff, in South Wales. I have chosen this location for the stone because I want to see it everyday and touch it.  I have fixed it into my wall, because I don't want to lose it. I now pass it everyday to go to my studio, at the end of my garden. My studio has a sofa, facilities to play vinyl and CDs and a fridge for cold beer storage. It has an electric supply, so I can be there late at night. I am a painter. 

The wall of my studio is often used as a screen for showing films. All my friends and neighbours enjoy the out door cinema. I like sharing silent film experiences with them, films they used to show on the TV but never do now.

The studio is also the home for The Actual History Museum of Roath, which is visited by 400 people over two days each year. 

My hope is that various people will look at the stone and wonder.

Pink Granite sump K20 Kunst Sammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen

From Kernow with love

Painted found and placed contrivances, ornament and decorated theatre objects are subdued but prominent features of a drift into Altstein's allee and busy junctures of Düsseldorf. We're here primarily to work and to to see Federico Herrero's Language Melody at Sies + Hoek Galerie where a chrome yellow floor warmly enfolds the weary feet off the street, where the joins between each patch of colour make segway's of conjoined words and harmonics between colours, it is the joints and the borders that create a chiming melody, each patch of colour is an affront to the neighbouring one and the scale of the patch defies the perspective of the colour, especially the perspective of the colour's wavelength - I could be referencing colour theory here or the innate sense of harmonics we think of as personal aesthetics. Isolated blocks of colour could be considered a modern phenomena, we're perhaps less excited by the sheer vibrancy of a large steel vehicle painted glossy primary colours in the street than a child, there are so many cars, they cluster in the streets and block the pavements, they create pollution but as toys or images they conjure an exuberance that stimulates a potential adventure at many levels. Federico Herrero's paintings are softened by the amorphous shapes and flavours created by their combinations, they adorn the canvas with a pride that reflects the activities of a painted shed in a busy street, lifting the ordinary out of the humdrum and into the theatres double.

Sies + Höke Galerie Federico Herrero Language Melody

 In the least compressed layers of Düsseldorf's townscape ornament ( ornament is among our most positive means of communicating objectively ) now at a point blind to the colour fields and piebald meanderings, herding cobblestones and flocking alleyways drifting from historic and  ephemeral to random and discarded objets, styles of architecture and applied interventions. The town seemed cradled inside a knot of channels: motorways and rivers, the Rhein is the river in the room leaving us to the kernel of the pedestrianised and tramway bits, some layers are foxed and mouldy like pages that have been rewritten with fresh ink over the old, ornate friendly bars with a sense of an ordinary urban fellowship that sits and sips in altbier with a little gritty dust from the grating angle-grinders buzzing.

 Still very impressed by well orchestrated chaos no matter how contrived or in which methodology, if when stalked the living creature bolts convincingly then there is the perfection of authenticity in such fleeting but intense moment, even I do not expect chaos to be protractively sustainable no matter how well received no matter the depth of the rapture, it is one of the functions of perception to permanently appreciate the phenomena of spectacle and to distribute the appreciation to each known receptor, the memory of the spectacle will be far more frequently experienced than the actual event.

Robert Schumann bust by unknown Sculptor

In the trope of the sculpture trail there's a range of works posited circumnavigably to encounter or destroy the impressions of poetic semblance, more difficult for me to articulate is my interest in German romantic poetry, I was curious about any possibly connections with Heinrich Heine and Fred Hölderlin because Heine was born and lived in Düsseldorf, the streets and features in the townscape are named after Heine and I knew so little about Heine's work, the fabulously named Heine Haus of Müller & Böhm Literaturhandlung in Bolkerstrasse 53 Dusseldorf is a bookshop, a museum an events location and a source of great stimulation. I have enjoyed the liede of Robert Schumann without knowing that Heinrich Heine was the creator of those fine lyrics. Some beautiful objects and words in that store plus two beautiful greyhound dogs kept at the back of the library.

A pair of exceptional beauties

Uncertain of its origins walking from the airport I saw plenty of Pink Granite used on steps around UBahn stations on on contemporary upgrades etc, I wondered if it was Aberdonian, or from the Channel Islands I placed a greenstone "axe" on a water outlet of a massive pink granite sump, a water feature of the Kunst Sammlung Nordrheine-Westfalen Galerie, an act that created a the most nuanced ripple of interest in my sculpture trail days of Düsseldorfing.

A Pink Granite sump/water feature on the threshold of the Kunst Sammlung Nordrhein Westfalen Galerie.