Introduction : Spatiality . Robert T. Tally Jr. the New Critical Idiom, Routledge 2013 Beginning as one always does in the middle, in mediis rebus, one experiences a sense of disorientation, a sort of cartographic anxiety or spatial perplexity that appears to be part of our fundamental being-in-the-world. It is an experience not unlike that of Dante, in the opening lines of his Commedia: Midway along the journey of our life, I woke to find myself in a dark wood, for I had wandered off from the straight path. ( Dante 1984 : 67) As a number of critics and theorists have noted, this bewilderment has increased with the modern and especially postmodern condition. This latest mutation in space-postmodern hyperspace-has finally succeeded in transcending the capacities of the individual human body to locate itself, to organize its immediate surroundings perceptually, and cognitively to map its position in a mappable external world. (Fredric Jameson 1991:44) The Poetics of Space. The house, from cellar to garret. The significance of the hut. “He will revive the primitivity and the specificity of the fears. In our civilization, which has the same light everywhere, and puts electricity in its cellars, we no longer go to the cellar carrying a candle. But the unconscious cannot be civilized. It takes a candle when it goes to the cellar.” Gaston Bachelard. Russell Moreton. UK based,visual artist working in experimental photography,drawing,ceramics,glass and spatial practices. http://www.russellmoreton.blogspot.co.uk Spatial Practices MA Canterbury Visual Fine Art BA Winchester Sculpture and Contemporary Craft NCFE Ceramics HSND EpsomTumblr (3.0; @russellmoreton)http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9908b9a92a4af9cfab04552481821dc3/tumblr_momqcczn6N1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9058967696/" title="Land #3" target="_blank">Land #3</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Experimental Photography : Life drawing, star map fragments on photographic paper. </p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53344820206http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53344820206Wed, 19 Jun 2013 03:33:48 -0400landdrawingtracemarksregistersmapsphotographiccontactpencillightprocessrussell moreton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2cdd557b271585c05a890c834c1cfbdf/tumblr_molqbjdg5R1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/8574688912/" title="Consciousness and Beauty : Collage with Cyanotypes" target="_blank">Consciousness and Beauty : Collage with Cyanotypes</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53292891510http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53292891510Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:35:43 -0400artfine artvisual art practicesdrawingcollagesiteinquirypracticesrussell moreton<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2afd31b8ac08442fa8017a2f53b6fe30/tumblr_molphzOg1m1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/7253783592/" title='"In the water" : Pinhole Photography/ Floating Camera. #2' target="_blank">“In the water” : Pinhole Photography/ Floating Camera. #2</a> on Flickr.</p><p>In Defence of Sensuality : John Cowper Powys 1930.<br/><br/><br/> Foreword.<br/><br/> The author feels that perhaps some explanation is due to the reader for the rather unusual employment of the word “Sensuality” which serves as the title of this work. The advantage given to the author by the use of this particular expression is that it enables him to proceed from rock-bottom upwards as far as he likes. A more refined title would have cut him off, in his method of developing his idea, from the physical roots of existence; for while it is easy to indicate the overtones and undertones of Sensuality it would be hard to bring a gentle, vague word, like the word “sensuousness” down to the bare, stark, stoically-stripped Life-Sensation which is the subject of this book.<br/><br/> J.C.P.<br/><br/> Dedicated to the memory of that great<br/> and much-abused man<br/><br/> Jean-Jacques Rousseau</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53291680071http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53291680071Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:17:58 -0400pinhole photographyIn defence of sensualityA philosophy of solitudeJohn Cowper Powysthe autonomy of the natural environmentdwelling imagesrussell moretonlandscapeJean-Jacques Rousseauwalking is thinkinglightvelocity of uncertainties<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/e44aa9d993842010fafa5e02e8909dc3/tumblr_moloxuJJDW1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/7214303464/" title="Camera Obscura : Kilquhanity 2011. #2" target="_blank">Camera Obscura : Kilquhanity 2011. #2</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Dark Session’s : Shadowy speculations in the pottery. Kilquhanity 2011<br/><br/> Silver gelatin prints from a “room obscura” set up at Kilquhanity, Scotland 2011 as part of “Back to Free school, Drawing out the Archive”.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53290871568http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53290871568Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:05:54 -0400camera obscuraroom obscuraKilquhanity 2011photogramsilver gelatinanalogueexposureinside the apparatusrussell moretonphysical inclusionsartist's bodyvisual fine art practicealternative photography<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/6b47a016a1c057e5cdae6bafb1257fa6/tumblr_molottK1ce1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/7214304450/" title="Camera Obscura : Kilquhanity 2011. #4" target="_blank">Camera Obscura : Kilquhanity 2011. #4</a> on Flickr.</p><p>Dark Session’s : Shadowy speculations in the pottery. Kilquhanity 2011<br/><br/> Silver gelatin prints from a “room obscura” set up at Kilquhanity, Scotland 2011 as part of “Back to Free school, Drawing out the Archive”.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53290712688http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53290712688Tue, 18 Jun 2013 14:03:29 -0400camera obscuraroom obscuraKilquhanity 2011photogramsilver gelatinanalogueexposureinside the apparatusrussell moretonphysical inclusionsartist's bodyvisual fine art practicealternative photographyVisual Installation Artfinalityambiguitycontinuitygeneralitymodalitiesempathyaesthetics<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9ccde6a575f9e9b4159d770048db2874/tumblr_moj8wighoP1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/8166216940/" title="Chamber pinhole position 10" target="_blank">Chamber pinhole position 10</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186765422http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186765422Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:24:18 -0400Pinhole photographyHyde AbbeyChamberpoetics of spacephotographylong exposurespatial documentsdwellingplacephotography as researchrussell moretonart practiceslighttimememorysurfacematerialroomarchitecturesocial spaceslisted building<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/93516be657ba2db580298b0c1b6c8916/tumblr_moj8v95p7M1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/8160586910/" title="Photogram : Natural History/Sensuality on Chinese Paper." target="_blank">Photogram : Natural History/Sensuality on Chinese Paper.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186742367http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186742367Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:23:33 -0400botanical photogramnatural historymodernitymagicartastronomyrussell moreton<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/2de3e15dd605ccb5cb395400bbb2a664/tumblr_moj8qapkPl1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/8472952133/" title="Marking Stick : Leylines, Directions and Sites. #4" target="_blank">Marking Stick : Leylines, Directions and Sites. #4</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186653002http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53186653002Mon, 17 Jun 2013 06:20:34 -0400cyanotypebluewhitedrawingsart workprocessrussell moretonarchitectureceramicsarchaeologycontemporary art practicesscaleruleplandistancesproximitylocallocalityabstractmappingcathedralspacedimensionsuperimpositionregistersframesreferencesconstructionbuildingmarking out<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b94ed20d77128da3ce8f5e1f7a05ceaa/tumblr_moj5wktP791qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9066392456/" title="Space and Form #6" target="_blank">Space and Form #6</a> on Flickr.</p> <p>Space Drawing, derived from a ceramic form fired on the beach at St Ninian’s Cave, Scotland 2012.<br/><br/>Drawing with pencil on pierced paper with pins, boxed mounted.<br/><br/><a href="http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/st-ninians-cave..." target="_blank"><a href="http://www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/st-ninians-cave%E2%80%A6" target="_blank">www.visitscotland.com/info/towns-villages/st-ninians-cave…</a></a></p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53184826177http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53184826177Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:19:00 -0400blue printsreflective surfacespiercedpatternmappingdrawingdiagramarchitecturalfine artphotographybluewhitelightinscriptionspaceceramicscircularspatialsiteplan viewfiguregroundtransparencyintensitylayeredrussell moretonformholessculptural drawingsvisual cartography<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/8fae41cc295adfb2eb6c84c48a199e61/tumblr_moj5v3zeYV1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9056749169/" title="Land #1" target="_blank">Land #1</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53184799792http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53184799792Mon, 17 Jun 2013 05:18:39 -0400landdrawingtracemarksregistersmapsphotographiccontactpencillightrussell moreton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/c463fcafb59a0332047bbf4b86901134/tumblr_moj3wgcOv91qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/7396426154/" title="Photograph (224) Earthworks : Photogram" target="_blank">Photograph (224) Earthworks : Photogram</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53183501736http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53183501736Mon, 17 Jun 2013 04:36:16 -0400blue printscyanotypeprocessrussell moreton<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/be7d2067049fe11d4647191c89ea5b10/tumblr_mohscmjxsm1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9059163392/" title="Blue Interior : Pinhole Perspectives" target="_blank">Blue Interior : Pinhole Perspectives</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53116444360http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53116444360Sun, 16 Jun 2013 11:29:10 -0400bluepinhole photographydurationalperspectiveconstructed spaceinteriorlearning spacesvernacularalternative processesrussell moretonblue printarchitectural analysisspace and spatiality<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/601acd449d59ec2f33315ad041802d77/tumblr_mofmocNXzc1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9024272316/" title="Social Space : Split Process #3" target="_blank">Social Space : Split Process #3</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53017707162http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/53017707162Sat, 15 Jun 2013 07:31:24 -0400public spacesWinchester Libraryarchitectural lightingphotographyrussell moretontemporallightcolourtemperamentproximityambient conditionsinterventiontransparencyscreensplit processart practicespink glassgoldtextmapfragmentscontentsplaceGanzfield effectarchitectural stained glass<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/169cca26e434984e2a63c3419edaf323/tumblr_mo0du7CaXB1qhgogbo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://reckon.tumblr.com/post/52857388647/inneroptics-jeanloup-sieff" target="_blank">reckon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>inneroptics:</p> <p>Jeanloup Sieff</p> </blockquote>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52934160582http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52934160582Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:55:01 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/def53859fe52d5ccff051a4834a6e283/tumblr_mnhy1st1Kc1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://reckon.tumblr.com/post/52857329660/russellmoreton-spatial-histories-vortex-on" target="_blank">reckon</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>russellmoreton:</p> <p>Spatial Histories : Vortex on Flickr.</p> </blockquote>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52934111926http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52934111926Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:53:31 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/18f530d1370d5302c5438d59a084d346/tumblr_moblieFZZy1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/5881860315/" title="DSC_8079 : Possible Worlds" target="_blank">DSC_8079 : Possible Worlds</a> on Flickr.</p><p><a href="http://www.russellmoreton.blogspot.com" target="_blank">www.russellmoreton.blogspot.com</a><br/><br/> Possible Worlds (2001)<br/> Reviewed by Jason Korsner <br/> Updated 11 July 2001<br/><br/> The fourth film by the French Canadian theatre director Robert Lepage - his first in English - cements his reputation as a film maker with a unique vision.<br/><br/> “Possible Worlds” is a poetic study of the nature of human existence, wrapped up in a murder mystery.<br/><br/> George Barber (McCamus) is found dead with $1000 in his pocket but with his brain missing. Interspersed with the subsequent police investigation, we see moments of George’s life as he struggles to make sense of the world - or worlds - he lived in. “Each one of us exists in an infinite number of possible worlds,” he muses, as he keeps meeting the same woman, Joyce (Swinton), although each Joyce he meets has a different past, a different present, and a different personality.<br/><br/> Lepage employs exquisite visuals as he explores George’s imagination and the role it played in his life, asking fundamental questions like do our thoughts exist before we think them? Or is there another me?<br/><br/> Tom McCamus displays just the right amount of vacant confusion, while Tilda Swinton gives a remarkable performance - or four performances - reprising the same character in different but simultaneous worlds.<br/><br/> The pace is slow and deliberate, but any faster and the audience would get lost. “Possible Worlds” is not easy to watch, and poses more questions than it could ever hope to answer, but this intelligent film will certainly achieve the director’s goal of inspiring discussion.<br/><br/></p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853933975http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853933975Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:15:49 -0400templatea day on Earthentropylightyearsthresholdconstructtimelyenactmentshumanlyricalconditionexistentialismmaterialitypoeticsrussell moretoneventstructuredurationsequentialpiercedsurfacedrawingprocessentropicvestigesremainsa-discursive ---practice-entanglementconfluence<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/279dc7fb90ae50fac6b01de3e86711d0/tumblr_moblg2AE7d1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/5881862721/" title="DSC_7979a, Mapping/Frame and Template." target="_blank">DSC_7979a, Mapping/Frame and Template.</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853881548http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853881548Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:14:25 -0400templatea day on Earthentropylightyearsthresholdconstructtimelyenactmentshumanlyricalconditionexistentialismmaterialitypoeticsrussell moretoneventstructuredurationsequentialpiercedsurfacedrawingprocessentropicvestigesremainsgeometric spaceframeeidetic<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/2e8f3a366ad49be43cb60413ad979564/tumblr_mo54s4FJDw1s6i5bdo1_250.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://borbea.tumblr.com/post/52565788762/rupert-spira-deep-bowl-with-embossed-poem-under" target="_blank">borbea</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Rupert Spira - Deep Bowl with embossed poem under white glaze</span></p> </blockquote>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853395234http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52853395234Thu, 13 Jun 2013 03:01:46 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/12614e692e62df84a1d9e9b85d0db597/tumblr_mivcq6dDSW1rgnm98o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a class="tumblr_blog" href="http://cinoh.tumblr.com/post/51479159717" target="_blank">cinoh</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p><span>Jannis Kounellis</span></p> </blockquote>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52852863666http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52852863666Thu, 13 Jun 2013 02:48:49 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/60456739bc0d312541e9759e7699ae3b/tumblr_mo9xx8ky6k1qgeorno1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/russellmoreton/9024274010/" title="Social Space : Split Process #1" target="_blank">Social Space : Split Process #1</a> on Flickr.</p>http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52780221689http://russellmoreton.tumblr.com/post/52780221689Wed, 12 Jun 2013 05:48:43 -0400public spacesWinchester Libraryarchitectural lightingphotographyrussell moretontemporallightcolourtemperamentproximityambient conditionsinterventiontransparencyscreensplit processart practicespink glassgoldtextmapfragmentscontentsplaceGanzfield effectarchitectural stained glass