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Thisrepresentsoneofanumberofoverlappingperformance-talkswhereIexploretheideasgroundinandaround'pata-physicsandmyownframeworkofpata-perceptionasawaytounderstandmyartistmethod.
Eachperformancetalkdevelopestheconcept:
MountainsidesSymposium,LeedsUniveristy,2016KendalMountainFestival,2016CMITconference,SheffieldHallam,2017AlternativeUniversity,UCUQueensBelfast,2018
Theimageshereareslidesfromapresentationwhichwaspartperformed-partpresentedinanexperimentalartisttalkstyle.
Thetextisjustmytalknotesandarenotscriptedoraccuratetowhatwasactuallyspoken.Thereisanaudiorecording(forthcoming)ofthetalkwhichcouldbeusedasthelivecommentarytonavigatetheimagesbelow.
Note;Eachimagewillenlargeifyouclickonthemandsomewilllinktovideo.
Intro:HELLO!ArtistandclimberbasedBelfast
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TheStoneBridge.PLAYVIDEO-andDANCE!
So,whatis‘pata-perception‘PATA-PERCEPTION?Mycoinedterm–andatermI’mdeveloping…butitcomesfrom:
Pataphysics–100years+Whatis‘pata-physics?
AlfredJarry(inDrFaustrollwritten1898publishedposthumously1911)
Thescienceofimaginarysolutions.Thescienceoftheexception.
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If‘theexceptionprovestherule’thenweneedtocelebrateandembracetheexception.So‘pataphysicsmightbethoughtofasthescienceoftheexceptional.
Ithassomekeyfeaturesorthemes:
Equivalence(everythingisaseriousasanythingelse-Lateral)–levelhierarchiesofknowledgeorvalue.Anomaly(exceptions)Antimony–Plus/Minus(holdingcontradictions)–Christ/antiChrist,Yin/YangSyzygy(comingtogetherofdisparates)Time/Space(anachronism)inconsistenciesinhowweimaginespace(cubism)Time/Space.Quantuminconsistencies.AnachronisticHumour–baseandcomplex–fromshitsticksjuveniliatotheabsurdistandpoeticallytrancendant
It’sattractedsomeofthemostcreativepeoplefromartists,musicanstowriterstoplayrights:Jarry,DuchampCalvino,Vian,Cage,JohnLennon.MontyPython.Poeticmethod:RaymondRoussell
ReneDaumal’sunfinishedMountAnalogue:ANovelofSymbolicallyAuthenticNon-EuclideanAdventureinMountainClimbing(written1939-44–publishedposthumouslyin1952…isaclearbridgetomyinterestsinclimbing.
So‘pataphysicsformeunhingesartistsfrompredictableortheorthodoxwaysofworking.It’sanantidotetotheslavishandflawedlogicalrationalworldofacademiaandart–whereideasofdesire,love,whim,play,compulsionandmadness(therealdriversoflifeandart...!)arestudiouslyavoided.
Creativemethod:Collide,juxtapose,overlap,counterintuition,intuition.Mindfulness,forgetfulness,remembering,repeat,repeat,repeat,undo–redo.Fuzzylogic,misinterpret.Hybridity.
Therearenorules–buttheonesyoumakeyourself…
Forme,pataphysicscontainsorembodiestheclosestormostcompellingdescriptionof,orbestframeworkfor,whatartistsdo-thestructure(less)methodsweemploy.
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Taketheimageaway–there’syourmountain...
'Pata-perception:
perceive-something,recognise-nothing,conceive-anything,cognise-everything...
Notwildandfanciful.
Myideaspata-perception–groundedinexperience–livedexperience.
seeDeleuze's"HowJarry'sPataphysicsOpenedtheWayforPhenomenology"
Inshort:"Anapproachtoexperimentallyintervenewithperceptionorprocessingperceptionorlivedexperience."
Or‘willfullyseeingthingsandactinguponthingsdifferently’.
Somekeyaspectsofmyof‘pata-perceptionthatIwillspeakabouttodayareabout:
1Climbingasexceptionalandart-likething2Ubu-image(processing,intervening,disrupting,embodying)Vibrantnilhism3Lateralpractice(crossdisciplinary,collision,horizontalhistories,contagions)
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LandscapeEmpiricistapproach–Berkley"Weonlyknowthethingwearelookingatthroughtheframeofthemeansbywhichwelookatit."
Climbingperformsthisforme
-soI’minterestedinclimbingandmountaineeringasaframeworkthroughwhichweunderstandmountainsandrockyplaces-landscape.
Inthislandscapetheimagelessimportant(noseagainstrock).
Shiftawayfromconventionallandscapeinmywork.
Climbingbringssomethingdifferent–eventhanwalking,runningorbiking–it’ssohandson,tactile,physicallylocatedandpsychological–sooffersalotofrichterritoryforre-thinkinglandscapeinquitearadicalway.
Thedifference-nessofclimbing–whatitbringstolandscape(moreoftentownfolknotdeepruralists)
DenhamQuarry–thelandscapenotasepicandbigNATURE.Quiteurbanandgritty.
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ClimbingasspiritoftheAvantGarde(IngeographerStephenDaniels’recentbookLandscape,2015).That’saninterestingthought–asIwouldarguethatinterestinclimbingisthatitcanbeverydifferentthanmanyotherwaysofengagingthelandscape.
Notsurehequitemeantthis….(1920'sAAvanteGardetheatre).ButIthinkhewasdescribingthechangingattitudeofclimbingandclimbersinthemid-late20thCenturyinrelationtosocietyorthemainstream.
Setasidefromthenormsofsociety.60's70's80’s-Dawes.Pritchard,Redhead,Fowler,Whillans,Brown,Bancroft,Perrin,Bridwell
Avantgarde–pataphysical…
Climbingasart-likething:HaroldDrasdo…text(WelshClimber.OrdinaryRoute1997)Wecandescribetheformofadanceabstractly,aseasilyasaclimbwithouttheclimber.Yetclimbing,uniquely,alsoproducessomethinganalogoustomaterialworksofart,theclimbsthemselves.Andit’safactthatindiscussingparticularclimbsweusealanguagelikethatofaesthetics,valuingthemonscalesofseriousness,complexity,integrityandindividuality;settingtheminrelationships;rejectingthemforartificialityorimpermanence.
Thisnailsitas:whatisparticular,peculiaraboutclimbingandit’stheclimbsthemselves.
Theclimbasaspecificculturalthingorform–THEROUTE
Routesasconstructed,createdhumanthings:
Strapadictomy-greatexample–deviouswordplay
RouteTitlesareabrilliantexampleofthepataphysicialspiritinclimbing.
Routesareauthored-titled,dated,
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Routesaregradedintermsoftechnicalabilityrequiredbutalsoaestheticgrading-starsystem.
Theyarealsodocuments,textsandverbalartifacts–inguidebooks,online,conversations.
TheRouteiscentraltothewholecultureofclimbing.
Routescouldbethoughtof….drawings,sculptures,performances.
GeckoRoof(2000)(DanShipsides)SydneyMCA-OverhangingrouteinSydneyHarbor-illegal.
Landscapeasmovement-ourphysicalpassage/engagement–ratherthanwhatitlookslike.
Quitetightmethodology–veryfocusedandprecise–reducingaestheticpossibilities–reducingscopeofreadingormeaning(butinthispossiblyexanding-theworldinagrainofsandetc)–andaddingthepotentialengagementtoincludekinesthetic.
Systems–structuralapproaches,pragmaticmethodsbasedonlogicandrationalthinkingaswellasintuition,visionandtalent:buttowardswaystogetintowilderandcrazysituations.(thiscoulddescribeart)
PublicCommission2011(DanShipsides)-anewrouteasapublicartwork...?Dance,movementworkshops-andcoastalcampingcollaborativeresidencywithEchoEchoDance.LotsofclimbingandImadenewroute.
PublicFunding.Climbingasart??
ThinkingofaclimbasaPublicArtwork:
–howhave/dopeopleengagewithit
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–whatdifferentmodesofaccessor‘consumption’?
-howmanyhaveactuallyclimbedit???-seenitforreal,?-seentheguidebook?-seenthewebsite?-heardthestoriesetcetc.?
-purest/fullestmodeofengagement?–climbingit.
-Formsofengagementandaccess?
-ResponsibilityoftheArtist?Health&Safety?
Interestingthoughtsaboutaccesstocreativeknowledgeorbeauty-anddanger.Somecaveartplacedinveryinaccessibleanddangerouspartsofthecavesystems-asiftolimitaccessorheightentheexperienceoftheencounterwiththeart/knowledge/experience.
Drawing:-theropeandprotection….'stitching'totherocktheropemakesalinedrawing.PaulKlee–takingalineforawalk.Takingaropeforaclimb.
TheDUEL:aproblem(aclimbincalledaprobleminboudering).JoMontchausee-Font.Mathprofessor.
Creativityinhowyouaddressaproblem-Drawing–mathematicalproblem.Cezanne??
SettingPROBLEMSforourselves:Creativeprocessandsolutions(ImaginarySolutions)
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UbuisacharacterinJarry’sproto‘pataphysicalplayswhoishellbentonwreckingstuff.He’sthenihilisticforcethatdestroysdecorumandliterallyassaultthestatus-quobyattemptingtobecomeitinhisowndysfunctionalmanner.
Ubu-image-IMAGEDISTRUPTION-ProblemswithIMAGE.
OksohereIcouldmakeafeministargumentthatthelandscapeisgenderedbythemalegaze(asGillianRosemakesinheressayTheLandscape,TheGazeandMasculinity,1993).AndwhichIthinkthisistruetoanextentandperhaps
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controversiallyIalsothinkclimbing(despiteitsoftenperceivedmasculinity…)couldofferamoreintimatepansexualembodiedpossibilityofre-imaginingtheactofclimbingasdissolvingtheobject-subjectrelationshipbetweenmanandnature.Butthat’snotfortoday….luckilyforyou…
BUTOneoftheproblemsisthattheimagenatureofcontemporarylifeiscommodified–it’snowatasaturatedpointwhereouradventureandfreedomiscolonizedandcommodifiedintothespectacular.
TakingaspectsofcritiquefromGUYDEBORD’s(SocietyoftheSpectacle1969)–thespectacleisaproblem–thespectacleofadventure,-thespectacleofnature-thespectacleoflookingitself-itmakesuspassive,-itstealsourresponsibility,-itmakesusconsumers,
-itseducesustobelievetheimageistherealthing.
Ifwethinkofthelandsacpe/adventureimageinrelationtomountainactivityintermsofspeedandmarketeconomy:
-quiteafaststart...GrandToursketchesandpaintingverypopular–upandrunning...Whymperetchings1stascentoftheMatterhorn–1871-onthebikenow...withAbrahamsBro’sphotos–anengineisintroduced…(thecamera)–wellinto2ndgearHighmagazine,MOUNTAINMagazine70,80sandmid90's–5thgearOnTheEdgemagazine90's-dialupmodemspeedUKClimbingwebsitesetsuponline–yourdesktopscreenandTV–online,socialmedia,vimeo,youtube–theimagehasreachedhyperspeed–warpfactor9–andit’srightthereinyourpocket.
dumbandpredictableimagery
Butthemainthingis,thinkingaboutlandscape,LANDSCAPEISN’TJUSTSOMETHINGWELOOKAT!–wehavetostartbygettingthat‘landscape’imageoutoftheway–andallowthingslikephysicality,space,social,thewiderculturetocomeintoit.
Theimageactuallykeepsusoutofthatspace.SOWENEEDTOUBUIT!
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Touchstone–18monthsclimbingwithablindman-John–fingercameras–sothecameradirectionifyoulikeisdictatedbytactilityandmovement.
(avoidingtheorganizingprinciplesoftheeye)
Collapsingvision(thecamerasbreakdownandmalfunction-seemedperfectresult-andinawayreallymaketheartwork)
Shiftingtheencounterwiththeimage.
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BRINGSTHEVIEWERINTOANENCOUNTER(oradventure)WITHTHEHEREANDNOWASETHETIC–ratherthanthereceiverofanIMAGESPACEelsewhere
LATERALPRACTICE
-syzygycomingtogetherofdisparatethings.
Beyondit’sexpectedgenre,topic,categoryorboundary–expandwhereitmightconnectorresonate.
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Connectthroughpointsofcommonality.
ClimbingandArtareagoodexampleofLateralPractice–butyoucanalsounderstandtheprinciplewithinthemesandideasofcreativeprocesses.
Slidingacrossdifferentideas.
Horizontal/Lateral(rhizomatic)ratherthenvertical(History-theCanon)
Thefollowingsequenceisasetoflateralsyzygysandoddconnections-startingwithalighteningstrikeonamountainintheItalianDolomites.
Notesnotneeded-speakaboutthework.
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