landmark seizures // workshop #2 // saturday 11th may // report
Yesterday saw the second Saturday workshop of Landmark Seizures. Phase 2 of Nicole Bachmann's audio work began, and phase three was recorded live for those that saw it by Gareth Williams at around about 1pm. Various DGGNGNTHRTH activities continued. Drawings appeared. Also sculptures. Spinach and Stilton was uneaten due to lack of time or dietary restrictions. Bad Timing saved the day as Sitting Room University built their Raspberry Pi media hub. 3pm discussion was foreshadowed by torrential rain as the group discussed the SRU-posed topic "Should art create rational objective knowledge?" the full recording is available at archive.org here
AAS // Infinite Drone Accululator // Construction
Thursday Film Room
Thursday Film Room
Curated by Becky and Gareth this is a quasi-curated semi-self-service moving image space.
Dialogue and action is built into the programme which is manually played from various media or on-line sites by one of the curators on Thursdays and by the viewer themselves or anyone else who happens to be in the space on Fridays and Saturdays. The programme and delivery is therefore subject to change with both dialogue and deviation being a natural process. The line-up on Friday might be significantly different from that of Thursday, or it might be exactly the same.
Becky and Gareth say this…
“For Landmark Seizures we have collated a three day film screening. Every Thursday the film room will have a “Feature” presentation, played at 5pm, accompanied by a selection of related films throughout the day. “The Enigma of Kasper Hauser”, “Haxan”, and “Sleep Furiously” are incredible, engaging, communicative works of art. As examples of a director using a film to “tell us something” they are first-class.
“Haxan” by Benjamin Christensen is probably one of the craziest films you will ever see. Shot in 1922 it is one of the first horror films. In its essence Haxan is a documentary about Swedish witchcraft and the subjugation of women by the church. Stop-motion, demonic animal costumes, lusty nuns and pervert priests all combine under Christensens` incredible cinematography to make a documentary unlike any other you will ever see. Christensen uses the craft of film making to fantastically transform the truth into a work of art. Literally one of the best films in the world.
“Sleep Furiously” by Gideon Koppel follows a year in the life of Trefeurig, a small farming community in Ceredigion. The film is an incredibly touching observation of village life. Possibly one of the least obtrusive, and yet intimate documentaries ever made.”
PROGRAMME (ALL FREE, SUBJECT TO CHANGE, WHETHER BY WHIM OR DISAGREEMENT)
9th May 2013 – Lifetimes
Andre Rubliev – Directed by Andre Tarkovsky
Possum Trot – The life and work of Calvin Black – Directed by Allie Light,
Irving Saraf Sometimes I Run: Stanley Maupin,
Sidewalk Flusher – Directed by Blaine Dunlap
The London Perambulator Directed by John Rogers
Hannah Arendt “Zur Person” (full interview)
week two
landmark seizures // workshop #1 // saturday 4th may // report

Saturday Workshop 3pm discussion group with DGGNGNTHRTH root-soup “Where is the responsibility in collaborative practice?”
image credit: https://twitter.com/ericabohrartist
Yesterday saw workshop #1 of landmark seizures take shape in a beautifully robust manner, not unlike the fabrication of a cob wall or some particularly coarse pumpernickel. Molecular, yet firmly established with some some quite dynamic emergent properties.
The hive mind/body of drone engineers AAS built their sonic isolation/emancipation/integration/interrogation chamber “The Infinite Drone Accumulator” in what must certainly be approaching a record time for any architectural object which features a Buddhist/Turrellian rapture funnel.
Please use it.
Their work continues remotely in the space over the next few weeks as a series of sound pieces culminating in the live performance on Saturday 25th May.
*Please bring ear plugs for that*
We are very pleased to announce the Gareth Williams and Becky Whitmore curated film space which should be up and running from next Thursday delivering an as yet secret programme and significantly more clandestine agenda almost certainly involving witchcraft. Details to follow.
The DGGNGNTHRTH loom is in place. Please use it.
The DGGNGNTHRTH jobs board and thought parking area is in place. Please use them.
Thank you very much to the Aid&Abet directors and associates, various artists and members of the public for taking part in the first Saturday Workshop 3pm Discussion Group on the question “where is the responsibility in collaborative practice?” *Audio to follow.*
Next weeks schedule to follow shortly, in the meanwhile Twitter hashtag #landmarkseizures contains more material from yesterday and will continue to be updated.