Art as chronicles: images of native American life by George Catlin and Karl Bodmer

…of human activity, on this very spot in 1832 stood the rough and ready, wooden-pallisaded trading post, Fort Clarke. Close by was the Mandan village of Mih-Tutta-Hang-Kush. The lives of the Mandan people was chronicled by two artists. George Catlin visited them in 1832 and Karl Bodmer travelled in the Prince Maximillian expedition of the Upper Missouri River in the winter of 1833-4. Prince Maximillian was an explorer and chronicler. His ethnologic… Continue reading

A Piece of Cake – 6

…, if I did become dysfunctional for whatever reason, just buy another iCare-Companion, switch it on and say “Hello Buster.” Voice recognition will identify you and I will kick back into your life just as before.” “I’ll remember that. What about anger, then? Is that something you can feel?” “I don’t know. I’ve not had reason to feel anger.” Buster hummed. “We haven’t a great experience of that.” “I’ve been thinking about jokes, Buster. What they me… Continue reading

Gavin Bowyer’s Hanoi Twins

…d pedestrian crossing gives space between the twins and the backdrop of out-of-focus people, trees and buildings; this gives an impression of social distance or even separation. The delightful and delighted twins set up a sort of symmetry tangled up by their arms and their heavy plastic-metallic footwear. Their matching black hair-dos quad the black of the roller-blades. The bright red of the roller-blades picks out the pinks of the motif on the r… Continue reading