Thanks to Beki Croxford, I am about to watch James Mason’s ‘The London Nobody Knows’for the 6th time. #London #decayhunter

COMPLETED: St. Swithun’s Project | Norwich Arts Centre:

You can mull through the whole shebang now, dear old ‘Moustache-less’ James at Norwich Arts Centre has created a gallery of the full 40 days. You can also read the poem Roger wrote for the project, which was woven through the images, in full as the words have been attached to the image thumbnails. 

Roger Eno’s visual and musical take on Norfolk | Arts Council:

Just putting the final touches to my report and then only two months of working with Roger left. I chose to end the contract in August and work out the final projects, but my, I have learned a lot in only 12-ish months. Lummy.

Very proud of my husband, who, despite lacking any confidence whatsoever, is very capable at achieving something special whatever he has thrown at him - Behind the Scenes at the Cambridge University Museum of Zoology 

When I thought I didn’t know what I wanted to be when I grew up, I meant I want to be a Foley Artist and blah, blah, blah. See Foley Artist Gary Hecker (by Eden G)

Arts Council talking about the project I have been working on. #Proud.

Warp & The St Swithun's Project - 40 micro-installations over 40 days:

Back at the beginning of the year, I started developing the idea with Roger of perhaps putting together a project which combined his gift for soundtracking and his love of church architecture. Roger and I have visited,  spoken about and photographed many churches together throughout the years in which we have been friends. He mentioned, before a meeting with Pasco of Norwich Art Centre, that he particularly enjoyed playing there ‘perhaps because it used to be a church’. On further examination, I found that it was St Swithin’s, named after the Saint, often spelled ‘Swithun’, on whose feast day the weather would be determined for the next 40 days. 

The church had been built in a poor area, and had always struggled for a congregation since it was surrounded by other sizeable churches, just a stone’s throw away. It had been through many guises, a store-room and school, a warehouse and a venue for Magic-Lantern shows, which were often accompanied. 

The idea for Swithun was born of all of these elements, with special attention to the Magic Lantern shows. From so many points came a very simple little installation. Each day you can see an image, then hear a soundtrack. The image may be simple, morbid or quite dull, but with the addition of music, the whole picture changes in an instant. It is this re-translation of what we see that the Swithun Project celebrates - the way we engage with what we see.

The day of St Swithun’s Feast determined which of the two packages of installations would be seen. 40 images and soundtracks were assembled for either a fair or wet day. On the day it was Matthew from Warp Records whose ticket was chosen and who went outside to check and then announce which package would play and which would be destroyed.

Warp are now looking to release a really interesting album with Roger by the end of the year which relates heavily to the idea of lots of small elements working together as one. I will update you when I can, but again, everything about this little album slots together like a Japanese puzzle box…

Favourite card from the range my friend Shirley has just produced for her Harleyford Art company. Her Grandfather was editor of the Aeromodeller Magazine and CEO of Eaton Bray Model Airfield or Sportsdrome in the 40’s/50’s. Cards will be onsale in the next few weeks and my they are bloody beautiful www.harleyfordart.co.uk

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einhyrningur: Roger Eno - The Flatlands - Somewhere Above My favourite Roger Eno track, I am doomed to having to fight the urge to play this daily, twice, just to take the edge off life.

pawn-hearts:

October 2000 
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callbazk: Sonora Portraits:Eno Includes a 96 Page Booklet featuring Jah Wobble, John Cale, Roger Eno and Daniel Lanois.

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Jim said ‘sort yourself out, get a tumblr or something’ and I said, ‘yeah, okay, yeah, I’m on it and at it and up it’. I wasn’t, of course.

This is me trying to make 2013 the year of great industry and above all, organisation and clarity.