Books 'n' Movies.

These two books have been helping to light my hypothetical decision path. I have discovered that a flood of fast reference options beats slow seriousness. The breadth is better, there is more to consider and each thing matters less amongst it because there are more things, but you choose the things you find useful and chuck the rest down the crapper [except that they stay as little icons and you can pass them on in the future]. Books then.

Disguise: Artists Who Use Disguise to Explore How We Create and Change Our Personal Image
Publisher: Cornerhouse Publications
Publication Date: 2004-04
ASIN / ISBN: 090167365X
List Price: £4.00
Paperback
32 Pages


Private
Author: Alison Jackson
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Date: 2004-10-28
ASIN / ISBN: 0141019182
List Price: £7.99
Paperback
128 Pages

I caught the Disguise exhibition in its original reality setting, much like someone might catch a bus full of cold germs. From the catalogue I have selected to pursue the work of the following people:

Nikki S. Lee - she is great at wearing cultures
Cindy Sherman - the Chili Peppers would say 'photobodyfaceinvension'
Gillian Wearing - where strangers confess in masked anonymity on video
Claude Cahun - neutral gender characters


Alison Jackson's Private was possibility-building, and notes came:

person-identifiable-famous-recognisable-celebrity
who? why famous? role/occupation?
Super intruder - authentic/solid replication
Control overridden
Contradicting popular understanding of an image
breaking parameters
defying logic
freedom from control/
human image [& person at centre]
media profile [mass of opinions]
very well executed with props and locations
character-specific behaviour/making and breaking connections
constructing an image

Small Time Crooks was not the best Woody Allen film I have seen. It felt gentle, perhaps the Dreamworks logo was enough of a warning. It didn't feel relevant to my study, so it is binned. Returned to the library. I think I am seeking solo performances.


As a duo on a collapse drive, Pete and Dud's Derek and Clive was a nasty mess of good swearing, not the best example of Peter Cook's character monologues really. I should get Why Bother? instead coz there ain't so much strange love involved. It's vocal consistency. Peter Cook was very good at it, but threw in 'everyday clichés' seemlessly. Still a cunt, mind. I am not aiming to copy his style. Chris Morris's observations and execution are also precise. But there are more people doing these things who are rarely mentioned. No Avid Merrion today thank you. English language people who have been great at keeping a character both 'true' and entertaining.


This art racket. It's a gas.

T9 built my predictive text.