… and good old Mr Richard D. James wants you to appreciate this day:
(Avril 14th by Aphex Twin)
Please excuse the bad sound quality.
Thank you for your attention and solve the bloody riddle, you lazy sods!
I miss my piano. :’(
Hello there, my beloved readership.
Fret not, there are many, many posts in planning, but due to the preparations for tomorrow’s Jessica Albarn show, I didn’t get to spend a lot of time here on the picturesque interwebs.
So instead, let’s have another competition, shall we?
Mainly because I’m so super generous but also, because you proved how very smart you are in the last few riddles and I was so deeply impressed that I actually believe we should all found a neo-Platonic iAcademy where we start growing impressive beards and walk up and down columned halls on ChatRoulette mumbling nonsensical Greek theorems while rubbing our collective chin. Oh, yes, it will be a new dawn of braiiiiins!
Anyhow, so today’s conundrum is therefore especially challenging, but if you kept up to date with the WurzelBlog since its infancy, and happen to have very keen eyes, you should be able to solve this mystery.
Here we go:
What is so very clever about the blocks in Koen Hauser’s Nigredo photograph from his Opus Magnum Atomium series (see image above)?
Clio & Loci by Jessica Joslin, antique hardware and findings, painted wood, brass, silver, bone, beads, chain, glove leather, glass eyes, 2010 - click to enlarge
My friend Jessica Joslin has been working tirelessly on an all new menagerie of handsome chaps made of bone and brass that’s due to go on show at the Lisa Sette Gallery this coming week.
It’s difficult to pick favourites amongst all these charismatic filigree beasties proudly dressed in velvet and glove leather, but I must admit that I’ve grown rather fond of black casqued hornbill Almeria and conjoined kitties Clio & Loci (see images below).
Loci (detail) by Jessica Joslin, antique hardware and findings, painted wood, brass, silver, bone, beads, chain, glove leather, glass eyes, 2010 - click to enlarge
So yes, my dears, if you happen to find yourself in Arizona from April 1 to April 24, please do go down to Lisa Sette Gallery in Scottsdale to mingle with the brassy awesomeness that is Jessica Joslin’s Brass & Bone.
Almeria (detail) by Jessica Joslin, antique hardware and findings, bone, velvet, silver, vestment trim, glove leather, cast pewter, glass eyes, 2010 - click to enlarge
Opening reception: Thursday, April 1, 2010, 7 - 9 PM - Jessica will be in attendance
On show: April 1 - 24, 2010
Address: Lisa Sette Gallery, 4142 North Marshall Way, Scottsdale, Arizona, USA, 85251-3838, tel: 480-990-7342 | Map
Gallery hours: Tue - Fri: 10 AM - 5 PM, Sat: 12 AM - 5 PM
I should have known better than to plan a podcast on the 4th of July weekend. Expect to see one rolled out next weekend or Monday. Thanks for listening!
Frederic Ruffy submits:
The major averages battled back from early losses and are trading mixed late Monday. The table was set for early losses after markets fell across Asia and Europe amid ongoing concerns about the implications of the SEC fraud charges against Goldman Sachs. Those worries seemed to overshadow better-than-expected earnings from Citi (C) as well a 1.6 percent increase in the List of Leading Indicators in March.
However, after sluggish action in the first half of trading, the tone improved and, with an hour left to trade, the Dow Jones Industrial Average is up 55 points. The tech-heavy NASDAQ is down 7 points ahead of earnings from IBM due out after the closing bell. The CBOE Volatility Index (.VIX) hit a morning high of 19.55, but was recently down .19 to 18.17. Trading in the options market remains active, with about 7.7 million puts and 8.7 million calls traded.
