A previous post on this site mentioned a recent visit I made to Fogo Island [Link] — and where I found myself revisiting matters I had raised in a book of mine — Heritage Performance Design (2019) [Link]. Here are more comments and thoughts that have arisen after this extraordinary gathering. See also my thoughts…
contemporary art
Fogo Island — field notes on design, place, community
I have just returned from a fascinating gathering on Fogo Island, Newfoundland, Canada — Shore Time [Link], organized by Fogo Island Arts, a part of Shorefast [Link], the social enterprise founded by Zita Cobb in 2006 to build economic and cultural resilience on the island. Speakers and hosts were Kitty Scott, Leonor Antunes, Tom McDonough,…
Anatomy Galaxy — epistemic environment
An invited response to a one-day installation event – Anatomy Galaxy, by Connie Svabo.University of Southern Denmark Odense June 24 2026. [Link]Link to Connie Svabo’s dissertation on the project – [Link] Epistemic environments Connie Svabo’s Anatomy Galaxy began with a found situation: a decommissioned anatomy learning environment at the University of Southern Denmark — a wet specimen…
Crystalline Memories of Deep Time
Claus Spangsberg at the Rundetaarn, Copenhagen [Link]. With Connie (Svabo) on the last day of the exhibition – Crystalline Memories of Deep Time. Part of our ongoing collaboration around art-science, research-creation [Link], scholartistry [Link], creative-pragmatics [Link] – and mobilized through FNUG, her lab at University of Southern Denmark [Link], and Studio MS at Stanford [Link]….
Deep Mapping
I’m in a workshop about Deep Mapping, delivering the opening keynote. A fascinating gathering (Venice and online), organized by Cristina Manzetti (University of Cyprus), and Valentina Mignosa (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Digital and Public Humanities (VeDPH). The topic is an old favorite of mine, developed in my theatre/archaeology with Cliff McLucas and Mike Pearson…
Figuration
Three ancient figurines from Freud’s desk. Charcoal drawing by Robert Longo [Link] after a photograph taken as Freud left Vienna in 1938.