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in the alchemist’s studio – 01

February 23, 2021February 23, 2021 by Michael Shanks

Polished copper and brass. Seaweed. The archaeological circuit – [Link]

Posted in "what becomes of what was", (re)framing, ambient rhetoric, archaeography, archaeological imagination, archaeological sensibility, forensics, haecceity, materialities, metamorphosis, mirrors, noise, ontology, quiddity, ruins and remains, windows Leave a comment

through a glass

December 26, 2020December 27, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Concept – # through a glass; # ataraxia # horticulture

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Olympia 1978

November 26, 2020December 15, 2020 by Michael Shanks

#fenestration

Posted in (re)framing, ambient rhetoric, haecceity, noise, phenomenologies, quiddity, windows

synchronicity – chair with vines 2

November 14, 2020December 21, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Mountain View Road, Boonville, California Synchronicity – [Link]

Posted in actuality, ambient rhetoric, archaeography, genius loci, haecceity, noise, photography, signal and noise, things Tagged Boonville

et in Arcadia ego (3)

July 5, 2020February 26, 2025 by Michael Shanks

Project concept: et in Arcadia ego – [Link] Ravens’ Pike, Boonville, California. (Thanks to Rich Green for the loan of his remarkable Leica Monochrom)

Posted in (past) presences, allegory, ambient rhetoric, archaeography, archaeological imagination, et in Arcadia ego, noise, photography Tagged Boonville, Rich Green

Ambient rhetoric – borderlands

December 15, 2019June 8, 2020 by Michael Shanks

Project: Borderlands – [Link]

Posted in (re)framing, ambient rhetoric, borderlands, chorography, deep mapping, noise, photography, signal and noise Tagged Lindisfarne, Rothbury

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