Leap Second Festival 2015

Leap Second Festival 2015

On 30 June 2015 at 23:59:60 a one-second showing (yes, one second) will be held of all of the works submitted and accepted for the Festival. My small part in this is a photograph of a detail of my 2006 painting “Alternate take.” Roughly 60 artists are participating in this event, and there is a lot of interesting work, believe me. Bjørn Magnhildøen has organized it all (splendidly, as usual), including the thoughtful detail of post-festival inclusion of the works on the Noemata website. So as the non-leap seconds tick by, we should have time time to view the works at greater length. Or depth, or breadth… What is it about time that eludes me here? More information is at http://noemata.net/leapsec26/ as well as on Twitter. Happy Leap Second to all!

Magnolia

Magnolia flower, Barcelona, 19 June 2015.

castaways

(Photographs of ceramic pots on one of the façades of the Teatre Lliure, Montjuïc)

Sant Lluc Art Exhibit, Summer 2015

Sant Lluc Art Exhibit

I’m happy to announce that a painting of mine, "Medley," will be included in the Centre Artístic Sant Lluc collective exhibit for summer 2015. This is the first time I’ve participated in this annual event in Barcelona, and of course I’m very pleased to be able to do so. The Centre’s site is www.stlluc.cat and I hope people will keep the expos plural in mind. Plural because there are two turns, the first from 9-30 June, the second from 7-31 July. My piece will be shown in the July turn, and I’ll be posting more on this as things develop. Visits to the exhibitions may be made evenings, only, from 17:00 to 20:00, Tuesday to Saturday. (No entry charge.)

Abstract|Ext

Abstract|Ext is out, a paper collection of short literary texts. The book was (is) engineered by David Quiles Guilló and the basic idea is summed up in the title. So people interested in literature concentrating on abstraction may want to have a look. Descriptions of the project have been out for some time on Facebook pages. And web searches on the title will also bring back information—not only descriptions but thoughts about A|E by participating authors. In Barcelona the book is in stock in Mitte, an art gallery, book shop, and generally soothing thought space, open from 10 till 10 (see website). A short text of mine, I’m happy to say, is also in A|E. As one of the 45 participating writers, I obviously feel this to be a worthwhile project, and I genuinely hope those interested will have a look, both at the book and at the Mitte space. And of course, happy Barcelona Poetry Week to all.

Blossoming tamarisk

Lleida. On a rocky section of the banks of the Sègre.

stair and column base

Architectural structures, Parador de Alcañiz (Gothic).