gerald jenkins 19/07/2006 gerald jenkins 19/07/2006

A13-A Giant Metaphor For Nowhere

A13When I arrived in the U.K. the first project I chose to undertake was related to Jah Wobble's prose piece A13.Working with Indigenous Australian Cultures and understanding the way they respond and communicate with their environment made me want t… — A13
When I arrived in the U.K. the first project I chose to undertake was related to Jah Wobble's prose piece A13.
Working with Indigenous Australian Cultures and understanding the way they respond and communicate with their environment made me want to take some of this basic knowledge and relate it to a landscape in the U.K.
I had long admired Jah's piece and others he has done relating to dystopian wastelands.
It was perfect..
Thanks Jah..

Jah Wobble & The English Roots Band performing at the 100 Club (30th anniversary of Punk)

Jah Wobble - Womad 1995

Jah Wobble - Womad 1995

The following pictures were taken on the A13.

Fashion Editorial for 125 Magazine Issue #3 'World'

'He told me that after he (Jah Wobble) finished this, he walked along the Grand Union Canal from Bethnal Green and up through the Lea Valley listening on headphones. He assures me that the music proved a very satisfactory companion, which opinion I pass on for any others considering the same walk'

Brian Eno - sleeve notes on the Album 'Spinner' by Brian Eno and Jah Wobble

gerald jenkins 09/03/2006 gerald jenkins 09/03/2006

Bunuel Centenary

In 1985 I attended Film School on a full time course and was introduced to Luis Bunuel when watching L’age D’or and Un Chien Andalou as part of the curriculum. His style of film making and the loaded message were something I have grasped very tightly since, with approx 90% of his films on my shelves and about thirty books about him or critiques of his work.

In 1999 I moved to Madrid and was thrilled to learn there were to be many events in 2000 to celebrate his birth. I had read about the places these events were to take place in his Autobiography ‘My Last Breath’ and the John Baxter Biography ‘Bunuel’.

Semana Santa in Calanda - Aragon (which is the place of his birth) is unique to others in Spain as drums are played for 24 hours on Good Friday, the passion of playing them for long periods sees blood dripping from hands onto the drum skins. They signify the thunder storms that occurred when Jesus was crucified. Bunuel used the drums of Calanda in approximately 13 of his films. The drums would play whenever a character felt a sense of abandonment, loss of hope.

Longinos the man who theoretically defended Christ

Juan Luis Bunuel - La Residencia Madrid 2000

From the exhibition ‘El Ojo De Libertad’ - La Residencia Madrid 2000

Portrait of Luis Bunuel by Salvador Dali (Polaroid Transfer)

The Hand used in Un Chien Andalou (where the ants crawl out of the hole) - (Polaroid Transfer)

From the exhibition ‘El Ojo De Libertad’ - The Residencia Madrid 2000 (Polaroid Transfer)