concept
Known for his beauty, Narcissus was a hunter whose vanity drove him to his own death. In admiring his own beauty in a pool of water, Narcissus became obsessed and immersed in his own image, and drowned in the pool he once watched aimlessly at himself in. Narcissus' tale is a timeless story that teaches lessons of deception and trickery; a story that remains relevant to all generations, of the disintegration of all that exists. This pool of dreams merges the ideas of the contemporary world with their inability to stand the test of time, and yet questions just how much disintegrates, and how much remains. The permanence of matter across time is put on test ahead of an audience. The fire is the perfect mechanism, from which the life of this artwork starts but in the same way, ends. In studying the combustibility of materials, the team could gauge the extent of burning for each material and just how much one finishes or remains. The process is explained in a unique performance that challenges the notion of deception, illusion, vanity and disintegration, and pushes the boundaries of the persistence of memory.
structure
process
cost
All metal work will be handled by team members, as training was given by JMS employees. Supervision throughout the process will be guaranteed, and JMS have offered this service free of charge. Other minimal costs include: TRACING PAPER - €22 BURNING MATERIAL - €10/roll, approximately 4 rolls required TOTAL COST - €300 max
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Students of the Faculty for the Built Env. University of Malta Msida, MSD 2080 Malta 2340 2340 builtenvironment@um.edu.mt
11TH NOV’15
WORKS CARRIED OUT A.
Base Frame,
A 2x1.25m frame composed of; 80x20x3mm electro-galvanised rectangular hollow sections, sealed water tight by a 1.25mm thick steel sheet and sealer. A supporting structure will be added in the form of two; 40x20x3mm, rectangular hollow sections. B.
Rising Structure,
Rising from the base frame will be four, free-standing, hollow sections; 40x40x3mm, each reaching a height of two meters. Finally ’T’ sections; 20x20x3mm. Total cost including delivery €200 exc. VAT
ADDITIONAL NOTES
• VAT is not included in prices quoted. • This quotation is valid for 30 days. • Delivery: Included in proc of quotation. • Terms of payment: 40% on confirmation of order, balance on completion.
an extract from
narcissus, by delmore schwartz which is from Selected Poems by Delmore Schwartz THE MIND IS AN ANCIENT AND FAMOUS CAPITAL
The mind is a city like London, Smoky and populous: it is a capital Like Rome, ruined and eternal, Marked by the monuments which no one Now remembers. For the mind, like Rome, contains Catacombs, aqueducts, amphitheatres, palaces, Churches and equestrian statues, fallen, broken or soiled. The mind possesses and is possessed by all the ruins Of every haunted, hunted generation’s celebration. “Call us what you will: we are made such by love.” We are such studs as dreams are made on, and Our little lives are ruled by the gods, by Pan, Piping of all, seeking to grasp or grasping All of the grapes; and by the bow-and-arrow god, Cupid, piercing the heart through, suddenly and forever. Dusk we are, to dusk returning, after the burbing, After the gold fall, the fallen ash, the bronze, Scattered and rotten, after the white null statues which Are winter, sleep, and nothingness: when Will the houselights of the universe Light up and blaze? For it is not the sea Which murmurs in a shell, And it is not only heart, at harp o’clock, It is the dread terror of the uncontrollable Horses of the apocalypse, running in wild dread Toward Arcturus—and returning as suddenly ...