pferguson | August 29, 2022
Ever More Connected Artist Eric Henri Kennington was a war artist and sculptor– creating well known works of both the Great War (The First World War) and the Second World War. Kennington’s work is housed in several public collections including the National Portrait Gallery (London), the Tate Gallery (London), the National Galleries of Scotland, and […]
pferguson | April 30, 2022
Mother…Film… It takes a while…the penny drops…the pictures produce the synapses (the passing of messages to communicate). Having returned to 2005 I find my file of images for the 9.2 inch dazzle painted “gun” at the Imperial War Museum. Surely, at the time, I will do something with these? And surely I did…mind 17 years […]
pferguson | August 29, 2021
Letting Go C-216…sir… This is Abilene…right here under your feet…but now its Avalon. Now, how can that be possible to have those two things in the same place? (Kepper. The Last Full Measure, 1:15:37 – 1:15:58). It was a recent re-watch of The Last Full Measure, a film in search of the Medal of Honor […]
pferguson | April 18, 2021
Radium – Light the catalyst… She’s wonderful isn’t she…her dance…her name is Loie Fuller [pioneer of modern dance and theatrical lighting] if you wish to see her again…she calls it… this dance…her fire dance…[Why?]…I believe its because she’s interested in the way flames move. Henri Curie speaking to Marie Skłodowska from Radioactive. Screenplay by Jack […]
pferguson | July 26, 2020
Complications and Anticipations A chance encounter with the unfamiliar…a Sheffield Billiken lends itself for today’s discussion of the film series Parade’s End. Based on four books written by Ford Madox Ford the novels are: Some Do Not (1924), No More Parades (1925), A Man Could Stand Up (1926) and Last Post (1928). The tetralogy visits […]
