Blog entries tagged with “Devonport”

1. A Summer's Day in 1790, Plymouth Dock Town

   Wed, 06 Aug 2008

   NB: The narrative is fictional, but people, places, events and quotes below are real, and based on my primary research, which includes 18th century Royal Engineer letter books. Plymouth Dock Town is present-day Devonport. The Governor’s House is present-day Admiralty House where I live in a…

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   Elias Durnford

   James Wyatt

   Devonport

   Admiralty House

   Plymouth Dock Town

   Royal Engineers

   Government House

   Charles Lennox

   3rd Duke of Richmond

   Pensacola

   Ordnance Architect

   Citadel

   Plymouth

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2. sleep shed

   Sun, 29 Jun 2008

   Commission: sleep shed

   sleep shed is a site-specific work commissioned from recent graduate Callum Bell for installation (August 2008) in my small walled back garden at Admiralty House. I commissioned Callum on the day I saw his installation Home at the 2008 University of Plymouth Degree…

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   Callum Bell

   artist commission

   habitable sculpture

   First Great Western

   Night Riviera

   sleeper train

   Admiralty House

   Margaret Mellis

   Plymouth

   Devonport

   shed

   Dubuffet

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3. The Case for Spectacle

   Fri, 02 May 2008

   An expanded excerpt from the Arts Strategy (April 2008) I wrote for Devonport (England) as part of my commission from Devonport Regeneration Community Partnership and Plymouth City Council.

   It seems illogical, but sometimes spectacle can be so bad it’s good. And when that happens it becomes…

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   Devonport

   DRCP

   spectacle

   Oscar Wilde

   negative superlative

   Moose Murders

   play

   narrative

   public art

   performance

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4. The first day at Admiralty House, Devonport

   Tue, 25 Mar 2008

   On March 4, 2008 I was handed the key to Admiralty House. Not the key to the front door, but the key to a self-contained 18th century two bedroom cottage in the east wing. This will be my temporary part-time residence until sometime in late summer. My living room window looks south across…

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   Devonport

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