5.2.
“To
kill an error is as good a service as, and sometimes even better than, the
establishing of a new truth or fact.” Charles Darwin
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
Showing posts with label truth. Show all posts
22.2.
The truth is out there. There is no truth here.
Once you go there you will see that there is no real truth
there either. Please do not be mistaken…
I did literally try to escape to Robben Island. Admittedly I
have been trying to get away but not from a physical location. The rowing is
incidental, don't focus on it as it offers little other than the obvious. Blur
your vision and look around it, look behind it. Even better don't look, think.
-7.8.
My parents, Dieter and Gail, have a peach and it never ages.
It is really unreal with the fruit’s marble body gently
blushed and bruised with pigment, and in its navel nestles the clincher: a real
wooden stem… here lies a peach.
When I first touch it I am touched by it, am taken by its
ability to convince me and then convince me otherwise.
Here stands something that is and is not, it agrees and
disagrees.
This peach, this thing holds a moment when the idea of Truth
is questioned.
I am unmistaken and mistaken, I believe and unbelieve.
(2012-02-07)
18.2.
caveat lector
It functions as a reminder that thinking twice about what
data we are consuming is key in our post-Information Age; we have been and are
being informed and we are informers ourselves. Anyhow, even in this case it
would be good not to judge a book by its cover et cetera. The title has its
pitfalls but it is upfront about a complex narrative speckled with a history of
solid truths and media distortions and or manipulations. The lies are
unavoidable in a world left unspellchecked.
(2012)
72.2.
legalese-
At arm's
length: this is the relationship between two people or organisations who
are strangers to each other, and do not have any special obligations towards
each other.
Bona
fide: in good faith and honest.
Constructive: this
phrase is used when something is true in legal terms, even though it may not be
true in fact. So although Ms Blignaut does not have the diamonds in her
possession, she has the key to the safe deposit box and the right to enter, she
has 'constructive possession'. The term is most commonly used for constructive
dismissal. An example of this is where a boss didn’t actually tell an employee
they were dismissed but treated them so badly that the employee was entitled to
react as if they had been dismissed by leaving their employment and claiming
unfair dismissal.
Deem: to
judge, think or believe to have taken place.
De facto: this is where a situation exists in
fact, whether or not it is legal. For example, if the ‘thingamabob’ company
failed to follow a technical legal condition to become a company (such as
filling in a form), but carries on business in good faith, it is a 'de facto'
company.
Good
faith: an act carried out honestly and without fraud is said to have been
done in good faith.
Ipso
facto: by the mere fact itself.
Mistake: in a legal sense there are two types of
mistake. The first is a mistake of law in which the facts are known but are
combined with a wrong conclusion about the legal effect of those facts. The
second is a mistake of fact which is an intentional failure to find out the
truth of those facts.
Pari passu: equal and without preference.
Purport: to pretend, to claim to be something you
are not.
Stalemate: a situation where there is no possible
way out for one or both sides.
Tangible: something physical that you can touch.
For example, a plant or a sculpture is tangible property.
Wrong: wrongs are divided into public and
private. A public wrong is an act that harms the public generally, even though
it may only be committed against one person, and is commonly known as a crime,
misdemeanour, or offence. It is punishable by a fine, imprisonment, or both.
Private wrongs are injuries to individuals that do not harm the public at
large, for example, a breach of contract. Private wrongs are not ‘punished’ but
money is paid in compensation by the wrongdoer.
5.
Pitfalls of working with others…
To expect your team to win is fine but you would never place
unrealistic expectations on them. Picture this… before the big game you decide
that after half time your heroes are going to swap roles with the streakers and
spontaneously remove their kit, some will even help each other strip as the
game resumes. This fantasy leads to disappointment, naturally. (2011)
33.1.
To Whom It May Concern:
Thinking is a good idea. I strive to create works and situations that encourage us
(not only us as in the art community but also the public at large) to think
again and think ahead. I try to be
thoughtful, to be human and to make public these insights and ways of dealing
with living in the now.
For me, working through art is a way and a place to
interrogate and reveal the idea of Truth.
It is not only about hard facts but also the poetry of time, life,
death, transformation, desire, rebellion, freedom, and conscious and
unconscious choice. The Truth is
more erratic than we care to know.
Fortunately works of art are expected to say what they have to say and
also accommodate multiple interpretations.
I have spent the past decade working with others, primarily
in Johannesburg and Cape Town, in an intense collaborative learning exercise of
my own making. Aside from learning
how to make and represent things, I have been privy to diverse conceptual
practices that have enabled me to tackle life from a nonjudgmental and
paraconsistent stance. I have also
come to know the value of what can come from relinquishing
myself to the relationship knowing that our combination would conjure
up a third voice; this peculiar voice that whispers ‘unnecessary solutions’.
I have been surprised, endured growing pains and been empowered by these
and other co-operative actions which in turn have helped me to move
on from being merely a white South African male; I am not myself and this is a
good thing. If you are a chancer,
as I am, this is the place you want to be. Knowing I will emerge loving my neighbour in ways I never
expected. Stripped bare by all the stumbling I grow a more able, more
considerate, more thoughtful, if not slightly bent, self. All I need is courage and the willingness
to forget everything.
My work encourages me to be not merely innovative and build
on what exists but to be inventive and to be open to ‘uncalled-for
newness’. I can only assume that
what I share inspires others to open up.
If not, it is at least a series of examples of mindful artistic experimentation, and proof that one needs neither deadlines
nor a belief system to make and do things. (2012-05-11)
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