Dood en doodloosheid - verschil eeuwigheid en duur
Op deze "Day of the Dead" zal om 18:30, 19:30 en 20:30 uur in het Center for Contemporary Arts in Santa Fe een performance worden gebracht van een korte "Tree Operetta: Hidden Durations" van Molly Sturges van Littleglobe, gebaseerd op het boek van Jerry Wellman Emblems of Hidden Durations. [Cf.] Tegelijk loopt er een tentoonstelling in 't Axle Contemporary van schilderijen en tekeningen die Jerry Wellman maakte naar aanleiding van het overlijden van zijn broer bijna 35 jaar geleden. Deze activiteiten begeleiden de uitgave van
Jerry Wellman, Emblems of Hidden Durations [Axle Contemporary Press, October 7, 2013]
Jerry Wellman, through drawings, essays, reveries, and poetry, explores concepts of death and deathlessness. An ongoing project since the passing of his brother, almost 35 years ago, the book is inspired by his investigations of Eastern thought, funerary architecture, poetry, and philosophy. The title for the book, Emblems of Hidden Duration, is directly inspired by the writing of Baruch Spinoza. Spinoza proposes a difference between eternity and durations. He suggests eternity as the place that exists outside time, and that durations exist as a series of overlapping and interconnected events. More recently quantum mechanics theorizes: Physical reality is a stack of events that exist as the ever-changing indefinable now. The book takes the form of an internal conversation with Wellman himself, at the time of his imagined death.
Wellman has published several illustrated books, exhibited paintings throughout the United States, produced video art, received numerous awards of recognition, and most recently co-founded an alternative arts venue, Axle Contemporary Gallery. His interest in philosophy, poetics and expanded definitions of art is evident in all his work. Exploring and sharing that interest is central to his production as an artist. Currently he lives in Santa Fe with his wife and daughter. [Amazon]
