Introduction:
Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes
Word and Image form a recurrent
juxtaposition in contemporary art. Here Christa-Maria
Lerm Hayes sets the scene for the main theme of this issue
of CIRCA.
Same
difference: Word and image in the contemporary arts
Like an Edenic fall from grace,
word and image drifted apart as society evolved. Here
David Scott traces their diverging paths, and looks at
artistic efforts to engage with the gap between the two.
Joseph
Beuys 'extends' James Joyce's work
Joseph Beuys had a fascination with
Joyce's writings. Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes examines here
how deep the influence were.
Project: Karin Sander: Projekt
für CIRCA
A labyrinth
in a box: Aspen 5+6
Mary Ruth Wales describes a radical
tour-de-force at the
word/image interface.
Nauman ..Beckett ... Beckett .Nauman:
the necessity of working in an interdisciplinary way
Bruce Nauman has taken much from
Beckett, who himself was very aware of issues within the
visual arts. Christa-Maria Lerm Hayes explores the links
between the two creative intellects.
Willie Doherty:Language,
imagery and the real
Words are a frequent aspects of
the artworks of Willie Doherty. Here Paul O'brien explores
how they function together.
Words
and images most severely distorted
When the text is the genetic code,
and the visual is a photograph of our galaxy, word and
image can travel far-flung routes. James Elkins reports
here on how the Milky Way became DNA.
Project: Ecke Bonk: untitled (tribute
to MD/WK/WH)
