sudari from Spanish = shroud

O.E. scrud “a garment, clothing,” from W.Gmc.

“cloth or sheet for burial”

“to clothe;” meaning “to hide from view, conceal”  shrouded; shrouding.

suds…. “dregs” (especially in East Anglia), “ooze left by flood”

M.Du. sudse “marsh, bog,” cognate with O.E. soden

soapy water

 

aria….. from It. aria, lit. “air.”

 

Excerpt from Nidus, a live sculpture and sound installation by Kate Buckley, Joana Cifre Cerda and Ross Oliver, performed at the opening evening of Neither Spit nor Diamonds at The Greestone Gallery, Lincoln.

live performance/sculpture/sound piece, by Ross Oliver, Kate Buckley and Joana Cifre Cerda

 

 

Nidus on the opening night of Neither Spit nor Diamonds, Greestone Gallery, Lincoln.

 

We began talking about internal voids, empty hollows; about the hunger pains that we attempt to anaesthetise with ‘stuff’. Continue reading →

 

 

Christian Boltanski’s work for the Biennale focused on the luck and fate of newborns, whose beginnings are subject entirely to chance. While the title translated in French has a positive connotation of luck and good fortune, the English interpretation conversely suggests hazard or risk, which make the works appropriately ambiguous. Continue reading →