Cutout Culture

15/07/2024

"One of the staples of the current literature on museum studies isTony Bennett’s article ‘The Exhibitionary Complex’, which applies Michel Foucault’s arguments about the operation of institutions of statededicated to the modification and control of behaviour – the prison,the lunatic asylum – to the museum. Bennett’s work is the most cogent formulation of what one might call a museology of paranoia – the notion that every aspect of the museum’s operation represents a sinisterand calculated manifestation of the state’s power to discipline and punish the individual." Tim Barringer, 2006.

12/07/2024

Overheard commentary on the arts and art institutions with quote from C. S. Lewis.

“They want to turn the whole world into a HR training manual, and to be able to punish anyone who objects. They are the Utopia builders, and they are very, very dangerous.”

“Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” C. S. Lewis

25/06/2024

NEW FILM ABOUT NEWLYN’S FORMER ICE WORKS!

A new film about Newlyn’s imposing Former Ice Works has been made for Newlyn FISH Trust by Barbara Santi of Awen Productions.

This fascinating short film highlights the historical importance of the ice works and the results of recent professional studies of the building and its machinery, alongside interviews with local people, including two of its former employees.

The film is part of an initial phase of Project Development aimed at moving the Trust closer to acquiring and converting the Former Ice Works into a fishing heritage centre, with uses for the rest of the building designed to generate sufficient funds for its long-term maintenance.

To find out more and to watch the film, please follow this link: https://newlynfishtrust.org.uk/new-film-about-newlyns-former-ice-works/

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We are grateful for the generous support of the Architectural Heritage Fund & Penzance Town Council

A fascinating new film about Newlyn's imposing Former Ice Works highlights the results of recent studies of the building and its machinery, together with interviews with former employees and other local people.

05/06/2024

AI won't replace research, but academics who use AI will replace those who do not." Universities currently exploring new research ethics around AI often overlook the crucial transition from analogue to digital in academic research, which began in the 1990s, where AI represents the latest phase in this ongoing digital transformation.

Understanding this broader historical context is essential for comprehending AI’s role in research today. During the digital transformation era, still ongoing, research has thrived and expanded in many directions, but not without challenges. Critically analyzing this period—examining intersections, impacts, and outcomes for both individual researchers and institutions—can significantly inform and improve future research practices. By learning from past transitions, we can better integrate AI into academic research, ensuring it enhances rather than impedes our pursuit of knowledge and innovation.

29/05/2024

Visited Sotheby's exhibition, "Modern British and Irish Art" today before the auction https://www.sothebys.com/en/auction-catalogue/2024/modern-british-and-irish-art-evening-auction-l24140?s=intro&locale=en. It is free to visit and see the works by Graham Sutherland, Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant, and Peter Blake, among others, before they are sold into mainly private collections. Also worth seeing the accompanying loan exhibition, "London: An Artistic Crossroads" featuring works by Walter Sickert and Johann Zoffany.