mw: 2,20 – Short Links

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refreshing some items. Slavich sourcing is the main. I’ve written about this before.

Longing for a past product isn’t uncommon. I do it. You do too, at least if you are over 20. What would a made up word be for such a longing? How about something like:

  • **Nar-lugal** — combining “nar” (song/memory) with “lugal” (great/ancient), suggesting a reverence for what came before, OR,
  • **Edin-nar-kalam** — “edin” (plain/eternity), “nar” (song), “kalam” (land/realm). It evokes vast, timeless realms singing through history. PERHAPS,
  • nishanwu — (ni‑shan‑wu) Chinese phonology with an added archaic syllable “wu”; means longing-for-old. AND, FINALLY
  • **Zhong-Shu**: “Zhong” (中) is a Chinese character meaning “middle” or “center,” and “Shu” (書) means “writing” or “document.” Together, it could imply a preference rooted in historical documents or traditions.

slavich paper was only occasionally produced in the ‘teens of this century. Slavich, the company make holography and photo-booth supplies, with an occasional production of silver paper.

should you wish to ask the maker…perhaps try this.

I was one of the buyers of the slavich. It was touted by the netters for being great at many things.

What it did well was age … and tone.

OR, maybe it ships and arrives, and it is useable for photos: https://www.geola.com/product/black-and-white-photo-paper/

wallace berman

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[or: dec 27, 2016] a post that never finished began:
groups. goals. the single or simple. matters of influence(s) culture or conceit

the book stack 2016
1 provoke
2 studio
3 semina culture. TU
4 in a box Wed 28th
5 emanations Th
6 challenging art Fri 30th 
7 diane arbus revelations Sa
8 flower... Su Jan 1
9 good 70s	Mon Jan 2
Seems it was a planned series of posts... much collected references, along with short impressions. Berman's Semina Culture seems to have been assigned a Tuesday date. Wonder why I never finished the set.

Wallace Berman,(February 18, 1926 – February 18, 1976 [50]. Key terms in his work: Semina, a mail art publication published between 1955 and 1964, and Aleph, his long term film making project. It runs only 6 minutes, but took him from 1958 til 1976 to make. Stan Brackhage salvaged the 8mm film with a conversion to 16mm to be shown.

He appeared in Easy Rider (1969). Berman died on his 50th birthday, a prediction from childhood. He was killed by a drunk driver.

Exhibitions:

see: refresher handmade