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This is a group for anyone studying an element, a piece, a bit, a portion, something not quite intact, or part of a larger whole. Anyone with an interest in disengaged or broken-up fragments of bodies, things, concepts, or historical ideas is welcome.
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Latest Activity: Mar 25
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Bridges, Shards and Scaffolds: Engineering as Fragment - 26th March, B02, 6pm 2 Replies
Dear Sparks, Chippies and PlumbersThis meeting's theme is a chance to engage with the man-made landscape; our theory text is an article from last month's LRB on urban design, attached below, and I…Continue
Started by Beatrice Bazell. Last reply by Ruth Parry Mar 25.
26th Feb, 6pm, room 110 - Underground/Overground: Fragments of Each Other? 4 Replies
Dear Morloch and Eloi (take your pick)This month’s theme looks at the relationship between underworlds and overworlds in culture, so send me anything on the topic that you think explores that, or add…Continue
Started by Beatrice Bazell. Last reply by Kit Yee Wong Feb 26.
Organs (and Bodies without them) 29th January, 6pm 1 Reply
Dear Organic EntitiesOur first session of 2013 is about Organs as fragments, so we'll be reading a (very brief) excerpt from Deleuze and Guattari, and there's a wide range of primary texts in the…Continue
Started by Beatrice Bazell. Last reply by Emma Curry Jan 16.
The Map as Fragment: 11th December, 6 pm, Room 112 1 Reply
Dear Bits-iansOur theme for this session is the map, and its always-incomplete relation to reality. We'll be considering everything from physical to mental to political geography, and how they're all…Continue
Started by Beatrice Bazell. Last reply by Beatrice Bazell Dec 5, 2012.
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Comment by Julie Warburton on March 13, 2013 at 20:12 -
A 1920s silent film (partly) starring the Eiffel Tower - The Crazy Ray. http://archive.org/details/TheCrazyRay
It looks scaffold-like in parts as you don't much see the structure as a whole, but just fragments of it are framed by the camera. The film was made at the same time as Benjamin started writing his early arcades sketches. Open iron work (spanned by glass transparencies) featured here too. He also discusses iron work construction, including arcades and the Eiffel Tower, in his 1932 piece for radio - 'The Railway Disaster at the Firth of Tay'. http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=7M0x5svvwyEC&pg=PA566&lp...
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Comment by Julie Warburton on February 10, 2013 at 16:15
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Comment by Beatrice Bazell on November 28, 2012 at 15:16 -
I stumbled across this mesmerising photo-essay on an abandoned asylum, which was too beautiful and fractured not to share: http://www.abandoned-britain.com/PP/canehill/1.htm - enjoy...
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Comment by Beatrice Bazell on July 10, 2012 at 14:45
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Dear Fragments,
Due to a minor scheduling error (ahem, Wimbledon final), we failed to have a discussion of the reading for the last meeting. So, in the spirit of a deliberately ruined construct, I propose that we try again in September, before term starts, the readings will stay the same, and I'm sure it will be a fantastic meeting of theoretical and physical concepts!
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