msdm a nomadic house-studio-gallery for photographic art and curatorial research, an expanded practice of the artist's book, photobook publishing and peer-to-peer collaboration created by contemporary artist paula roush

areopagitica
(milton’s nose)


Newspaper work
40 pages, colour, digital print, 38 cm x 29 cm
with original text (12 pages booklet)

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Areopagitica (Milton’s Nose) is a newsprint publication made of two earlier  publishing projects:  Russian Ballet Riot, a newspaper work about David Bomberg’s pamphlet Russian Ballet * and Areopagitica, a newspaper work about John Milton’s pamphlet Areopagitica. ** The resulting newsprint publication, titled Areopagitica (Milton’s Nose) blends collages from the pages of Russian Ballet Riot with collages from the pages of Areopagitica, plus additional documentation of the newspaper works with objects - clay noses created by St Paul’s school students- as a table installation at Milton’s gallery.
John Milton  (1608- 1674) was a student at St Paul’s School, and wrote Areopagitica in 1644 in defense of an unlicensed free press.
David Bomberg  (1890 – 1957) was a teacher at London South Bank University (Borough Polytechnic Institute) and published Russian Ballet (1919), inspired by Diaghilev's Ballets Russes for the company’s London performance.

 * Published as part of the exhibition David Bomberg: Objects of Collection, at the Digital Gallery, London South Bank University
** Published as part of the exhibition Art in a Book Shell: A survey of artists working with and inspired by books, at the Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School, London

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Areopagitica (Milton’s Nose)  Table assemblage with newspaper work Areopagitica (Milton's Nose) and clay noses 80cm x 150 cm x 72 cm 
Installation view Unbound exhibition, Herbert Read Gallery, University of the Ceative Arts Canterbury
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Areopagitica (Milton’s Nose)  Table assemblage with newspaper works   Russian Ballet Riot and Areopagitica and clay noses created by students at St. Paul’s School, 80cm x 150 cm x 72 cm Installation view Art in a Book Shell: A Survey of Artists Working With and Inspired by Books exhibition Milton Gallery, St Paul’s School, London 

 

msdm   is  Mobile  Strategies  of  Display  &   Mediation
 a nomadic House — Studio — Gallery for photographic art
curatorial research, expanded practice of the artist's book
photobook publishing  and peer - to - peer collaborations 

 

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london south bank university


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