{"id":6105,"date":"2020-09-28T17:31:42","date_gmt":"2020-09-28T17:31:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/?p=6105"},"modified":"2020-09-30T15:10:38","modified_gmt":"2020-09-30T15:10:38","slug":"zoom-launch-of-black-pond-by-allen-fisher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/6105\/zoom-launch-of-black-pond-by-allen-fisher\/","title":{"rendered":"Zoom Launch of &#8216;Black Pond&#8217; by Allen Fisher"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Glasfryn Project is honoured to host the zoom launch of Allen Fisher&#8217;s new large format book which brings together the poems and art factured as part of the Black Pond project 2016 &#8211; 2019<\/p>\n<p>Allen will be talking about the Black pond project and its resulting artworks, and reading from the new book.<\/p>\n<h4>Sunday, November 8th 2020, 6.00 pm GMT<\/h4>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<h5>To sign up for the zoom launch,\u00a0\u00a0RSVP by 30th October to Lyndon Davies at<br \/>\ngoodiebard2@googlemail.com<\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The Black Pond project began with a series of large-scale works on paper (approximately 100 x 150cm, 40 x 59\u201d) made\u00a0<span style=\"font-style: oblique;\">in situ\u00a0<\/span>around a pond on Waen Ddu peat bog near Llangattock in Powys, Wales, in 2016 and 2017. The series developed in the studio with further works on paper and an eight-part sequence of poems.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"page\" style=\"color: #000000;\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\"><a href=\"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allen-fisher-flyer-2-e1601313764784.jpg\" class=\"thickbox no_icon\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft  wp-image-6100\" src=\"https:\/\/glasfrynproject.org.uk\/w\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/allen-fisher-flyer-2-440x332.jpg\" alt=\"allen fisher flyer 2\" width=\"360\" height=\"271\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"section\"><strong>Black Pond 2<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 1\">\n<div class=\"section\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<p style=\"line-height: 1.4em;\">He looks onto the water surface in a bowl<br \/>\nto remove hair from his chin<br \/>\nA fleeting moment and the<br \/>\nlook is internalised into difficulty<br \/>\nAs the look pulls back the surface<br \/>\ndarkens then lightens<br \/>\nThe look becomes prospective<br \/>\nof what could happen today<br \/>\nRocks some facetted others polished<br \/>\nsome transparent remove his stubble<br \/>\nGlass rocks seen into from a variety<br \/>\nof forethoughts a variety of demands<br \/>\nHe stares beyond the obsidian surface<br \/>\nto what is proposed in a returned future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>For more details of the book or to buy a copy:\u00a0<a style=\"font-weight: normal; color: #1155cc;\" title=\"Black Pond\" href=\"https:\/\/allenfisher.co.uk\/recent-publications\/publications-black-pond\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/allenfisher.co.uk\/recent-publications\/publications-black-pond\/&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1601564590194000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFpYbWILGqcuhIO9Eq4RCKxHn9gIg\">https:\/\/allenfisher.co.uk\/<wbr \/>recent-publications\/<wbr \/>publications-black-pond\/<\/a><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Glasfryn Project is honoured to host the zoom launch of Allen Fisher&#8217;s new large format book which brings together the poems and art factured as part of the Black Pond project 2016 &#8211; 2019 Allen will be talking about the Black pond project and its resulting artworks, and reading from the new book. 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