As part of my research into the possibilities of East – West cultural exchange in written language I have been investigating the different ways binary oppositions are conceived in Eastern and Western thought (see my previous post on the Tai Chi diagram). This idea of interconnected opposites is particularly important to Daoism, which has formed... Continue Reading →
I recently took part in the Fringe Arts Bath Festival in Bath, UK. I devised a ‘participatory performance’ entitled Communal Calligraphy as part of the exhibition “On the tip of my tongue”. This was curated by Alice Ling and Bryony Tilsley and took place at the home of a local resident, Chrissy Philp, on Sat... Continue Reading →
My paper discussing my and Chou, Cheng-Yu's performance piece, 'Collaborative Calligraphy' (2016), has been published in Liminalities: Journal of Performance Studies. See: http://liminalities.net/13-2/calligraphy.html Reference is: Buckingham-Hsiao, R. 2017. 'Collaborative Calligraphy: An Asemic Writing Performance' in Liminalities 13 (2)
On the 2nd of May I collaborated with the poet Elaine Hickman-Luter and the dancer Hannah Wildwood on a performance piece entitled “The Seagull’s Dream”. It was performed to an audience of about 50 at the Arena Theatre in Wolverhampton as part of a “Collaborative Theatre Makers” evening. The performance was based on a poem... Continue Reading →
During the course of my research into performance and language I have been investigating the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western conceptions of difference, particularly in its clearest expression - binary opposition (black / white, presence / absence, etc.). In the East binary oppositions are represented most famously in the Tai Chi diagram (Tai... Continue Reading →
I have been concentrating on research recently but still practise calligraphy every night. Below are recent examples of zhuan shu (篆書) and Kai shu (楷書). I have also dabbled in Bangla calligraphy; I was taught by a Bangladeshi student in Wolverhampton. And finally I have created some more asemic collages; similar to previous ones but... Continue Reading →
Current exhibition: Asemic Tech 28 Feb - 14 March 2017 Punt Multimedia, A la Casa del Mig, Carrer Muntadas 1 (Dins el Parc de l'Espanya industrial) 08014 Barcelona, Espania. http://www.puntmultimedia.org/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X7smx_3qfcg La escritura Asemic es muda, abstracta, e ilegible. Asemic significa no tener un contenido semántico específico, o sea que es una escritura sin un... Continue Reading →
On Sat 7th Jan 2017 my wife and I visited the Pen Museum in Birmingham's Jewellery Quarter. It's a small but fascinating museum containing traditional nib-making machinery, displays of pens, inks, quills, ornate inkwells and ink blotters, early typewriters and braille equipment... and a lot of nibs. The volunteer staff are friendly and full of... Continue Reading →
I have been interested for a while in the interaction of different surfaces with calligraphic writing. In China calligraphy is traditionally found on objects as well as flat paper, so a variety of surface shapes and textures are interacted with; it may, for example, be found on fans, lanterns, ceramics and screens. By contrast Western... Continue Reading →
