Artists studio exhibition 2007.Trace and indexical drawings with artists books.

Artists studio exhibition 2007.Trace and indexical drawings with artists books., a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Field chalk and rust residue drawings.

Auguries into the maternal body. Un-fired clay and silica sand.. 2011

Auguries into the maternal body. Un-fired clay and silica sand.. 2011, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Constructed in-situ at the Yard,Winchester. A life-size record and memory of a human presence as a site for mutual introspection.

Inspired in part from the novel " The Children of Men " by P D James.

DSC_1926a

DSC_1926a, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Cyanotype and drawing for architectural glass.

DSC_1928a Charting Evidence : Shallows and Depths of Visual Consciousness

DSC_1928a Charting Evidence : Shallows and Depths of Visual Consciousness, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Cognitive/Imaginative Mappings within The Drowned World, JG Ballard.

The Architecture of Emergence: The Evolution of Form in Nature and Civilisation
Michael Weinstock

Research Collage/ Photographic Drawing : 10 June 2012.

Research Collage/ Photographic Drawing : 10 June 2012., a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Collage of current research interests, activities and processes.

"A Stones Throw" : Clay with drawing frame and measuring rod.

"A Stones Throw" : Clay with drawing frame and measuring rod., a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

A dwelling space for a performative drawing/mapping space with clay set-up in the studio.
Yard Studio "Open Event" 2010.

Assemblage on Lead,Cyanotype,Transparency and Drawing (8) Possible Worlds 2

Assemblage on Lead,Cyanotype,Transparency and Drawing (8) Possible Worlds 2, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

Text Extract/Inclusion. "Pure Presence"

The enchantment of modern life: attachments, crossings, and ethics : Jane Bennett 2001.

It is a commonplace that the modern world cannot be experienced as enchanted--that the very concept of enchantment belongs to past ages of superstition. Jane Bennett challenges that view. She seeks to rehabilitate enchantment, showing not only how it is still possible to experience genuine wonder, but how such experience is crucial to motivating ethical behavior. A creative blend of political theory, philosophy, and literary studies, this book is a powerful and innovative contribution to an emerging interdisciplinary conversation about the deep connections between ethics, aesthetics, and politics.

As Bennett describes it, enchantment is a sense of openness to the unusual, the captivating, and the disturbing in everyday life. She guides us through a wide and often surprising range of sources of enchantment, showing that we can still find enchantment in nature, for example, but also in such unexpected places as modern technology, advertising, and even bureaucracy. She then explains how everyday moments of enchantment can be cultivated to build an ethics of generosity, stimulating the emotional energy and honing the perceptual refinement necessary to follow moral codes. Throughout, Bennett draws on thinkers and writers as diverse as Kant, Schiller, Thoreau, Kafka, Marx, Weber, Adorno, and Deleuze. With its range and daring, The Enchantment of Modern Life is a provocative challenge to the centuries-old ''narrative of disenchantment,'' one that presents a new ''alter-tale'' that discloses our profound attachment to the human and nonhuman world.

Research Journal : July 2012 :d

Research Journal : July 2012 :d, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

29 August,

There's more truth about a camp than a house. Planning laws need not worry the improvising builder because temporary structures are more beautiful anyway, and you don't need permission for them. There's more truth about a camp because that is the position we are in. The house represents what we ourselves would like to be on earth: permanent, rooted, here for eternity. But a camp represents the true reality of things: we're just passing through.

Wildwood : A Journey Through Trees. Roger Deakin

Research Journal : July 2012 :a

Research Journal : July 2012 :a, a photo by Russell Moreton on Flickr.

29 August, 2012.

There's more truth about a camp than a house. Planning laws need not worry the improvising builder because temporary structures are more beautiful anyway, and you don't need permission for them. There's more truth about a camp because that is the position we are in. The house represents what we ourselves would like to be on earth: permanent, rooted, here for eternity. But a camp represents the true reality of things: we're just passing through.

Wildwood : A Journey Through Trees. Roger Deakin