Not sure if the new collages belong to an offshoot series of the Art 10×10, completed almost 4 years ago after all, or represents a completely new and separate series. If the former, I’m tempted to call it Gila, perhaps the most interesting town name left in northern Jasper County, Illinois where I procured most of the names for the 10×10 series (Hidalgo, Rose Hill, Yale, Newton, Wheeler, and Jasper itself). If the latter, it could be, for instance, based on letters instead of numbers, or A-Z instead of 1-10. Not sure if the series will contain pairs of animations like those of the 10×10 — in general, these happened every 4th collage. If so, the last one I have completed for the new series (“Monsters”) may be a candidate for an animation itself… hmmm.
So what does it mean so far? Certainly it’s in sync with the “Baker Bloch in England” set created in March 2010, with “King Tull” (3nd collage of new series) containing the same “king” of that earlier set. “BB in England” represents a type of escape from the 10×10, like the “Where are we on that?” virtual exhibit from about 9 months prior (and several months after the completion of the 10×10 itself). Collages within become simpler, and do not stand on their own or represent self-contained works, instead lending their *information* to a larger flow — the story of BB in England itself, which exits in two forms even, an abbreviated “gallery” version and a full text version, kind of a book as well. “BB in England” may be the best bit of the Baker Blinker Blog as a whole, the most cohesive. If not, it may be the analysis I wrote for the Wheeler-Jasper series. Both of these sets are now a part of the Britain Britain Britain module of the baker b. web site, combined with Edna’s England travelogue from Fall and Winter 2010 (must finish reading soon!).
Interesting as well that both Where are we on that and BB in England were housed in their own unique Second Life galleries, with BBE still existing in that virtual reality in the TILE Tower of Rubi.
Another way the new series plugs into the BBE exhibit is through “Monsters” and the reemergence of the Crescent House of Cherhill, where Baker Bloch and family apparently stayed for a bit while in Wiltshire England in 2010. It could be a return to the River Key, where the trip started for Baker Bloch, is in the works next. Use more photos from Brian Robert Marshall, who I have recently corresponded with. Return to an objective viewpoint. Maybe even bring in images from the Lake District again, which dominated the Art 10×10.
Hucka D.:
We retreat from Rockley to Cherhill back to the River Key and Purton Stoke, creating an objective viewing platform down into Central Wiltshire. Good day to you baker b.
bb:
Hi Hucka D.
Hucka D.:
Return to Brian Robert Marshall’s photos used in the old exhibit [Baker Bloch in England]. Plug that, as you say, into the… Gila you’re calling it?
bb:
Maybe, Hucka D.
Hucka D.:
Good. Gila. Monster. That’s the hinge.
Sunklands 