Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 20 September 2024
And there are rumours that the synchronicity that sprang from the Roman temple inspired the medieval scholar Alcuin to build the Alma Sophia (Holy Wisdom) here.
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⛫ The Cast Room: The Woodwose at St. Nicholas, North Walsham
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Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 5 July 2024
This is one of the most powerful pieces of nonverbal communication I have encountered. In our modern age, the equivalent might be Edvard Munch’s The Scream.
⛫ The Cast Room: The Prior's Door, Norwich Cathedral
Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I've been taking augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by the Cast Courts of the V&A which hold a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.
Be there: Odda's Chapel in glorious VR
Just around the corner from St. Mary Deerhurst, out towards the flood plains of the River Severn is a timber framed building with a stone-built wing.
Be there: The Saxon Wall at St. Mary, Deerhurst, in glorious VR.
The church has significant Anglo-Saxon remains both outside and inside dating from the C9th onwards.
⛫ The Cast Room: Saxon Font St. Mary Deerhurst.
Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I've been taking augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by the Cast Courts of the V&A which hold a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.
⛫ The Cast Room: Saxon Animal Head, St. Mary Deerhurst.
Welcome to my virtual Cast Room. On my travels, I've been taking augmented reality casts of things that appeal to me. The Cast Room is inspired by the Cast Courts of the V&A which hold a vast selection of casts taken of great works of art all over the globe. Members Only.
Andy Marshall's Genius Loci Digest: 17 May 2024
For me, this is a moment of sanctuary: the ragged, ruddy fox against the monolithic west front. I can’t help but wonder how many generations of foxes have graced the curlicue and the curvilinear with their quatrefoil pads.