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Thursday, March 25, 2010
He's backkkk...my cock, that is. Well, more accurately, my assistant managers cock which he borrowed (forever) from one of our old exhibits.
So it started in the morning with me just wanting to get some more work related pictures, and then it quickly turned into the second pictorial autobiography of Mr. Cock entitled "Cock 2: Ready, Aim, Fire!" Inuendo much?
Start walking around work with a cock in your hand and everyone wants to know what's happening, what's going on, and how can they be a part of it, which is the point really. Nobody wants to pose for a boring old picture, but with a Cock, everyone's a ham! (food puns!) Oh man, the jokes, the suggestive photos, the craziness of capturing Mr. Cock's life on film for the second time, it truly was a world wind of activity which made my day whip by. Wish I could post more of the pix, other then my own, but I'm pretty sure some people would get fired (use your imaginations here folks). Love you work.
Watching all the excitement and thinking about joining in.
I have a bunch more but this is one of my faves from the day.
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First of three first-timers.
Once kept as singing cage bird (From the old Music Hall song "My old man")
This image was scanned from a glass negative in the Josiah Cocking Photographic Archive. The archive was transferred to Cultural Collections and stored in archives at the Auchmuty Library, University of Newcastle, together with other archival material from the Cocking family.
Josiah Cocking (1867-1960) was a published Newcastle poet, a coal miner and often wrote for local Socialist newspapers. Cocking was a member of the Australian Socialist League and advocate of industrial unionism and Industrial Workers of the World.
Born in South Australia of Cornish descent, poverty frequently surrounded the Cocking household. Three brothers settled in Wallsend in 1886, Josiah gained work in the mines outside the local area. By 1911 he built a house on Billygoat Hill and had five children. In 1914 the family moved near the steelworks.
The photographic collection contains some images of Wallsend, Plattsburg and Pit town, looking east from Billygoat Hill, steam engines and coal trucks. There are also photographs of steam and electric trams. There are also a number of photographs taken of friends and family members.
Part of this archive contains diaries and copies of his writings. Papers include his description of the Australian Socialist League in Wallsend (1893-1896), and his diary ceases and resumes in various years, however is a valuable source of historical information about Newcastle and the Hunter Region.
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If you would like to comment on the photograph, please contact Cultural Collections at the University of Newcastle, NSW, Australia. This image was scanned by a volunteer. When we have sufficient funds in the Vera Deacon Regional History Fund, we are able to give these wonderful people some paid employment. If you would care to make a small donation to this fund, please see libguides.newcastle.edu.au/benefactors/new for more information and a link to the donation form.
A cock and a bottle ... interesting association! A glass should be added, allowing the cock to drink some wine. Or the cock should be replaced by a stork :)
COCK by Mike Bartlett is a theatre production presented by Buds Theatre Company and directed by Rayann Condy. It had shown at Singapore DRAMA CENTRE, BLACK BOX at 10 -12 MAY 2012.
My team and I had involved creating the projections mapping visual effects for the transitions during the play. The concept for the visual was based on the idea that the set reflects the john’s mind, the protagonist of the play, in the style of wire frame, with waves signifying the passing of time and explodes and implodes representing sexual activity and so on. All the visual effects are done by using open source software called Processing.
Director – Rayann Condy
Producer – Claire Devine
Visual Artists - Jacky Boen, Mithru Vigneshwara, Mui RuiYi and Zac Ong.
Lighting Design – Shaiful Islam
Sound Design – Jean Low
Actors
John – Walter Hanna
M – Koey Foo
W – Rebecca Lee
F – Ray Condy
Check out www.zacr8.com to see more.