{"product_id":"william-cobbing-transactions-of-the-duddo-field-club","title":"William Cobbing: Transactions of the Duddo Field Club","description":"\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eTransactions of the Duddo Field Club\u003c\/em\u003e documents recent sculpture, video and performance by William Cobbing that were exhibited at Hatton Gallery in Newcastle, and mima in Middlesbrough. Retrograde images of ancient rock formations are the basis for oversized ceramic book covers of Albert Camus’ \u003cem\u003eMyth of Sisyphus\u003c\/em\u003e. Monolithic-looking sculptures derive their surface appearance from the anthropomorphic Duddo Five Stones in Northumberland, formed through pressing rocks into heavily grogged clay, a random selection of books then slotted into their surfaces; monuments to inaccessible knowledge and trivia. The book also features a collaborative performance \u003cem\u003ePalimpsest \u003c\/em\u003ewith Beth Collar, a disjointed conversation in which words are scored in a wet clay surface, and are then distorted or erased through the act of continually reworking the surface. Language becomes a tactile experience.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eContributions by Louise Chignac, Beth Collar, Arnaud Desjardin and Jonathan P. Watts.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eProduct Information\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003eBook\u003cbr\u003eSoft back, 120 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"\"\u003ePublished by mima, 2015\u003cbr\u003eDesign by Fraser Muggeridge Studio\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"San Mei Gallery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40173726597205,"sku":"SMGWC02","price":10.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/6665\/3781\/files\/DSC_1051_cc3a8620-be66-4d69-b3a4-f481b8d4dacc.jpg?v=1716027135","url":"https:\/\/sanmeigallery.myshopify.com\/products\/william-cobbing-transactions-of-the-duddo-field-club","provider":"San Mei Gallery","version":"1.0","type":"link"}