Mercury is the god of travel; often seen as the trickster and carrier of messages, his task is to act as a go-between. Hermes is the Greek version of the Winged Messenger, he devises a plan to steal to steal the herd of cows from his brother, by turning their hooves around, so that as he leads them away, their trail appears to be heading in the opposite direction, thus his reputation as the trickster is born. In The Go-Between we have developed shoes for walking which have had the heels transferred to the front of the shoes. As we travel over land to Bonn our feet will move forward, our shoes will leave prints as though they are already returning, masking the beginning and end of the action and creating a continuum.
The realtionahip between The Rhine and the Thames
Since approximately 600,000 years ago six major Ice Ages have occurred, in which sea level dropped 120 m, & much of the continental margins became exposed. In the Early Pleistocene, the Rhine followed a course to the northwest, through the present North Sea. During the so-called Elsterien glaciation (~420,000 yr BP, marine oxygen isotope stage 12) the northern part of the present North Sea was blocked by the ice, & a large lake developed that overflowed through the English Channel. This caused the Rhine's course to be diverted through the English Channel. Since then, during glacial times, the river mouth was located near Brest (France), & rivers like the Thames & the Seine became tributaries to the Rhine. During interglacials, when sea level rose to approximately the present level, the Rhine built a delta in what is now the Netherlands.
At the end of the Pleistocene, the lower Rhine flowed roughly west through the Netherlands & then to the southwest, through the English Channel, & finally to the Atlantic Ocean. The English & Irish Channels, the Baltic Sea & the North Sea were still dry land, mainly because sea level was approximately 120 m lower than today. At about 5000 BC, flooding & erosion began to open the English Channel.
Friday, 5 October 2007
MERCURY THE MESSENGER AND TRICKSTER
Mercury is the god of travel; often seen as the trickster and carrier of messages, his task is to act as a go-between. Hermes is the Greek version of the Winged Messenger, he devises a plan to steal to steal the herd of cows from his brother, by turning their hooves around, so that as he leads them away, their trail appears to be heading in the opposite direction, thus his reputation as the trickster is born. In The Go-Between we have developed shoes for walking which have had the heels transferred to the front of the shoes. As we travel over land to Bonn our feet will move forward, our shoes will leave prints as though they are already returning, masking the beginning and end of the action and creating a continuum.
The realtionahip between The Rhine and the Thames
Since approximately 600,000 years ago six major Ice Ages have occurred, in which sea level dropped 120 m, & much of the continental margins became exposed. In the Early Pleistocene, the Rhine followed a course to the northwest, through the present North Sea. During the so-called Elsterien glaciation (~420,000 yr BP, marine oxygen isotope stage 12) the northern part of the present North Sea was blocked by the ice, & a large lake developed that overflowed through the English Channel. This caused the Rhine's course to be diverted through the English Channel. Since then, during glacial times, the river mouth was located near Brest (France), & rivers like the Thames & the Seine became tributaries to the Rhine. During interglacials, when sea level rose to approximately the present level, the Rhine built a delta in what is now the Netherlands.
At the end of the Pleistocene, the lower Rhine flowed roughly west through the Netherlands & then to the southwest, through the English Channel, & finally to the Atlantic Ocean. The English & Irish Channels, the Baltic Sea & the North Sea were still dry land, mainly because sea level was approximately 120 m lower than today. At about 5000 BC, flooding & erosion began to open the English Channel.
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