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Messianic Space

"To be sure, the term drawing is a misnomer, because the Shakers did not use it themselves when they were referring to these works. In the few Shaker documents in which the gift drawings are mentioned, they are typically referred to as sheets, rolls, signs, notices, tokens of love, presents, rewards, hearts — sometimes prefaced by the adjective sacred. This definition focuses on the function of the works as gifts from heavenly spirits, rather than on the form in which the gifts were materialized. In fact, the gift drawings often include titles, captions, inscriptions, and extended texts, in English as well as in scripts written in indecipherable tongues, that place them on an uninterrupted continuum with other manifestations of belief, such as inspired writing, ecstatic movement, and spontaneous speech, especially in the form of song." (France Morin, in Shaker Gift Drawings and Gift Songs, The Drawing Center, New York, and UCLA Hammer Museum, 2001)

Christian Zionism

Disambiguation: (mostly) North American, Fundamentalist, (Tele)Evangelical Christians.

Although this probably does nothing to improve the image of America's religious believers, it does seem necessary to make connection explicit. When the rapture comes, you can blame it on John Hagee...









http://www.thenation.com/doc/20060814/new_christian_zionism

http://www.christianzionism.org/

http://christianactionforisrael.org/czionism.html

Love Thy Neighbor (P.L.U.R.)

Circa 1989, the study of St. Paul was revived in Chicago. All documents were published by Trax Records (sorry, no Stanford University).

Just in case...

The Guardian's Apocalypse Survival Guide.

Biblical...

Steve Bishop, Suspension of Disbelief, Taxidermied fox, fluorescent
tubes, electronic ballasts in wood and perspex housing, wires 170 x
170 x 160cm, 2007 , In the collection of J. Helgesen, Oslo

I heart Mark Dion

Mark Dion has recently emulated the eighteenth-century American naturalist, William Bartram, and traveled through the South to collect stuff. Spiel:

Once on the road, Dion will collect specimens and man-made artifacts found in the landscape, which has clearly changed a great deal since the Bartrams’ travels 200 years ago. In keeping with Dion’s longstanding interest in “mail art,” he will send his findings back to Bartram’s Garden. The artifacts and specimens will be installed in souvenir cabinets that Dion will be designed and built for the exhibit in John Bartram’s historic house.

The website that catalogues the project is great.