Pharmacopoeia : a dungeness notebook
Jarman, Derek, 1942-19942022
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'I planted a dog rose. Then I found a curious piece of driftwood and used this, and one of the necklaces of holey stones on the wall, to stake the rose. The garden had begun. I saw it as a therapy and a pharmacopoeia.' In 1986 artist and filmmaker, Derek Jarman, bought Prospect Cottage, a Victorian fisherman's hut on the desert sands of Dungeness. It was to be a home and refuge for Jarman throughout his HIV diagnosis, and it would provide the stage for one of his most enduring, if transitory projects - his garden. Conceived of as a 'pharmacopoeia' - an ever-evolving circle of stones, plants and flotsam sculptures all built and grown in spite of the bracing winds and arid shingle - it remains today a site of fascination and wonder. Pharmacopoeia brings together the best of Derek Jarman's writing on nature, gardening and Prospect Cottage. Told through journal entries, poems and fragments of prose, it paints a portrait of Jarman's personal and artistic reliance on the space Dungeness offered him, and shows the cycle of the years spent there in one moving collage.
Main title:
Pharmacopoeia : a dungeness notebook / Derek Jarman ; with foreword by Tilda Swinton.
Author:
Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994, authorSwinton, Tilda, author of introduction, etc
Imprint:
London : Vintage Classics, 2022.©2022
Collation:
xv, 142 pages ; 20 cm.
ISBN:
9781784877330 (pbk)9781784877330
Dewey class:
791.430233092791.43
Language:
English
Subject:
Jarman, Derek, 1942-1994 -- DiariesJarman, Derek, 1942-1994 -- Homes and haunts -- England -- DungenessGardening -- AnecdotesNature -- AnecdotesGardening -- PoetryNature -- PoetryMotion picture producers and directors -- Great Britain -- DiariesGay men -- Great Britain -- DiariesAIDS (Disease) -- Patients -- Great Britain -- Diaries
BRN:
502509
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brighton Library | Adult Non Fiction - Biography | 791.43 JAR | Available |