Monday, February 19, 2018

Aestheticizing Darwin's Ideas

Ernst Haeckel

 Selections from the the film Proteus, a documentary concerning the life, work, and philosophy of Ernst Haeckel, a 19th century naturalist. The film tells of the man's character and influences while using his detailed engravings of Radiolaria, single celled marine organisms, to make animated progressions. 

Jean Painleve

Extract from Jean PainlevĂ© The Seahorse 1934  

Wednesday, January 31, 2018

Harry Smith

"Tracking and gathering are interdependent. It is tracking that holds the murmuration together, and it is the collective intelligence or gathering of the flock that enables it to track the sky. This reiterative process is an oscillation of author, work, world, and intention. It simultaneously absorbs, propels, corrects, and posits."
...Creativity, page 63




Monday, January 22, 2018

Frank Lloyd Wright's Problem

BBC - Frank Lloyd Wright: The Man Who Built America (2017) --Highly Recommended

Preconceptions=Louis Sullivan's Boxes.

Creative breakthrough=Organic Architecture.

Problem=No historical precedent, no engineering continuum.

Making=Observing Nature, Experimenting, Believing.

Sunday, January 14, 2018

Dylan...shape shifting


A excerpt from a BBC Omnibus film about Bob Dylan's starring role in the movie 'HEARTS OF FIRE', directed by Richard Marquand and co-starring Fiona and Rupert Everett. Features Dylan drawing.