The Poetry of Sight

for pleasure

Notes

hydeordie: Tomás Saraceno Biospheres, 2009 If you are in London later this month, I think this is way worth checking out: Tate and the Royal Society collaborate to bring together scientists and artists to imagine the social and psychological impacts of climate change. The event begins on Friday 19 March at 18.30 with a screening of drama-documentary The Age of Stupid (2009), which is followed by a discussion. The symposium programme starts at 10.30 on Saturday 20 March and includes presentations, panel discussions and a public forum following a series of break up sessions where the audience will have the opportunity to formulate propositions and questions to the speakers with the help of a group of facilitators. via… The first discussion is on March 19th at 6:30 pm and then again on the 20th at 10:30am.  Buy tickets here, I have a feeling it will sell out quickly.

hydeordie:

Tomás Saraceno Biospheres, 2009

If you are in London later this month, I think this is way worth checking out:

Tate and the Royal Society collaborate to bring together scientists and artists to imagine the social and psychological impacts of climate change.

The event begins on Friday 19 March at 18.30 with a screening of drama-documentary The Age of Stupid (2009), which is followed by a discussion.

The symposium programme starts at 10.30 on Saturday 20 March and includes presentations, panel discussions and a public forum following a series of break up sessions where the audience will have the opportunity to formulate propositions and questions to the speakers with the help of a group of facilitators.

via…

The first discussion is on March 19th at 6:30 pm and then again on the 20th at 10:30am.  Buy tickets here, I have a feeling it will sell out quickly.

Notes

surrealism: Sixteen Miles of String by Marcel Duchamp, New York City, 1942. Via shadeofhoney: For an exhibit by Andre Breton titled First Papers of Surrealism. The whole purpose of this exhibit was to block the gallery paintings from the viewers. Duchamp even invited some children to play ball or jump rope as part of the exhibit and this infuriated many of the attendants. The placement of the string is so perfect, especially how it angles from the top to the bottom. On the very top it looks like weaving and near the bottom you can make out some prism shapes. Here is an image of Duchamp standing inside the installation: and here is Josh Smith’s 2007 tribute entitled Genisis, I’m Sorry

surrealism:

Sixteen Miles of String by Marcel Duchamp, New York City, 1942.

Via shadeofhoney: For an exhibit by Andre Breton titled First Papers of Surrealism. The whole purpose of this exhibit was to block the gallery paintings from the viewers. Duchamp even invited some children to play ball or jump rope as part of the exhibit and this infuriated many of the attendants. The placement of the string is so perfect, especially how it angles from the top to the bottom. On the very top it looks like weaving and near the bottom you can make out some prism shapes.

Here is an image of Duchamp standing inside the installation: Duchamp inside Sixteen Miles of String

and here is Josh Smith’s 2007 tribute entitled Genisis, I’m Sorry Genisis, I'm Sorry

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hydeordie: John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778 One of my all time favorite paintings is up at LACMA right now. Iam so excited to finally see this in person, I can’t even tell you! I consider myself lucky to have seen this massive painting on a very regular basis at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.

hydeordie:

John Singleton Copley, Watson and the Shark, 1778

One of my all time favorite paintings is up at LACMA right now. Iam so excited to finally see this in person, I can’t even tell you!

I consider myself lucky to have seen this massive painting on a very regular basis at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC.