Excerpt from Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell
There is a passage in the book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell that I’d like to share with you. It’s nothing significant, but within the context laid out in the world of the book, I found them much too rich and beautiful to keep to myself. “…Strange walked away and became one of the many … Read more
Hans Bellmer: Dolls in life
I’ve looked at some exhibition of Hans Bellmer’s works. His sculptures of human form are quite intriguing to say the least. I’m beginning to find the whole medium of ‘dolls’ to be interesting in the light of artificial life and its pursuit. Hans Bellmer is mostly characterized by his work on various deformed sculptures of … Read more
Spore as an artificial life demo
I’ve been reading up on the concept and practice of the upcoming Will Wright game called the Spore. It is basically a game of artificial life management, where certain designer creature made by the player can be controlled by the player to adapt and semi-evolve into more advanced forms, eventually forming cabals and civilizations until … Read more
Beauty, memory, brain, all jumbled together.
Nature of nostalgia suggests a few profound things about the true nature of human recognition and memories. For example, sometimes I feel an almost irresistible nostalgia to the days I can objectively say as one of the worst humanely possible conditions one can encounter. The horror, the anxiety, the sadness and the utter feeling of … Read more
Digital art predicament
I woke up in the middle of the night and couldn’t fall asleep again, so I’m writing here. (again) I happened to pass by a little debate in a corner of the internet regarding the validity of the digital art as one of the ‘true’ or ‘fine’ art. Now, I personally consider the digital art … Read more
Sketch-Videodrome, ipod, and etc.
A little something I wrote last night when I couldn’t fall asleep. I think it might be interesting to some of you. Does anyone remember the movie videodrome? If you haven’t watched it, I suggest you do. It’s an old movie but it still rides on the bleeding edge of the prophetic. The phrase ‘Death … Read more
Sketch-Alife and Art
I’ve been trying to write a post regarding the parallel between the art and sciences, only to come to multitudes of conclusions and thoughts all contrasting against each other. So I thought I would write them all. Sort of collected sketches of my thought regarding the issue. Maybe I would be able to see some … Read more
Note on Number 28
Number 28 is an art piece created by Jackson Pollock. I just wanted to jot down parts of a comment by Clement Greenberg on that piece I came across recently. The art at question here is referred to as polyphonic in its composition, knit together with multiplicity of identical or similar elements. He describes the … Read more
Observation and comparison
Below is a note I wrote while walking through a Metropolitan gallery one day. This is a note on art written by a physics student, so… Keep that in mind The Greek visions of what makes an art piece life-like is well embodied in the myth of Pygmalion and Galatea. I believe the Greeks tried … Read more
News from the Met
I copied this one from my other blog, since I think this is important enough to be heard around the net, especially Met going students like me. I spent almost half the day browsing through the fine collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. One surprising change in museum policy new visitors should be aware … Read more
