This Is Fantastic! And the formatting makes it a fascinating journey. Try sorting it by date and pulling the timeline backwards through time! Great images with accompanying back-stories.
Divination, A History Unforeseen – an upcoming series on The Incubator
‘Divination (from Latin divinare “to foresee, to be inspired by a god”, related to divinus, divine) is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic, standardized process or ritual. Used in various forms throughout history, diviners ascertain their interpretations of how a querent should proceed by reading signs, events, or omens or through alleged contact with a supernatural agency.’ –Anthropological Studies of Divination. anthropology.ac.uk.
Throughout recorded history, humans have sought knowledge about the future, and have discovered and utilized a host of techniques in an attempt to understand Existence within the context of a Grand Narrative. Divination, fortune-telling, omens, oracles, augury and prophecy conspire towards the teleological mapping of the present in respect to a forecasted future.
An exploration of this deep and controversial history of faith, superstition and science will begin next week on TheIncubator.
Genius or Madness: The Psychology Of Creativity, a lecture by Professor Glenn D. Wilson
Professor Glenn D. Wilson of Gresham College discusses the links between creativity and mental illness. 42 min.
PATTI SMITH w/Patrick Wolf :: SWANS (homage to Artavazd Pelechian)
In 1970, Armenian filmmaker Artavazd Peleshyan directed Inhabitants, an ode to wildlife. Fascinated by this poetic work, Patti Smith composed a tribute to the filmmaker.
Live at Foundation Cartier, Paris, July 2014
Fred Frith with John Giorno and Pauline Oliver’s: Concert At The Foundation Cartier
Concert a la Fondation Cartier, Paris 2008
MILES DAVIS :: IFE, Vienna, 11.03.73
November 3, 1973
Stadthalle, Vienna (Austria)
Miles Davis (tpt, org); Dave Liebman (ss, ts, fl); Pete Cosey (g, perc); Reggie Lucas (g); Michael Henderson (el-b); Al Foster (d); James Mtume Forman (cga, perc)
John McLaughlin: West Coast Hard-Edge Abstraction Pt5
February 21, 2016 Modern Art & Design Auction featuring Frank Lloyd Wright’s George D. Sturges Residence and property from The Estate of Jack Larson to benefit The Bridges/Larson Foundation, as well as a Richard Prince painting.
February 21, 2016 Modern Art & Design Auction featuring Frank Lloyd Wright’s George D. Sturges Residence and property from The Estate of Jack Larson to benefit The Bridges/Larson Foundation, as well as a Richard Prince painting.
Untitled, 12/11/03, 2:53 PM, 16C, 3450×4776 (600+0), 100%, AIA repro tone, 1/50 s, R58.9, G46.8, B59.3
John McLaughlin came to painting relatively late in life and was self-taught. While a few of his earliest paintings were still lives and landscapes, the remainder of McLaughlin’s work were abstracts. His work was characterized by simple and precise geometric forms, and from 1952 onwards, McLaughlin removed all curves from his work. A deep interest in Japan and Buddhist thought informed his strictly geometric paintings with what he termed “neutral structures.” Continue reading John McLaughlin: West Coast Hard-Edge Abstraction Pt5
SUE COE : The Melding of Art and Political Activism
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I first became aware of Sue Coes’ artwork in the 80’s. Her expressionistic paintings, illustrations and drawings seemed to be omnipresent in the world of downtown Manhattan. I’d seen posters and placards affixed to buildings on the walls of lower east side buildings, her illustrations on the covers of RAW and X magazine. Her highly political themes pointed to the issues of animal cruelty, factory farming, meat-packing, apartheid, sweat-shops, prisons and AIDS with a dark, expressionistic style, reminiscent of Grosz, Dix , Goya and Soutine. Continue reading SUE COE : The Melding of Art and Political Activism
Flaco Jimenez ::El Mojado Sin Licencia (1975)
from Les Blank’s 1976 documentary, Chulas Fronteras about norteño conjunto music, played along both sides of the Mexico-Texas border.
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