May 14
The Writing of Stones by Roger Caillois (L’ecriture des pierres, 1970). A meditation on the human imagination contemplating the interior of stones. Thanks Jonathan!  Pls read more: Cabinet & 50watts “Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime, of surface mildew, in which a ferment is already working. A turbulent, spasmodic sap, a presage and expectation of a new way of being, breaking with mineral perpetuity and boldly exchanging it for the doubtful privilege of being able to tremble, decay, and multiply.” …

The Writing of Stones by Roger Caillois (L’ecriture des pierres, 1970). A meditation on the human imagination contemplating the interior of stones. Thanks Jonathan! 

Pls read more: Cabinet & 50watts

“Life appears: a complex dampness, destined to an intricate future and charged with secret virtues, capable of challenge and creation. A kind of precarious slime, of surface mildew, in which a ferment is already working. A turbulent, spasmodic sap, a presage and expectation of a new way of being, breaking with mineral perpetuity and boldly exchanging it for the doubtful privilege of being able to tremble, decay, and multiply.”

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Chalcedony, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil “Obscure distillations generate juices, salivas, yeasts. Like mists or dews, brief yet patient jellies come forth momentarily and with difficulty from a substance lately imperturbable: they are evanescent pharmacies, doomed victims of the elements, about to melt or dry up, leaving behind only a savor or a stain.”

Chalcedony, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil

“Obscure distillations generate juices, salivas, yeasts. Like mists or dews, brief yet patient jellies come forth momentarily and with difficulty from a substance lately imperturbable: they are evanescent pharmacies, doomed victims of the elements, about to melt or dry up, leaving behind only a savor or a stain.”

Isamu Noguchi  ‘Lunar Voyage’, illuminated wall sculpture for the stairwell of the s.s. argentina, 1948 via betonbabe (looks like my CT scan from a few days ago).

Isamu Noguchi 

‘Lunar Voyage’, illuminated wall sculpture for the stairwell of the s.s. argentina, 1948 via betonbabe (looks like my CT scan from a few days ago).

was shown the best things: ReCode Project  »  and Computer Graphics and Art 1976-78 (thanks Jesse)

was shown the best things: ReCode Project  »  and Computer Graphics and Art 1976-78 (thanks Jesse)

more Widmanstätten pattern (so glad I have you)

more Widmanstätten pattern (so glad I have you)

February 27
MASAO KOMURA ‘Upheaval collection’ / transitional stages of a shape composed of a network of lines that morphes between a  cube and a star shape by means of random improvisation, 1960s. VIA

MASAO KOMURA

‘Upheaval collection’ / transitional stages of a shape composed of a network of lines that morphes between a  cube and a star shape by means of random improvisation, 1960s.

VIA

MAUGHAN S. MASON COMPUTER-GENERATED GRAPHIC, 1960s Mason visualized the desired pattern and then conceived a circuit arrangement which would produce the effect. He worked with an analogue computer in association with an XY plotter. The drawings were executed in black or colored inks. VIA

MAUGHAN S. MASON

COMPUTER-GENERATED GRAPHIC, 1960s

Mason visualized the desired pattern and then conceived a circuit arrangement which would produce the effect. He worked with an analogue computer in association with an XY plotter. The drawings were executed in black or colored inks.

VIA

February 22
as always | of course

as always | of course

February 19
“In 1929 Ernest O. Lawrence drew up plans for a “proton merry-go-round,” that would later become known as the cyclotron. The 1st crude cyclotron was a pie-shaped concoction of glass, sealing wax & bronze, a kitchen chair & a wire-coiled clothes tree. In 1931 the first working cyclotron successfully boosted hydrogen ions to an energy of 80,000 electron volts. This photo of the first two 4” cyclotrons taken 73 years ago.” (via)

“In 1929 Ernest O. Lawrence drew up plans for a “proton merry-go-round,” that would later become known as the cyclotron. The 1st crude cyclotron was a pie-shaped concoction of glass, sealing wax & bronze, a kitchen chair & a wire-coiled clothes tree. In 1931 the first working cyclotron successfully boosted hydrogen ions to an energy of 80,000 electron volts. This photo of the first two 4” cyclotrons taken 73 years ago.” (via)

February 12
Jonathan Delafield Cook (also from here)

Jonathan Delafield Cook (also from here)