Centripetal Notion// archive

You are at the archive for the September, 2005

Alex Grey

“Mr. Grey’s painting, with its tantric symbolism, and medical-illustration finesse, might be described as psychedelic realism, a kind of clinical approach to cosmic consciousness.” (Holland Cotter, New York Times)

Denali

Maura Davis’s voice is killer — here’s one of my favorites, and a bit more for the curious.

Tenori-on

I got to play with one of these alongside one of its developers at SIGGRAPH, and of all the emerging technologies on exhibit, it was definitely the most commercial-ready. He asked me how much I thought it should cost, and I said $150 — he nodded and remarked in what seemed liked agreement, but it could have simply been tactful PR. It’s similar to the map feature in a lot of MIDI software like Logic, though obviously geared around live performance instead of straight composition.

Maximilian’s Schell

During my visit to LA this summer, I made a trip out to M&A to see Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues’s sculptural/architectural rendition of a celestial black hole, entitled Maximilan’s Schell. (…) Bails of hay underneath the structure served as a welcome place to seek refuge from the blazing LA sun/atomsphere, as the golden mylar filters out a nice chunk of the ultraviolet spectrum, creating an oasis of cool. After my rest I took some pictures (which just got props on Cool Hunting) and shot some low quality video with my digital camera.

Samurai Champloo

Some way, some die. In the name of the Samurai.

Magnificent Desolation

“NASA, Lockheed Martin, and Tom Hanks are making an IMAX 3D movie about the Apollo moon landings to give viewers something like the actual experience of being on the moon. Complete with actors playing astronauts, mockups of the Lunar Excursion Module, and fake moon surface…” (via Slashdot)

Electric

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