#conceptual photography
In the past botanists such as Nicholas Culpeper associated plants with the planets, fixed stars and zodiac signs. The attributions were based on an intense study of a plant’s features, which included treats such as a thorny or prickly appearance, the scent emitted by the flowers or the entire plant, the plant’s life cycle, colors, metals contained in a plant, medicinal and other uses and of course plenty of folklore. Today plants are classified scientifically based on their genome, but their planetary lore is preserved and continues to evolve in the books of authors such as Stephen Skinner, Paul Huson, Scott Cunningham, Harold Roth and so on.
I find it fun and inspiring to continue this tradition and to explore its own inner logic. And since I spent the past 3 weeks gardening, I took to it and photographed the recent herb harvest according to the planets. The following series follows the Chaldean sequence. Photos by myself. Please share and credit.
Please visit my garden blog for further info on plants and their planetary correspondences: https://pflanzenkunst.wordpress.com/planetary-correspondences/
The documentary of my time in Italy at Fabrica Research Centre is finally live for everyone! Filmed by Mattia Mura, it’s a great look into my image-making practice back when I was making work for This World and Others Like It.
Please give it a watch and let us know what you think - thanks! :)
High As Phuque
In pharmacology, a drug is a chemical substance, typically of known structure, which, when administered to a living organism, produces a biological effect.
There are numerous governmental offices in many countries that deal with the control and oversee of drug manufacture and use, and the implementation of various drug laws. The Single Convention on Narcotic Drugs is an international treaty brought about in 1961 to prohibit the use of narcotics save for those used in medical research and treatment. In 1971, a second treaty the Convention on Psychotropic Substances had to be introduced to deal with newer recreational psychoactive and psychedelic drugs. $
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Breaking The Law
“Breaking the Law” is a song by British heavy metal band Judas Priest, originally released on their 1980 album British Steel. The song is one of the band’s better known singles, and is readily recognized by its opening guitar riff. Directed by Julien Temple, the video starts with vocalist Rob Halford singing from the back of a 1974 Cadillac Fleetwood Eldorado convertible traveling along on the Westway section of the A40 in West London. The lyrics tell of someone at the rock bottom in their life – out of work, unable to find work, frustrated, feeling that nobody cares if they live or die, eventually turning to crime for survival.
The song made VH1’s 40 Greatest Metal Songs at No. 40. In 2009 it was named the 12th greatest hard rock song of all time by VH1. $
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Road Trip
Monopoly is derived from The Landlord’s Game created by Lizzie Magie in the United States in 1903 as a way to demonstrate that an economy which rewards wealth creation is better than one where monopolists work under few constraints. The game is named after the economic concept of monopoly—the domination of a market by a single entity.
In 1936, Parker Brothers began licensing the game for sale outside the United States. In 1941, the British Secret Intelligence Service had John Waddington Ltd., the licensed manufacturer of the game in the United Kingdom, create a special edition for World War II prisoners of war held by the Nazis. Hidden inside these games were maps, compasses, real money, and other objects useful for escaping. They were distributed to prisoners by fake charity organizations created by the British Secret Service.
One common criticism of Monopoly is that although it has carefully defined termination conditions, it may take an unlimited amount of time to reach them. Edward P. Parker, a former president of Parker Brothers, is quoted as saying, “We always felt that forty-five minutes was about the right length for a game, but Monopoly could go on for hours. Also, a game was supposed to have a definite end somewhere. In Monopoly you kept going around and around.
In 1991, Hasbro acquired Parker Bros. and thus Monopoly.Hasbro states that the longest game of Monopoly ever played lasted 1,680 hours (70 days or 10 weeks or 2.3 months). $
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Hopscotch Prodigy
A child prodigy is defined in psychology research literature as a person under the age of ten who produces meaningful output in some domain to the level of an adult expert.
Gifted children often struggle with interpersonal relationships with peers. They may find it difficult to relate to others and may recognize that they are different from most children and might view themselves as needing to be separate.
Gifted children often have trouble paying attention in class which can result with a mixed diagnosis of ADD or ADHD. Although it is possible for a gifted child to have these disorders, careful diagnostic measures must be taken. Gifted children often lack motivation to complete certain tasks if they feel that they are not being challenged enough. When gifted children are not provided with engaging material, their lack of focus may be perceived as an attention deficit disorder.
Children who equate their performance with their self-worth often become perfectionists and struggle to perform to their own ideal standard, often setting bars for themselves that are too high and becoming angry, upset, or even depressed when they fail to meet their own expectations. $
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The Gray Wall or 36 Sleepless Nights (1979) Manon
The Portal by @flippermood
“Go confidently in the direction of your dreams and live the life you have imagined.” -Henry D. Thoreau
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Stronger Together by @flippermood
“Woman calming and dreaming.
Woman of faith and luck.
Woman of warm days and rainy nights.
Woman screaming and dancing.
Subtle and stubborn woman
Yellow and cotton woman.
Woman who cries and sings.
Woman who flies and creates.
Woman creating the world.
Woman who can with everything …”
-Clara Ajc
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Stronger Together by @flippermood
“Woman calming and dreaming.
Woman of faith and luck.
Woman of warm days and rainy nights.
Woman screaming and dancing.
Subtle and stubborn woman
Yellow and cotton woman.
Woman who cries and sings.
Woman who flies and creates.
Woman creating the world.
Woman who can with everything …”
-Clara Ajc
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Warrior Of Love by @flippermood
To tell the truth, love is a heavenly beast that scares the hell out of me. I watch it devour people, two by two; it fascinates them with the lure of eternity, shuts them up in a sort of cocoon, lifts them up to heaven, and then drops their carcasses back to earth like peels.” -Kamel Daoud
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You Arrived On Time by @flippermood
“I met you in time. To enjoy you and you enjoy me. ” -Jaime Sabines
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For all of you headed down to Miami for the fairs this week, be sure to stop by Postmasters’ booth at Untitled as I will be exhibiting my recently published book and a few prints from my series Emergence with them this week. If you’ve been meaning to but haven’t picked up a book yet, there are still a hand full left online for purchase as well!
MARK DORF: EMERGENCE | IN THE IN-BETWEEN EDITIONS
POSTMASTERS GALLERY
Untitled Art Fair Booth D18
Dec 1-6th, 2015
Ocean Drive and 12th Street, South Beach, Miami
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The Queen has arrived. IG: eliseosafo
