Wednesday 25 November 2015

Human condition visual research

PHRENOLOGY













robert plutchik's wheel of emotions
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Plutchik


 Natural chemicals of mood.

LEVELS OF CONSIOUSNESS
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Level_of_consciousness_(Esotericism)
People make these graphs of enlightenment and it's colour and form type. These things seem like a hilarious mash of microsoft excel and new-agey mysticism. Also why do these usually look so bad!?


Eight-circuit model of consciousness


A humurous take on 'Maslow's Hierarchy Of Needs' and a biting commentary on modern society.

Monday 2 November 2015

Telephone switchboards



I will use coloured cables because I feel that they have potential to convey meaning.

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Thalamus


the brain's sensory switchboard, located on top of the brainstem; it directs messages to the sensory receiving areas in the cortex and transmits replies to the cerebellum and medulla"


"Robert Berman Gallery presents a solo art exhibition from David Trulli titled “All Lines Are Busy,” a collection of new work that explores modern human networks and our ability to disconnect from them. 

“Since the invention of the telephone we have become more and more inter-connected” says Trulli, “somehow, though, we still manage to find our own separate places, real or imagined.”David Trulli works in scratchboard: a white clay-coated board, covered with black ink.  Fine knives are used to delicately scrape the ink away, creating the image.

Whether by phone, computer or mere proximity, we are more interconnected than at any time in history.  We exist in, and are surrounded by, invisible networks.  Sooner or later, though, most of us would like to “disconnect” even if just for a little while.
It may not be possible to sever the links, but is it really necessary?  There are so many connections, and with them so high a noise level, that maybe we can still find cover and comfort in spite of it all.
We are at once connected and disconnected, exposed and hidden.  It is just one paradox of our modern lives.
-David Trulli

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“All Lines Are Busy,” refers to the broadly understood irony of ubiquitous communication technology’s impact on society. We are both more connected and more isolated than ever, increasingly relying on mediated perceptions of the world as we voraciously devour information via the internet and cable news at the expense of real human contact. Trulli observes that “the people in most of the works seem to exist in a sort of fragile sanctuary; private places where the real world is very close at hand and always on the verge of intruding.” What is less immediately clear is whether they are in that limbo by choice, circumstance or the requirements of poetry.

Excellence is not nearly as interesting to Trulli as authenticity, and in the end the harmonious dissonance of his images buzzes and hums like the city itself. "


























'Churchill war rooms museum' This turned up when I searched for 'War room world map'


- post more world map inspirations later
- post Langlands & bell
- Think about audiences