“Art and (r)Evolution” – Video of the talk
Here the video from the talk on “Art and (r)Evolution” I gave the other day for c3: Center for Conscious Creativity in the context of the LA Ring Festival and the Brewery ArtWalk.
Thank you Alfonso for filming, Barry for recoding audio and Vanese for editing the video! All of you are wonderful gifts to my existence…
Recent Work in Copper
The above series was created over the last few months. Discovered that I like copper and acid for various reasons. From pennies on the ground to drawing energy and purifying drinking water. Copper appears to have a long standing history as a companion of humanity. So it seemed appropriate as a base for these alchemical etchings.
Here some notes from Wikipedia on copper:
Copper is one of the few metals to occur naturally as an un-compounded mineral. Copper was known to some of the oldest civilizations on record, and has a history of use that is at least 10,000 years old. It is probable that gold and meteoritic iron were the only metals used by humans before copper.Copper was associated with the goddess Aphrodite/Venus in mythology and alchemy, owing to its lustrous beauty, its ancient use in producing mirrors, and its association with Cyprus, which was sacred to the goddess. In astrology, alchemy the seven heavenly bodies known to the ancients were associated with seven metals also known in antiquity, and Venus was assigned to copper.Crucial in the metallurgical and technological worlds, copper has also played an important cultural role, particularly in currency. Romans in the 6th through 3rd centuries BC used copper lumps as money.The gates of the Temple of Jerusalem used Corinthian bronze made by depletion gilding. Corinthian bronze was most prevalent in Alexandria, where alchemy is thought to have begun. In ancient India (before 1000 BC), copper was used in the holistic medical science Ayurveda for surgical instruments and other medical equipment. Ancient Egyptians (~2400 BC) used copper for sterilizing wounds and drinking water, and as time passed, (~1500 BC) for headaches, burns, and itching. Hippocrates (~400 BC) used copper to treat leg ulcers associated with varicose veins. Ancient Aztecs fought sore throats by gargling with copper mixtures.
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