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*the commissioned suite presently under construction is inspired by Antonin Artaud's: "voyage to the land of the Tarahumara" One of his finest accomplishments and one of my favorite poems of all times:
"La crueldad"
"La crueldad es sobre todo necesidad y rigor.
La decision implacable,
irreversible de transformar al hombre
en un ser lucido
De esta lucidez nace el nuevo arte
Todo nacimiento implica tambien una muerte
Para dar origen a mi crueldad
sera necesario cometer un asesinato"
from the book, a best seller translated into many languages after his journey to Mexico in 1936 where he met Mexican painter Federico Cantu who at that time was giving lectures on the decadence of the western civilization, convinced; he alienated himself of his french culture and went to live with the Tarahumaran people who's culture he embraced and studied. The Tarahumarans who for centuries experimented with peyote, introduced him to this potent plant, which he became addicted to, recording his experiences,in his first volume of the "Voyage to the Land of the Tarahumara". The content of this work closely resembles the poems of his later days, concerned primarily with the supernatural. Artaud also recorded his horrific withdrawal from heroin upon entering the land of the Tarahumaras. Having deserted his last supply of the drug at a mountainside, he literally had to be hoisted onto his horse, and soon resembled, in his words, "a giant, inflamed gum". Artaud would return to opiates later in life.
In 1937, Artaud returned to France where he obtained a walking stick of knotted wood that once belonged to Jesus Christ. After his return, he dedicated himself writing his best known work: "the theater and its double" which contains the manifesto: "Theater of Cruelty" from which I drew my inspiration for this set.
Teatro de crueldad
La vida en sà misma no es una solución, la vida no tiene ninguna clase de existencia elegida, consentida, determinada. No es más que una serie de apetitos y de fuerzas adversas, de pequeñas contradicciones que alcanzan su fin o abortan siguiendo las circunstancias de un azar odioso. El mal, como el genio, como la locura, se encuentra instalado de manera desigual en cada hombre. Tanto el bien como el mal son el producto de las circunstancias y de un sentimiento que se potencia hacia algo más o menos activo.
Es ciertamente abyecto ser creado, vivir y sentirse irreductiblemente determinado hasta en los menores reductos, hasta en las ramificaciones más impensadas de su ser. Después de todo no somos más que árboles y probablemente esté inscripto en un recodo cualquiera del árbol de mi raza que algún dÃa me mataré."
Antonin Artaud
Brushed steel alarm clock with small planet picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Rings and beeps as alarm. Clock face diameter ca. 4 1/2 '', height ca 6 ''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Brushed steel alarm clock with small planet picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Rings and beeps as alarm. Clock face diameter ca. 4 1/2 '', height ca 6 ''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
*the commissioned suite presently under construction is inspired by Antonin Artaud's: "voyage to the land of the Tarahumara" One of his finest accomplishments and one of my favorite poems of all times:
"La crueldad"
"La crueldad es sobre todo necesidad y rigor.
La decision implacable,
irreversible de transformar al hombre
en un ser lucido
De esta lucidez nace el nuevo arte
Todo nacimiento implica tambien una muerte
Para dar origen a mi crueldad
sera necesario cometer un asesinato"
from the book, a best seller translated into many languages after his journey to Mexico in 1936 where he met Mexican painter Federico Cantu who at that time was giving lectures on the decadence of the western civilization, convinced; he alienated himself of his french culture and went to live with the Tarahumaran people who's culture he embraced and studied. The Tarahumarans who for centuries experimented with peyote, introduced him to this potent plant, which he became addicted to, recording his experiences,in his first volume of the "Voyage to the Land of the Tarahumara". The content of this work closely resembles the poems of his later days, concerned primarily with the supernatural. Artaud also recorded his horrific withdrawal from heroin upon entering the land of the Tarahumaras. Having deserted his last supply of the drug at a mountainside, he literally had to be hoisted onto his horse, and soon resembled, in his words, "a giant, inflamed gum". Artaud would return to opiates later in life.
In 1937, Artaud returned to France where he obtained a walking stick of knotted wood that once belonged to Jesus Christ. After his return, he dedicated himself writing his best known work: "the theater and its double" which contains the manifesto: "Theater of Cruelty" from which I drew my inspiration for this set.
Teatro de crueldad
La vida en sà misma no es una solución, la vida no tiene ninguna clase de existencia elegida, consentida, determinada. No es más que una serie de apetitos y de fuerzas adversas, de pequeñas contradicciones que alcanzan su fin o abortan siguiendo las circunstancias de un azar odioso. El mal, como el genio, como la locura, se encuentra instalado de manera desigual en cada hombre. Tanto el bien como el mal son el producto de las circunstancias y de un sentimiento que se potencia hacia algo más o menos activo.
Es ciertamente abyecto ser creado, vivir y sentirse irreductiblemente determinado hasta en los menores reductos, hasta en las ramificaciones más impensadas de su ser. Después de todo no somos más que árboles y probablemente esté inscripto en un recodo cualquiera del árbol de mi raza que algún dÃa me mataré."
Antonin Artaud
Lamp of brushed steel and black ABS stand with small planet picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Lamps tilts forward and can be turned on its stand. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. Height 8'', tube diameter 5''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Opera makes the world go round! Wall clock with small planet picture of Lincoln Center in New York at night as clock face. Diameter 11 1/2''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Lamp built in semitransparent material with steel brushed base featuring a small planet picture of night scene from Empire State Building. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2''. Diameter of translucent piture ca. 4''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Lamp built in semitransparent material with steel brushed base featuring a small planet picture of night scene from Empire State Building. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2''. Diameter of translucent piture ca. 4''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Lamp built in semitransparent material with steel brushed base featuring a small planet picture of night scene from Empire State Building. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2'' x 5 1/2''. Diameter of translucent piture ca. 4''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Lamp of brushed steel and black ABS stand with small planet picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Lamps tilts forward and can be turned on its stand. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. Height 8'', tube diameter 5''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Lamp of brushed steel and black ABS stand with small planet picture of Brooklyn Bridge. Lamps tilts forward and can be turned on its stand. Energy saving 15 W incandescent bulb for a romantic mood. Silver transparent electric chord with elegant black foot/hand switch. Height 8'', tube diameter 5''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.
Carpe diem! Brand new standing clock with rust finish. The clock face features a small planet picture of a man basking in the sun holding a sun reflector under his face. Clock diameter ca. 9'', total height ca. 30''. Uses this image. See all other pictures possible in this model.