tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post8286888773302535891..comments2023-11-27T01:40:12.441-08:00Comments on EATEN BY DUCKS: The Body Baroque and the writings of Jeff VanderMeerMarcel Ruijtershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00364661262187868819noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-66695733756861240232009-10-11T20:11:53.579-07:002009-10-11T20:11:53.579-07:00good post!good post!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00462964816490470637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-71160198829638020852009-10-10T16:17:31.131-07:002009-10-10T16:17:31.131-07:00By coincidence, I was on google images looking for...By coincidence, I was on google images looking for Alfred Kubin, and stumbled on Vandermeer's blog.<br />- He had done a couple of posts on Kubin.<br />http://www.jeffvandermeer.com/tags/read/fiction/<br /><br />I had thought, reading your post, that Vandermeer sounded a bit like China Mieville, and I see that Vandermeer has interviewed Mieville, and that Mieville says that Kubin's novel "The Other Side"<br />was an influence on his novel "The City in the City"<br />Paul Rumsey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-29212942243649239622009-10-09T12:42:23.660-07:002009-10-09T12:42:23.660-07:00I think Squares and rectangles function best, but ...I think Squares and rectangles function best, but maximum function should sometimes be sacrificed for something that could be really moving and special.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-43294283133079506462009-10-09T11:00:23.908-07:002009-10-09T11:00:23.908-07:00I see what you mean, Fufu. It's obvious but so...I see what you mean, Fufu. It's obvious but something I didn't take into consideration in the concept of designing new architecture around human movement. Everything man builds is already specified to our unique mobilities. It seems mankind has a fascination with squares and rectangles. I wonder if insects had taken over mammals in the evolutionary void left by the dinosaurs, what would their ideal living space be were they to have evolved capable to shape the world around them as we have? I'm sure bee hives, ant caves and termite hills are a good point of reference.Aeronhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15743156867815095055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-44597589301410561682009-10-09T07:59:15.936-07:002009-10-09T07:59:15.936-07:00I really like any architecture with that sort of s...I really like any architecture with that sort of shapes, it has a wonderful effect on you and I can only dream of what it would be to live in spaces like that.<br /> I'll get that book someday.Robert Adam Gilmourhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03030109275684859704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37678750.post-41171584903483655512009-10-09T04:21:52.885-07:002009-10-09T04:21:52.885-07:00A fascinating post, Aeron - thanks! Hadn't hea...A fascinating post, Aeron - thanks! Hadn't heard of VanderMeer before. Sounds very intriguing.<br />I have some difficulties with Al-Mehdari's work. The 3d-prints admittedly look great, the way they're lit and photographed, but when you look at the actual 3D imagery it looses alot of it's appeal and looks like fairly generic Poser-puppets crammed together with Giger-like ornaments. The whole "using the patterns of human movement" seems more like conceptal spice to make it more interesting to art theoreticians than any meaningful aesthetic basis for the work. After all, shouldn't all architecture in some way relate to the human body and it's movement in space? Dunno, maybe I'm just not getting it. <br />Anyway, this sounds more critcal than I meant it to. As I said those 3D prints look amazing.Human Molluskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276070138056162278noreply@blogger.com