Japanese photographer Shinchi Maruyama throws water which are then photographed with high speed cameras to create fluid sculptures.
"As a young student, I often wrote Chinese characters in sumi ink. I loved the nervous, precarious feeling of sitting before an empty white page, the moment just before my brush touched the paper. I was always excited to see the unique result of each new brushing." (from artist's statement)
LINK to his homepage with images, videos and articles
Chaos theory has a bad name, conjuring up images of unpredictable weather, economic crashes and science gone wrong. But there is a fascinating and hidden side to Chaos, one that scientists are only now beginning to understand. It turns out that chaos theory answers a question that mankind has asked for millennia - how did we get here? In this documentary, Professor Jim Al-Khalili sets out to uncover one of the great mysteries of science - how does a universe that starts off as dust end up with intelligent life? How does order emerge from disorder? It's a mindbending, counterintuitive and for many people a deeply troubling idea. But Professor Al-Khalili reveals the science behind much of beauty and structure in the natural world and discovers that far from it being magic or an act of God, it is in fact an intrinsic part of the laws of physics. Amazingly, it turns out that the mathematics of chaos can explain how and why the universe creates exquisite order and pattern. And the best thing is that one doesn't need to be a scientist to understand it. The natural world is full of awe-inspiring examples of the way nature transforms simplicity into complexity. From trees to clouds to humans - after watching this film you'll never be able to look at the world in the same way again. Find out more about the secret life of chaos. (from description)
part 1 of 7 from the BBC 4 Series with Jim Al-Khalili
Babelgum has made this full featured film available for streaming on their site (see bottom of this post). You can find Cindy Sherman's work at her website HERE, but the film is more about Paul H-O and his GalleryBeat broadcasts at Manhattan Cable.
Paul H-O became a fixture of the New York art scene in the 1990s with his public access show GalleryBeat. Armed with a video camera, he attended art gallery openings, amusing some with his candid, witty assessments of their work, but also winning many fans. Among the latter was Cindy Sherman, the press-shy artist who is internationally acknowledged as one of the worlds most gifted and significant visual talents. Cindy invites Paul to her studio for a series of exclusive interviews and through these videotaped encounters, he gains unprecedented insight into her artistic process and a romantic relationship blossoms. Their initial bliss ends when Paul finds himself wracked with anxiety about his own personality becoming subsumed by his role as Cindy's guest at the celebrity-studded openings and dinners she regularly attends.
Filmed over 15 years and including interviews with a veritable who's who of the art and entertainment world (including Ingrid Sischy, John Waters, Robert Longo, Carol Kane, David Furnish, Danny DeVito, and Molly Ringwald), the film paints a vivid picture of the New York art scene that is also a witty, illuminating look at celebrity, male anxiety, and art. (source: YouTube byline)
It's an art to live consciously, which becomes a bigger task when it involves learning how to apply love to transform one's life. If you can overlook the ceremonies and the religious notion of the documentation, this film shows a fiercefully honest portrait of life's struggles, and in Ram Dass' case it is done with grace.
YouTube byline to the film: Ram Dass Fierce Grace is a 2002 American biographical film, directed by Mickey Lemle. It tells the story of Dr. Richard Albert's transformation from Harvard psychology professor to spiritual student/devotee and back again to teacher from the perspective of his massive stroke. Named by Newsweek as one of the "Top Five Non-Fiction Films" of 2002, Ram Dass Fierce Grace offers an engrossing, poignant meditation on consciousness, healing and the unexpected grace of aging.
The film begins in the present, as Ram Dass deals with the effects of a massive stroke that left him physically incapacitated, with impaired memory and speech. Interweaving interviews with fellow devotees of Indian guru and saint Neem Karoli Baba archival footage, Lemle looks back at his privileged childhood, the controversy surrounding his research in psychedelics at Harvard, his pilgrimage to India and devotion to Neem Karoli Baba, his work with the Seva Foundation in social action projects dedicated to relieving suffering in the world, and his impact as an author and guru to millions of followers.
HU Art Sound is an open-minded art group relating to the full spectrum of inspirational artistic expression aiming at encouraging and expanding our consciousness.
Paul H-O became a fixture of the New York art scene in the 1990s with his public access show GalleryBeat. Armed with a video camera, he attended art gallery openings, amusing some with his candid, witty assessments of their work, but also winning many fans. Among the latter was Cindy Sherman, the press-shy artist who is internationally acknowledged as one of the worlds most gifted and significant visual talents. Cindy invites Paul to her studio for a series of exclusive interviews and through these videotaped encounters, he gains unprecedented insight into her artistic process and a romantic relationship blossoms. Their initial bliss ends when Paul finds himself wracked with anxiety about his own personality becoming subsumed by his role as Cindy's guest at the celebrity-studded openings and dinners she regularly attends.
The film begins in the present, as Ram Dass deals with the effects of a massive stroke that left him physically incapacitated, with impaired memory and speech. Interweaving interviews with fellow devotees of Indian guru and saint Neem Karoli Baba archival footage, Lemle looks back at his privileged childhood, the controversy surrounding his research in psychedelics at Harvard, his pilgrimage to India and devotion to Neem Karoli Baba, his work with the Seva Foundation in social action projects dedicated to relieving suffering in the world, and his impact as an author and guru to millions of followers..jpg){kind=small}