Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's

Eugene Ray SDSU 1970's
Eugene Ray 1970's. photo credit: Tom Davis

Sunday, January 20, 2013

CORRESPONDENCE ART collage> and nola SAFARI SACRED SEEDS ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ NEW ORLEANS VIEUX CARRE had a powerful effect on my life/work ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ SILVERSHIP STUDIO AT THE END >was a very busy mise-en-scene< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 5 PHOTOS=METAPHYSICAL ART= #1) silver ship studio a busy place #2) nola safari sacred seeds 1985 #3) ranny in his nola jungle patio #4) electric voodoo machine mail #5) nola vieuxcarre mail art piece Inbox x

    +NEW ORLEANS VIEUX CARRE+
                >had a powerful effect on<
                        +LIFE & WORK+
                             ^^^^^^^
      >three radiant architecture projects<
              +COLOR=LIGHT=ENERGY+
         >and much photography in the<
            >back streets gave me vital<
                        +HAPPINESS+
                             ^^^^^^
                 +DEGRUY-RAY-CAVAROC+
        >and related creole ancestors aged<
                        +TOWNHOUSES+
         >were prominent on many streets<
           >and family ghosts were prolific<
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                 +FRESH GROWTH FROM+
                    +ANCIENT AMBIENCE+
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
                       >tropique/magique/
                          metaphysique<
              >was this determined "modus<
                           +OPERANDI"+
                                 ^^^^^

                    +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
         >in california, correspondence art<
           >and collage graphics gave me<
               >ability to stay in touch w/<
                       +CREOLE ROOTS+
                            ^^^^^^^^

     #1)          +SILVERSHIP STUDIO+
        >toward the end of our years there<
          >when architectural graphics and<
                       +METAPHYSICAL+
          >graphics were created together<
             >and correspondence art was<
                   >importent expression<
                          ^^^^^^^^^^^

     #2)             +SACRED SEEDS+
       >when we went back to new orleans<
        >on summer safaris a large amount<
         >of reference books and artifacts<
                +FILLED A RETURN CASE+
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
           >much of this including photos<
                           +COLLAGE+
            >went into xerographic work<
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                  +ORGANIC MATERIALS+
                     >were vital essence<
                            ^^^^^^^^

                      +SEEDS & LEAVES+
            (>were brought back from five<
              >safaris to french polynesia<)
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^


      #3)          +RANNY'S JUNGLE+
          >our talented artist/seer brother<
                    +RANDOLPH J. RAY JR+
         >in his dumaine street, vieux carre<
                        +JUNGLE PATIO+
              (>photo from the early fifties<
                   >when i started tulane<)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^
                 +RANNY WAS A CREOLE+
                       +V I S I O N A R Y+
                            ^^^^^^^^
                    >for expanded data<
                            +GOOGLE+
                   >eugene ray / degruy<
                >ranny<also>vieux carre<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

       #4)        +ELECTRIC VOODOO+
                          +M A C H I N E+
                               ^^^^^^^
        >correspondence art collage cover<
        >reflects a mailgram poem i wrote<
          >about this electric art machine<
                     +ELECTROGRAPHIC+
                         (radiant/kinetic)
             >surrounded by vine growth<
                >in vieux carre room ruin<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                          +"PANAMA"+
            >a very old primitive jazz piece<
              >was essential to this design<
                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #5)       +"FILLED WITH BLUES"+
         >correspondnce art cover sent to<
            >new orleans heritage friends<
                >john and tania messina<
                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^
                 (+PRESERVATION HALL+
                   >nola-mise-en-scene<)
                         ^^^^^^^^^^
          +"I WATCHED HIM CAREFULLY+
              +ALL EVENING=HIS HEART+
                         +WAS HEAVY+
                              ^^^^^^
                  +HE WAS FILLED WITH+
                       >+THE BLUES"+<
                               ^^^^^
            (>google : eugene ray/degruy<
                 >jazz workshop for more <
                       +RELATED DATA+)
                            ^^^^^^^^
                 gene ray, lajolla, california

                >eugene ray, mfa, architect<
                 >professor emeritus, sdsu<
                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

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