Fwd: EXOTIC FACTORS & FORCES OF > PRIMARY LOUISIANA AESTHETICS is the paper i wrote to introduce (TULANE UNIVERSITY 1967-1969) tonights five>discussion photos< ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^5 PHOTOS=EXOTIC FACTORS REF #1)1of 25 sdsu faculty exhibitions #2)1of many explanation lectures #3) key new orleans exotic design #4)1of 25 years of discussion refs #5) tropical tensile nola structure ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^YUCATAN WAS A VITAL FOCUS = >of my nola organic references< !

                        +DEDICATION+

to my talented and famed friend<

            +CLARENCE JOHN LAUGHLIN+

master of the exotic<

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^

                +NEW YEAR GREETINGS+

to my wonderful friends in and of<

                        +LOUISIANA+

especially of the "ancient regime"

like john and tania messina and<

robin lobdell beeman who<

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                        +REMEMBER+

how important the yucatan was<     

to my design consciousness<

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

            +AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON+
                   (>google : my essays)

is the great french explorer i would<

have loved to have known and<

                 ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

i am grateful to remember<

                   +ROBERT WAUCHOPE+

famed tulane archaeologist<

and<

               +GERTRUDE (TRUDY) BLUM+

widow of the legendary franz blum<

important tulane archaeologist<

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                   +EXOTIC 1960-1970+

yucatan maya essence met egyptian<

in the research of le plongeon but<

also my new orleans oeuvre<

                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

               +"EXPLORERS GIFT SHOP"+

(chartres street, vieux carre<

near degruy/roy houses<)

                       ^^^^^^^^^^^^    
          +WAS MY INITIAL NOLA DESIGN+

to express color/light/energy<

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   +(YUCATAN EXOTICS)+
                          ^^^^^^^^^^

this was for the traylor brothers<

who i built the radiant concept<

               +"TRAYLOR APARTMENT"+

published in "american home"<

followed by the most vital<

                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                   +"JAZZ WORKSHOP"+         

published in the times picayune<

sunday rotogravure section<

                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^  

                  +TONIGHT'S PHOTOS+
           (>radiant exotic influences in<

my work and teaching<)

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^

   #1)            +RADIANT EXOTIC+

influence is found in my exhibitions<

               +COLOR=LIGHT=ENERGY+

always prominent and importent<

          (>biotronic energy increasingly<)
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

    #2)              +COLOR SLIDE+

presentations were vital in offering<

the many factors found in my<

                      +EXOTIC OEUVRE+

(three screen presentations<

on three continents<)

                        ^^^^^^^^^^^

    #3)          +EXOTIC BIOMORPH+    

this, i consider the essence of my<

nola radiant tropic architecture<

                        +EXPRESSING+

the warm southerly winds<

                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #4)         +RADIANT TEACHING+  

references at sdsu on the class table<

where i spread out each morning<

            +GRAPHICS=BOOK=MODELS+

synergising the message<

                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

     #5)        +RADIANT PROTOTYPE+

dynamic tensile resilient structure<

for the city park of new orleans<

                        +ARBORETUM+

designed in california for the<

park expansion project<

                      ^^^^^^^^^^^^

                          +OVERVIEW+

attention my thnoc friends<

               +FASCINATING HISTORY+
                     ^^^^^^^^^^^        

very few scholars are aware that<

             +AUGUSTUS LE PLONGEON+

actually came to new orleans for<

the cotton centenial fair and<

                     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
            +WANTED TO BUILD A MAYA+

(temple replica)<

                +STRUCTURE FOR THAT+
                  +MAGNIFICENT FAIR+
                        ^^^^^^^^^^

that influenced lafcadio hearn and<

george staigg (my grandfather<

who became a cotton factor)<

               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
             +WHEN THE FIRST ELECTRIC+

city of new orleans<

              +LIGHTS WERE TURNED ON+      
                   ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                gene ray, lajolla, california

eugene ray, mfa, architect<

professor emeritus, sdsu<