+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>is part of a larger body of work<
>i have produced over many<
+COLLAGE GRAPHICS+
(+MAIL ART+)
>louisiana & california years<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+WORLD WIDE WEB+
>thanks to wife Marianne and Dave Fobes<
>has become a new opportunity for me<
>to construct a larger form of art<
+SYNERGIZING+
>life and work into an expanded<
+OEUVRE+
>that is strengthened by the combo<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+F O R T U N E+
>is that life & work have been<
>together more interesting<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+METAPHYSICAL+
>Art is what i call this Art form that<
>Georgio de Chirico and others<
>pioneered many years ago<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+AUTUMN 1969+
>is when i designed the environ design<
>program at SDSU and began sending<
+MAIL ART+
>back to friends and relatives in<
>new orleans and covington<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+XEROGRAPHY+
>developed during the 2nd world war<
>first ad in Fortune magazine was<
+1948+
>(this is in my archive somewhere)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+BECAME MY AFFORDABLE+
+MEDIUM OF EXPRESSION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>i introduced this rapidly expanding<
>medium of xerography to students<
>in a class i wrote at SDSU titled<
+ENVIRON MEDIA+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+"CALAS TOUT CHAUD"+
>"Coffee Pot" hot rice cakes for Marianne<
+FIRST BREAKFAST+
>and i in the NOLA vieux carre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ONLY IN NOLA+
>wonderful waitress sang Blues for<
>next table, (happy bday for us)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NOLA 19th C. HOUSES+
>Chas Cavaroc above on Royal street and<
>John Ray below on Esplanade ave<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+JOHN H. LAWRENCE+
>executive in the Historic New Orleans<
>Collection who bought the Cavaroc<
>house has received much of my<
+MAIL ART+
>his father my great friend<
>as he is indeed today<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+M E T A P H Y S I C A L+
>(roots and seeds)<
+COLLAGE GRAPHICS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>creole Tropic Syndrome xerox mail art<
>produced in California based on<
+1970s-90s+
>genetic NOLA memory/vision<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+TROPIC PROTOTYPE+
>beach bungalow for baja, california<
+MEXICO 1996+
>constructed from fiber elements<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+HAITI & CUBA+
>also had profound linkage to<
>New Orleans cultural flavor<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MAIL ART GRAPHICS+
>postage size color xerox photos<
+SYNERGETICS+
>of my exhibition at Tulane<
+SPRING 1969+
^^^^^^^^^
(>this light-energy multi media show<
+RADIANT ARCHITECTURE+
>progendered my class at sdsu<
>titled Synergetic Environ<)
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+XEROGRAPHIC+
>mail art photo collage provided<
>my polemic a wide audience<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NOLA SEEDS+
>progendered california radiant essence+
>revealing ancient knowledge and<
+ORGANIC VISION+
>leading to radiant architecture<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+EXPANDED SPHERES+
>(radiant apocalypse)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^
+1949 ALCHEMY+
>two years after the UFO sighting<
>over baton rouge changed life<
+FOREVER+
^^^^^^^
>decades later research revealed<
+ORIENT FOREST+
>the Shroud of Turin connection<
>and ties w/ Saint Bernard<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+NEW ORLEANS CULTURE+
>for many years was the focus of my<
>Research and Mail Art Collage<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ROOTS TO SEEDS+
>we cannot separate life and work<
>biographical information allows<
+METAPHYSICAL+
>comprehension of all artists<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+GRATITUDE+
>to so many of you who over the<
>years have been vital to this<
+LIFE'S TAPESTRY+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>this blog as i stated at the start<
>of tonight's writing, outlines<
+NEW ART FORM+
>made possible by by the web<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+MAIL ART WAS A STEP+
>(twenty five+ years)<
+IN THAT DIRECTION+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu
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