HOMAGE IN THE NIGHT / our parents and roman palacios

+CHRISTMAS SEASON+

>for marianne and i is valuable for family<

>linkage and tonight i honor my parents<

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+LATIN BLOOD+

>also encourages some music i send to you<

>as tonight's gift as you reflect on this<

+PARENTAL HOMAGE

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+"CORE N'GRATA"+

>is the great neopolitan love song you<

>can listen to on YouTube video<

+SEVERAL VERSIONS+

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+ROMAN PALACIOS+

>here in lajolla brought the fans to their<

>feet tonight in the manhattan restaurant<

>with his unmatchable rendition<

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+HOMAGE+

>to our parents tonight for the life they<

>gave to me in art, architecture and<

+teaching at three universities<

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                                               double dome house on raised platform
                                                     (anti-natural disaster prototype)

                                              aspen design conference exhibition, 1975

                                                     (biomorphic/biotronic structures)

                                                         +GIFTS OF GRATITUDE+

>fill my heart for my parents and the<

                                                         >oeuvre is the best i can offer<

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                                                                       +NOTE+

>philip, to answer your question, above<

>in photo #1 you see the double dome<

>on the strong tetra platform<

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                                                   biomorphic ferro-cement structure
                                                       (glazed high strength ceramic)

silver ship, initial conceptual drawing

(studio residence, lajolla, california)

+PROTOTYPES+

>as an approach to architecture with a<

>focus on advanced technology is<

+TENSEGRITY+

>my fathers genetic gift to me<

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                                               metaphysical graphic for my mother
                                                 (new orleans / genus loci memory)

                                                  metaphysical graphic for my father
                                                    mother (l.) 1925, father (r.) 1918                          
           
                                                           +MAIL ART GRAPHICS+
                                                   >gave me a very personal medium for<
                                                         >eight decades of life reflection<
                                                               ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
                                                             +FRENCH CULTURE+
                                                    >was from both parents but was vital<
                                                         >to our mother's view of living<
                                                                ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                my father and his hupmobile, 1939
                                                    (first mechanic in covington la.)

                                              my mother 1944, (b&w xerox of color xerox)

(color slide original w/ mercury camera)

+AUTOMOBILE+

>technology was my fathers focus<

+CREOLE+

>family history was my mother's< 

>art and culture paramount<

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                                                 alfresco dining restaurant / french style

                                                    beach club prototype / french style                          

                                                             +LOVE FOR LATIN+
                                              >living in france and italy was opportunity<
                                                 >for many new prototype concepts for<
                                                               +GRACE IN LIFE+
                                                   >design development and teaching<  
                                                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

                                                california life graphic / lajolla beach 1967
                                                    (watercolor / second california visit)

louisiana life graphic / cavaroc family

(b&w xerographic collage, mail art)

+METAPHYSICAL GRAPHICS+

>and mail art has given my oeuvre an<

>expanded opportunity to examine<

+ART AS VISION+

>the profound personal questions<

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+WHO ARE WE+WHERE FROM+

+WHERE DO WE GO+

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>to that i add<

*WHAT DID WE DO+

+WHAT DID WE LEARN+

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eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu