TESLA MEETS DA VINCI / archigram & bruce goff

+ARCHIGRAM AT SDSU 1970+

>it wasn't just archigram i invited to sdsu in<

>1970 to give a talk….they represented a<

>long history of british scholarship with<

+(ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW+

+WAS MY FAVORITE MAG)+

>people like sir isaac newton involved<

>(the baton passed to reyner banham)<

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+BRUCE GOFF+
>after all was my other guest speaker<
>that very first complete year that i<
+OKLAHOMA MEETS+
+URBANE LONDON+
>taught at sdsu and the two guests<
>were very different (a good idea)<
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+(T. L. S.+

>is the only magazine i subscribe<

>to until this very california day,<

+(PARIS & LONDON+

+ARE >VITAL<FOR+ 

+ARTS INTEREST)+ !

>english scholars are perceptive<

>plus i like euro-centric focus<

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>archigram were six vital young alum of the<
>architectural association headed by peter<
+(ARCHIGRAM WERE GREAT+
+W/ TENSILES & BIOMORPHS+
+/ DEFINITELY NOT BOXES)+
>cook who would eventially become head<
>of bartlet's school when i lectured there<
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>archigram's weakness was bruce goff's strength<
>he wore bolo ties and knew cosmic insight as<
+(BRUCE GOFF WAS A+
+DESERT MAGICIAN / +
+DYNAMIC RADIANT)+
>practiced by aborigines w/ a strong feeling<
>for the great, dynamic, powerful desert<
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>archigram and goff had not discovered the<

>research of dr patrick flanigan so when i<

+(IN LONDON I SPREAD MY+

+BOOKS OUT ON A TABLE+

+AFTER MY 90s LECTURES)+

>lectured at the arch. association in london<

>i brought a suitcase full of energy books<

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 >i believe both goff and archigram would have<
>embraced nicola tesla and george adamski as<
>they both loved advanced technology and it<
+(GOFF & ARCHIGRAM BOTH+
+LOVED TENSILE DESIGN &+
+TESLA-ADAMSKI VISION)+
>was peter cook who built the best tensile<
>air structure but goff won classic tensiles<
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 >did you know tesla patented an early type<
>of helicopter reminding of da vinci's early<
+(TESLA & VINCI WERE BOTH+
+>"AHEAD OF TIME"< SEERS)+
>efforts four hundred years earlier in time<
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 >there is much about nicola tesla that deserves<
>further research such as his interest in the<
+(NICOLA TESLA HAD COSMIC+
+SPACE CONSCIOUS VISION)+
>monuments on mars suggesting his cosmic<
>perspective and "ahead of his time" vision<
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 >tesla's radiant energy experiments were not to<
>different from our color, light, energy research<
+(BIOTRONIC ENERGY WAS+
+A FASCINATING STUDY &+
+WE HAD VITAL RESULTS)+
>at sdsu environ design starting in the early 70s<
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 >toby lester's small book is a real "find"<
+(VINCI METAPHYSICS+
+& COSMIC VISION)+ !
>finding factors missed by many others<
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 >toby lester's fascinating book gives excellent<
>insight into davinci's metaphysical persona &<
+(da VINCI'S COSMIC VISION+
+STAR'S IN GRUY HISTORY+
+& THE ORIENT FOREST)+
>the processes leading to his famed drawing<
>expressing the sacred measure importance<
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 >this drawing by leonardo da vinci could have<
>easily been made by st. bernard de clairvaux<
+(SOME SAY DA VINCI WAS+
+HEAD OF PRIORY de SION,+
+THIS DATA SUPPORTS IT)+
>at his famed monastery in the orient forest<
>only fifteen km from the degruy chateau<
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 >toby lester's excellent research provides the<
>earlier study versions of vincis famed image<
+(DAVINCI'S FAMED MEASURE+
+LINKS HIM to GRUY HISTORY,+
+ORIENT FOREST TEMPLARS)+
>of the renaissance man that have even more<
>insight to proportion and cosmic measure<
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 >cosmic consciousness, proportion & measure<
>were da vinci's lead for us >500 years ago<
+(THE DESIGN FOR A CAMP +
+FOR U.C. ANTHROPOLOGY+
+IN >TANZANIA, AFRICA)+
>something well known in egypt & sumeria<
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>reaching into my archive of drawings that relates<
>to organic & cosmic consciousness & proportion<
+(MY CONTRIBUTION TO OUR+
+REVIEW OF COSMIC VISION,+
+PROPORTION & MEASURE)+
>my favorite duo are these plan studies of a camp<
>in tanzania, africa for the univ. of calif. berkeley<
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+TESLA MET >DA VINCI who+
+MET CLAIRVAUX who WAS+
>(archigram loved bruce<
>goff's dynamic vision)<
+ORIENT FOREST TEMPLAR+
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eugene ray, mfa, architect
professor emeritus, sdsu