LETTER TO PROF. STOCK / tulane university , new orleans

+DEAR FRANCINE,+

>as i find more from you about your career<

>at tulane university (my alma mater which<

+(PROF STOCK TAUGHT IN+

+TULANE ARCH. SCHOOL)+ 

>has such a vital role in my family history)<

>i am increasingly >happy you found me< !

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ 

+"REGIONAL >MODERNISM" &+

>(my deep involvement for>

>20 years in louisiana arch)<

+"LOUISIANA ROMANTICISM"+

>(clarence john laughlin<

>was my >good friend)<

+ARE 2 CLASSES O F YOURS+

+(I AM DELIGHTED W/ THIS)+

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>like frank lloyd wright, whose family<

>i got to know well, i was not an AIA<

+(I PASSED THE LICENSE+

>exam of louisiana<

+IN JUNE OF YEAR 1959)+

>insider and worked as an outsider to<

>insure my oeuvre would be >special<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>i built several structures & environs in louisiana<
>and california that were inspired by a 1947 ufo<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+RADIANT PROTOTYPES)+
>sighting & were "transcendental manifestations<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

>i maintained this independence in california<
>using my louisiana architectural license &<
+(IRONICALLY MANY PEOPLE +
+SOUGHT ADVANCED VISION)+
>teaching position to pursue advance design<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >as a professor in an art dept i felt encouraged<
>to design structures on the cutting edge like<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / "DESERT INCIDENTS")+
>"desert incidents" ufo museum (thurs.blog)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >francine, you as an artist can >appreciate my<
>effort, for many years to produce metaphysic<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>/ METAPHYSICAL ART)+
>oriented art parallel to my architecture oeuvre<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >you ask about my structures in louisiana and<
>this chapel was the first (i was 21 years old)<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+2 CHAPELS @ JACKSON)+
>(two chapels at east la. state hospital, 1953)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in california, my work in "radiant architecture"<
>expanded in many ways including publication<
+(GOOGLE :>>> EUGENE RAY /+
+VISIONARY ARCHITECTURE)+
>exhibition, & slide lectures in 10 countries<
>note: THNOC is digitizing my slides now<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >what could be lost in the >complexity is that<
>i invented several design graphic techniques<
+(GOOGLE :> EUGENE RAY+
+DESIGN PHOTOGRAPHY+
+also/ DESIGN MAIL ART)+
>including >fluorescent collage photography<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the first 10 years of my teaching at sdsu<
>was in this studio-lab where i explored<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY/+
+SDSU-ENVIRON DESIGN)+
>economy, geodesics, biomorphics etc<
>/in 1972 i lectured at cidoc in mexico<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >the final 10 years were rich w/ exhibitions,<
>publications & lectures devoted to "radiant<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+/ PARIS BIENNALE, 1985)+
>architecture" w/ many >biotronic concepts<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >in 1987 i constructed an international architecture<
>exhibition at sdsu, entitled "eccentric places,  the<
>architecture of imagination" w/ several designers<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+ / ECCENTRIC PLACES)+
>of creative fame,(cook, isosaki, noguchi, kapliky<
>quigley, branzi, lautner, soleri, tigerman, hubbell<
>takeyama, kellogg, moss / (it was quite a show)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >i want to emphasize the importance of biotronic<
>radiance in my prototype design / here we see a<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY+
+>>/ PYRAMID ENERGY)+
>recent russian program studying pyramid energy<
>(several large pyramids tested all over russia)<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >four plates of my work w/ "radiant architecture"<
>/-"architecture as situation, environment as light,<
+(GOOGLE : EUGENE RAY /+
+SYNERGETIC ENVIRONS)+
>the first lecture on the subject seen upper right<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

 >francine, a trip to the hill memorial library<
>at lsu in baton rouge should reveal video<
+(GRATITUDE TO PROFS+
+HECK & CONRAD/ LSU)+
>they made of the lecture i made there in<
>the late 1990s on >"radiant architecture"<
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+ABOVE :>> 4 RADIANT+
>(i gave lsu the graphics<
>in my >first exhibition)<
+PROTOTYPE DESIGNS+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+PROF. HECK,  MY MENTOR+
>(prof conrad my colleague<
>hosted the second lecture)<
+HOSTED MY 1ST LECTURE+
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

eugene ray, mfa, architect

professor emeritus, sdsu<