Failure to Counterfeit, 2013
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Lebbeus Woods - The Chair
No. No. That is incorrect. That is not the name of this but for some reason tumblr user cruces felt the need to add this name. It is incorrect and the correction is important.
Lebbeus Woods became a mentor to me in correspondence over the short few past years before he died this past November. It’s painful to see his art, design and creations misappropriated or incorrect information attached. Especially this specific design as it has a story of misappropriation behind it.
This is not called “The Chair”
This is “Neo-mechanical. Tower (Upper) Chamber”. It was drawn in 1987 and published in the collection “Centricity” and then again in color in 1992 in his book “The New City”.
On January 18, 1996, Lebbeus Woods went to the theater to see “12 Monkeys”. Apparently he was not amused; a week later he notified Universal Studios that he considered the interrogation room to be an unauthorized reproduction of his work.
The director, Terry Gilliam, admitted that he reviewed a copy of the book that contained the drawing “Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber”, and that he discussed it with both the producer, Charles Roven, and the production designer, Jeffrey Beecroft. Film Imitates Art
The court found that a comparison of “Neomechanical Tower (Upper) Chamber” and the footage of the interrogation room in 12 Monkeys demonstrated that “the movie had copied Woods’ drawing in striking detail.” The court cited the fact that:
“…the wall and floor were composed of a visibly jointed grid, the walls had the same worn texture, and a horizontal shelf and apron near the top of the vertical rail. The chairs themselves consist of four rectangular planes, arm-rests with diagonal supports, etching on the chair back.”
The court also noted the both spheres were suspended in front of the chair from a metal framework with similar surface designs.
The judge ruled for Prof. Woods, a result that would require Universal Studios pull all copies of the movie from world-wide circulation after only a month’s run. Universal would be able to subsequently release film after the scenes in containing the offending chair had been excised to the cutting room floor, a fate that had befallen the Devil’s Advocate.
Showing that he had a sense of humor after all, Lebbeus Woods allowed Universal to continue distribution of the movie, chair and all, for a high six-figure cash settlement.
If you are going to come up with credit for images you post at least get them right.
reblogging, for the record.
(really should have caught this myself.)
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Letty McHugh Life Raft - 2012, Soft Sculpture 8ft x 4ft
After a major personal trauma it appeared to me that physical survival is often valued over emotional wellbeing, and I was inspired to create survival equipment for emotional emergencies.
In Life Raft I wanted to create a safe space for someone to recover from emotional trauma. The soft sculpture is constructed from calico, duvets and pillows, and is scented with lavender, to comfort and soothe.
THE MATHEMAGICIAN — Inger made this beautiful illustration of famous mathematician/programmer Ada Lovelace, which I had to REmix immediately! Here it is, displayed on a chalkboard, with a tiny story to accompany it.
For fellow women in mathematics, I leave a quote that will always motivate me:
“The enchanting charms of this sublime science reveal themselves in all their beauty only to those who have the courage to go deeply into it. But when a person of that sex, that, because of our mores and our prejudices, has to encounter infinitely more obstacles and difficulties than men in familiarizing herself with these thorny research problems, nevertheless succeeds in surmounting these obstacles and penetrating their most obscure parts, she must without doubt have the noblest courage, quite extraordinary talents and superior genius.”
— Carl Friedrich Gauss, 1807
And again, thank you, Inger, for creating this lovely illustration and reminding me why I’m here. <3
“Millennials are Narcissists because we fucked their entire generation over and they don’t have anything better to do than jerk off and look at Tumblr.”
“This gorgeous Hälssen & Lyon calendar is made of brewable tea. Each day is made of fine pressed wafer thin tea leaves.”
Echolilia: A Father’s Photographic Conversation with His Autistic Son. Timothy Archibald uses his camera to find an emotional bridge to his son Photographs and text from the book Echolilia: Sometimes I WonderMy eldest son was born in 2001. He was always a kid who went to the beat of his own drummer. When he was 5, we began making photographs collaboratively as a way to find some common ground and attempt to understand each other. Soon after we began the project, Elijah was diagnosed on the autistic spectrum. Though the diagnosis gave me the words and history to understand my son better, it didn’t take away the mystery and the need to try to find an emotional bridge to him.”Echolilia” is an alternate spelling of a more common term, “echolalia,” used in the autistic community to refer to the habit of verbal repetition and copying that is commonly found in autistic kids’ behavior. I liked the idea of it: photography is a form of copying. Kids are a form of repetition. And looking at my kid with photography allowed me to see myself a new
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