Eyvind Earle is a master of contemplative landscape paintings. To me these dream-like sceneries are highly hypnotising. And after watching the documentary at the end of the post you will know — he also led his life with mastery.
Painted Land
Australian Aboriginal Art
The art of the Australian Aborigines is one of the oldest artistic traditions alive. This selection shows paintings from the mid-fifties until now by artists from the Arnhem Land region in Northern Australia.
Microcosmos
Le peuple de l’herbe
This documentary from 1996 is a celebration of life.
Saskia Olde-Wolbers
Drowned worlds in slow motion
It is rarely possible that an artist’s vision pierces me to the heart at first glance. Dutch artist Saskia Olde-Wolbers did so. Her clear as a bell vision is unmistakable and unique.
Terence McKenna
On Cyber Culture
McKenna’s offers far-sighted perspectives on the cyber punk culture and virtual reality. I miss this kind of utopian thinking these days. Where are we heading for with our technology? What could be a positive ultimate goal of it?
The Abramović Method
& Institute
The fantastic Marina Abramović wants to share her legacy with the world. It’s all her knowledge condensed into a method — The Abramović Method.
Henry David Thoreau
Walden, or Life in the Woods
“The American literature doesn’t have a more beautiful and more profound book than Walden” commented Hermann Hesse. And I knew…
Michiel Schuurman
The logic of replication
The base of Michiel Schuurman’s graphic work is a certain logic – whether natural, scientific or historical. Geeky algorithms, natural…
Klaudia B. Lewandowski
A Sensuous World
Klaudia B. Lewandowski is a photographer and creator of visual poetry, based in Berlin. She looks at the world through the eyes of a curious child, collecting sticks and stones and flowers along the way.
Markus Kayser
Solar Sinter
This 3D printing project is so extraordinary because of it’s self-sufficiency. It creates objects out of sun and sand. Of course it’s still in the early stages of development. But imagine what this could do in the future.
Emil Bisttram
And the Transcendental Painting Group
These seekers of the inner spirit in outer things, wanted to carry painting beyond the appearance of the physical world.
Amy Woodward
Birth of a Mother
Amy Woodward’s tender photographic eye focuses on portraying the experience of early parenthood. A pivotal moment for everybody living through…
Paul Laffoley
The visionary
Laffoley is a visionary painter, designer, futurist & hyperspace cartographer based in Boston. Diving into his world may cause a feeling of dizziness due to an overdose of novelty.
Hans-Peter Dürr
Wirklichkeit
Hans-Peter Dürr — a luminous figure of science today. Such academic knowledge and reputation rarely come with wisdom and openness. I wish more scientists would be like him.
Claudia Andujar
The Yanomami Struggle
Andujar’s legacy is a shining example of art and activism coming together as one.
Michael Ackerman
End Time City
End Time City is Michael Ackerman’s radical portrayal of the Indian city of Benares, the holy City of Light on the shore of the Ganges.
Dying to Know
The Mystical World
This book is leading you on travels in a mysterious and visionary world.
Moebius
Black & White work
When it comes to Moebius aka Jean Giraud (* 1938 — † 2012) it’s hard to make a choice what to present. His body of work is huge and versatile. My selection focuses on his early black & white work.
Theo Jansen
Kinetic Automata
I follow Theo Jansen for many years now. What I like so much about his design approach is the playfulness…
Doma India
The gentle touch
Doma India is the love of a life applied to working with horses. Being truly connected with yourself and others can move mountains.
Yoga
The Art of Transformation
Yoga: The Art of Transformation was the first major exhibition that explores the visual history of yoga.