Dancing sculptures of Noguchi

Martha Graham and Isamu Noguchi’s collaboration of dance and sculpture lasted for almost half a century as they shared similar sensibilities that allowed them to collaborate as if they were ‘an extension' of each other.
I feel inspired by the simplistic symbolism of the shapes that Noguchi used to capture the stories of Graham’s dances/choreography like snakes and wings and somewhat Neolithic objects.

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Noguchi Sculptures for Martha Graham

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Politics of Food (Delfina Foundation)

“Feed your head” Leoni Contini
“I was really starting to see food more and more as sculpture. Like when you’re eating this food you’re also consuming a sculpture that’s been made by those hands. It becomes a strange communion” P.152 Enemy Kitchen - Michael Rakowitz

“What are the best speeches that are made at meals have in common.’ They’re funny but also a bit dangerous; in some way or another they bring the audience closer” (P.154)

And below, one of my favourite pieces about these organic sculptures made to hold oranges

Portes Oranges -Senam Okudzeto from Politics of Food

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Chroma - Derek Jarmann

It’s a glimpse between his hazy view of the world and the flickering colours Derek Jarman sees as he slowly loses sight. The whole book felt like a stream of consciousness inter-spliced with historical stories about colour and poetry

Excerpt from Chroma ‘Green Fingers’ Derek Jarman

Mycelium - Mushrooms the Art Design and Future of Fungi

I discovered this theory that human consciousness arose from our ancestors accidentally eating parts of psychoactive mushrooms that were growing from the dung of the cattle that humans followed around. So there is this beautifully commensal history between man, animal and fungi.

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Separately I found this photographer Phyllis Ma who’s been capturing these amazing mushroom photos for a zine Mushroom & Friends.