Further to this evening's discussion of the female nude...

Further to this evening's discussion of the female nude...

Jarvis Cocker Visits Visionary Environment (Eeeeek!)

Including Bottle Village and Salvation Mountain!

Vintage Watts Tower Documentary

Compare and contrast the mythologies presented in this VS. "I Build the Towers" How does this compare with the bifurcated mythologies at play in Henry Darger's oeuvre?

New Archeological Discovery in Turkey

Archaeologists at Turkey's neolithic site of Çatalhöyük in central Anatolia have unearthed a "unique" complete female figurine, The Ministry of Culture and Tourism said on Tuesday. The statuette, measuring 17 centimeters (6.7 inches) long and weighing one kilogram (2.2 pounds), is considered unique due to its intact form and fine craftsmanship; it dates back to about 5500-8000 BC, a statement said. 

Continue reading: http://www.dailysabah.com/history/2016/09/13/neolithic-figurine-over-7000-years-old-unearthed-at-turkeys-catalhoyuk

The roots of Land Art run deep...

Here are a few videos that offer important recent revisions to the timeline and significance of ancient Land Art -- the phenomenal discovery of stone circles in a cave in France that push the origins of megalithic public architecture back some 175,000 years -- prior to the emergence of our species. Here's a link to the Nature article describing the findings.



Next up, the recently (as in since 1994) unearthed complex of stone circle temples in Turkey that have reconfigured our entire understanding of the emergence of neolithic monuments, and, as suggested in the video, plausibly inverted the relationship between artmaking, the erection of permanent sacred architecture, agriculture, and civilization! Here's an article in Smithsonian about Gobekli Tepe, and its wikipedia entry.



Finally, here's a very interesting bit of socio-political speculation on the function of Stonehenge (and other sacred astrolonomical calendar sites as a sort of epic theatrical propaganda to persuade hunter gatherers to settle down to the relatively unhealthy and degrading lifestyle of the neolithic farmhand. Here's more on the amazing magic Gold Hats described in the video.