Comments on: art with a lot of concept

art with a lot of concept

moonbizcut — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 13:57:47 -0800

Fate, Absolute Life and Death, the Aleph, the Zeitgeist, the sinking of the Atlantis, the World Trade Center, the formation of the universe...what more could you want from art? There's probably already been a been a post on this guy, Paul Laffoley, but I should hope more people could get a glance at some of this man's work. Crazy or brilliant, you make your decision. A video from his website.

By: yhbc

yhbc — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:06:12 -0800

Your first link is the same as the second, and the main website does horrible things to my browser. concept lacking in execution.

By: Thorzdad

Thorzdad — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:07:40 -0800

My name is Paul Laffoley, and I will re-size your browser every time you click on something in my website. That aside...I love stuff like this. Crazy or not, the guy's way into it.

By: doctor_negative

doctor_negative — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:11:54 -0800

5 links to 3 URLs. Nice.

By: moonbizcut

moonbizcut — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:13:23 -0800

i know his site re-sizes your browser, sorry to mess up your world. and sorry about the repeated links....i don't know how to edit my post once it has been posted, is that not possible?

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:15:49 -0800

i don't know how to edit my post once it has been posted, is that not possible? Send an e-mail to jessamyn and/or cortex. They are very helpful in cleaning up borked links, etc. in FPPs.

By: konolia

konolia — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:16:33 -0800

Ya gotta click on what comes up. Interesting. But he's crazy. A genius, but crazy.

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:16:46 -0800

I always wondered what became of Mac from Mac and Me.

By: moonbizcut

moonbizcut — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:18:39 -0800

thanks ericb, will do

By: cortex

cortex — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:33:07 -0800

[Cleaned it up a bit per the above; no worries there, moonbizcut. ericb, no harm intended I know, but I'd rather folks link to my profile than throw my email in plaintext into a thread, esp. since the email I reply from may not be the one I use as a front end on my user page. Thanks!]

By: wendell

wendell — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:33:19 -0800

Crazy or brilliant, you make your decision. You make it sound like the two are mutually exclusive. They're not.

By: mattbucher

mattbucher — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:36:32 -0800

I've always said: you don't touch another man's trousers, take another man's Mauser, kill another man's Bowser, or resize his browser. Yowza!

By: jtron

jtron — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:37:50 -0800

Awesome, I love Laffoley! Thanks for the post.

By: amberglow

amberglow — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:45:42 -0800

very good stuff!

By: lupus_yonderboy

lupus_yonderboy — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:48:08 -0800

I've met the guy. Very interesting. He did a ritual performance trying to turn himself into a shadow...

By: quonsar

quonsar — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:48:11 -0800

i think i've seen the orgone machine around the web before, never knew who drew it though. the WTC memorial is too cool.

By: psyche7

psyche7 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 14:50:40 -0800

Thanks, moonbizcut, this is interesting. I think I may have seen some of his work. Folks, don't miss the wikipedia article and links. A quote: "According to Laffoley, he spoke his first word, "Constantinople", at the age of six months, and then lapsed into 4 years of silence." There is more to think about here than, for instance, Alex Grey.

By: loquacious

loquacious — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 15:45:45 -0800

Amazing art. Made by whom appears to be a raving lunatic. As a lunatic who makes art, I can appreciate this.

By: fcummins

fcummins — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:09:48 -0800

so many crazies, so little time....

By: Espoo2

Espoo2 — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:15:11 -0800

related to timecube guy? And man oh man how awesome would it have been for the WTC towers to be replaced by a Gaudi design?

By: ericb

ericb — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 16:33:19 -0800

ericb, no harm intended I know, but I'd rather folks link to my profile than throw my email in plaintext... Oops...my bad. Sorry. I should have known better.

By: Colloquial Collision

Colloquial Collision — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:05:38 -0800

I gotta say, I really like this guy's art. It's like a finding a sincere diagram of gnostic secrets inside an encyclopedia from the 1950s. Good stuff.

By: delmoi

delmoi — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:47:04 -0800

From the video: "It's a vehicle for traveling across the ocean using a kite... and, and a boat" You mean, a sailboat?

By: konolia

konolia — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 18:58:18 -0800

This article certainly explains a lot. He's not crazy. And I would never let a painting of his anywhere near my living room.

By: bunnytricks

bunnytricks — Sat, 01 Sep 2007 03:20:00 -0800

Laffoley is in my top five list of living people, and it's always good to see his work get more exposure.