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- Blinky
- Blinky Palermo, born Peter Schwarze, aka Peter Heisterkamp (June 2, 1943 - February 18, 1977), was a German abstract painter. Schwarze (whose last name became Heisterkamp when he was adopted as an infant) was given his outlandish name in 1964, during his studies with Joseph Beuys at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. The name refers to an American Mafioso and boxing promoter who was famous at the time for "owning" Sonny Liston. According to legend, it was given to Schwarze at the suggestion of Beuys when the famous teacher noticed the physical resemblance between Schwarze and the gangster.
4 comments:
Kim,
It was really cool how you made the shapes eventually both turn into dots.
~Karen Borden
What a cute idea. I love the process of watching the line move and transform into circle. I think one of the things that really makes it successful is the motion and direction in which you alter and move the line. It goes from being completely straight, then spirals into an square (almost), crumbles into this kind of square, and then finally plumps up into a circle. :) It's a great journey to watch. lol!
- Juleah Chandler
This reminds me of the story about the line who's in love with the dot, who's in love with the squiggly line. I just looked it up on the interweb because i couldn't remember the name and I found it! If you haven't seen it, I think you should. It's called "The Dot and the Line: a Romance in Lower Mathematics" written by Edwin Abbot Abbot. It was later animated by Chuck Jones (the same guy who animated the Phantom Tollbooth.) Anyway, cheers.
Love
Brooke
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmSbdvzbOzY
Here's the link to the animation that Brooke has mentioned here. Great reference! Thanks Brooke
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