[microsound] RE: Newton exhibit

[Thomas Ashcraft <72632.1427@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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>any of you lucky enough to be visiting or living in NY check out:
http://www.nypl.org/research/newton/<




Yes. This is a fine recommendation.    

I went to that exhibit at the New York Public Library at 42 st. on the
opening day.  The show is wonderfully more than about Newton and is about a
period in cultural history  that the curator is terming " The Newtonian
Moment."  There are many vitrines of old books and scientific illustrations
by many thinkers and experimenters of the times.  There are a few large
showcases devoted to Newton's own notebooks and drawings. He wrote in a
tiny script in dark brown colored ink.   Lovely.  Dense. Long writings.

The show is book and print heavy and it is neat to observe the modality and
style of their "publishing" forms back then and there.  They practised an
elegant graphic design style of bookmaking that facilitated their
particular cultural transmissions.  

My advice to any would-be visitors  is to tag along on a guided tour of the
exhibit when they happen ( at 12:30 and 2:30 pm )  as it will give an
esoteric entrance into Newton and his context with juicy stories about many
philosopher/practitioners like William Blake ( showing his drawings as
well), and Robert Hooke, and  bunch of other interesting thinkers,
discoverers and extrapolators.

Also, the specific Library Hall the show is in is quite beautiful. Ornate
in all ways with marble floors and columns and a carved wood ceiling. Very
rich sensorial experience and exquisite  artisanry.    High Culture.   

Trippable.

It is up till Feb. 5.

Thomas Ashcraft
The Extrapolator's Club




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