Joan Fontcuberta's Miracle of Cephalopodization.

Posted by Alex in Arts & Crafts on June 18, 2006 at 1:16 am


From the website:

The cephalopods, formless, tentacled animals, are a significant incarnation of the monsters that tend to symbolize the spirits of the infernal regions. Their ink represents darkness. But used as a culinary ingredient, the fluid also makes for a magnificent sauce used in flavouring paellas and other rice dishes. The Nootka Indians of Vancouver believe that the squid was the first to possess the secret of fire. As the lore goes, several Nootka warriors stole this secret from the creature; the squid subsequently took legal action, but the judicial system was exasperatingly slow and the squid turned into a jellyfish, or medusa. In all known cosmogonies the medusa has bared a negative reputation; it is antisocial, aggressive, and goes hysterical whenever someone enters its den. With its head ringed of serpents, the mere sight of the Gorgon was enough to turn an enemy to stone. The jellyfish provided H. R. Geiger with the inspiration for his Alien, and Vilém Flusser for his Vampiroteutus Infernalis.

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2 comments to "Joan Fontcuberta's Miracle of Cephalopodization."

  1. Tom M.
    June 18th, 2006 at 2:55 pm

    Hello Dr. Zoidberg!

  2. Jeff
    June 21st, 2006 at 4:56 pm

    Check google or youtube for a video called 'Alive in Joburg'

    Very similar looking creatures in that.


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