Zen Gardens

The Japanese rock gardens or "dry landscape" gardens, often called "Zen gardens" were influenced mainly by Zen Buddhism and can be found at Zen temples of meditation.

Japanese gardens are a living work of art in which the plants and trees are ever changing with the seasons. As they grow and mature, they are constantly sculpted to maintain and enhance the overall experience; hence, a Japanese garden is never the same and never really finished. The underlying structure of a Japanese garden is determined by the architecture; that is, the framework of enduring elements such as buildings, verandas and terraces, paths, tsukiyama (artificial hills), and stone compositions. Over time, it is only as good as the careful maintenance that it receives by those skilled in the art of training and pruning. Part of the art is to keep the garden almost still, like a painting.

Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japanese_rock_garden

http://www.kasrl.org/axiomathes.pdf

Open Form/New Open Form Music

http://www.michaelwilhelmi.de/NewOpenForm/?page_id=311&lang=en

Alan Watts - Work As Play

Alan Watts discusses viewing work as a dance, and how life is spontaneous, instead of driven by external forces. www.alanwatts.com

Art Safari - Relational Art: Is It An Ism? (2004)

http://www.ubu.com/film/relational.html

3 films by Joseph Beuys (1921-1986)

http://www.ubu.com/film/beuys.html

The Relational View - Jan Helderman

Chinese dating site spammers are not completely useless. They can lead you to sites like www.fabc.info, which may be interesting for students of visual structure. To put it short, it is about relations of forms and functions and understanding of these.
Jan Helderman also has a blog at http://janhelderman.blogspot.com/

Oskar Hansen Symposium 2009

OH-SYMPOSIUM 09 - BAS 18. OG 19. DESEMBER 2009 – OPEN FORM 50 ÅR
AT BAS 18th and 19th of December – OPEN FORM 50 YEARS

JUBILEUMSYMPOSIUM - PROGRAM
FREDAG 18. DESEMBER
Friday 18th of December
Time
KL.18 OSKAR HANSEN SYMPOSIUM - OPEN FORM 50 år. v/ Svein Hatløy
Open Form 50 year’s anniversary - Oskar Hansen symposium
KL.19 Helsing til Svein Hatløy.
Greeting to Svein Hatløy
Immatrikulering av 1.klasse. v/ Marianne Skjulhaug
Matriculation of 1.year
OPNING AV 1.ÅRS JULEUTSTILLING OG JULEFEST
1.year’s Exhibition and Christmas party

LAURDAG 19. DESEMBER
Saturday 19th of December
KL.10 Hårsamlinga. Hårinnsamlingskontor www.zeth.no/hair.html
Kurt Johannessen
Hair collection. Hair collection Office
KL.10.20 OF2 – framhaldskurs Open Form, v/ Svein Hatløy
OF2 – continuity course of Open Form
KL.11-11.10 PAUSE, te og kaffi
SHORT BREAK
Økt 2: MARKERING av OPEN FORM 50 ÅR i GUANGZHOU, KINA,
prosjekta til OF2, viste på utstilling og førelesingar - norsk kveld
CELEBRATION in GUANGZHOU, OPEN FORM 50 YEARS
KL.11.10 Prosjektet: Sterk vind – Open Form, metode og praksis i Gulen,
Strong Wind – Open Form, method and practice at Gulen
v/ Mona Steinsland
KL.11.50 Prosjekt: Sjølvbygging ved Lisboa, Portugal
Self building invitation outside Lisbon, Portugal, v/ Jørgen Stavseng
KL.12.20 Prosjekt: Nasjonale turistvegar, CODE Arkitektur og 3RW Arkitektar
v/ Bjarne Ringstad og Espen Rahlff
Reading topological space. Projects and realizations from the National Norwegian Tourist Route Project
KL.13.20 LUNCH - Godt grovt brød og varm suppe
Good bread and hot soup

Økt 3. REPORTS FROM CHINA - RAPPORT FRÅ KINA
KL.14 OPEN FORM 50 YEARS - OPEN FORM INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF ARCHITECTURE - OF2, THE CONTINUATION.
CHINA, GREAT NUMBER, from Shi Pai Guangzhou to Beijing.
KINA, FLEIRTALSFORM, frå Shi Pai, Guangzhou til Beijing.
Open Form 50 år – OF2 i symposiet og 3 verkstadar. Oversyn ved Svein Hatløy og innlegg ved OF2, Mona Steinsland, Jørgen Stavseng, Bjarne Ringstad, Espen Rahlff, Henning Kaland
Open Form 50 year – OF2 in the symposium and 3 workshops. Introduction by Svein Hatløy, and contribution from OF2
Ordskifte - Discussion
KL.15 MIND THE GAP. Diplom 2009. Marit Kornberg
KL.15.15 – 16 WARZAWA SPEL, alle er med – CONTINUITET/SIMULTANITET.
WARSAW GAME everyone takes part – CONTINUITY/SIMULTANEITY