Ken Middleham appreciation thread

soundtrack by Jim O'Rourke!

That looks neato but the soundtrack would make me claw my ears off.

So much creepy tension! So much that I would be unbearably agitated. Cool topic though!

Oh man I loooooooved it
The whole experience was extremely soothing

Some people hate cilantro, to each her own :)

The idea of biological computational intelligence--SO FAR OUT, SO NOT THAT FAR AWAY!!! We are living in the science fiction and I want to know more!

So ancient. The cinematography was exceptional as well.

OMG I want to see this NAOW!!!

yeah you will enjoy it. i haven't tried to track down the soundtrack yet but it's at least as effective as A Field in England (although the movie is more traditional in structure)

the people they interview are fascinating, and i also enjoyed the healthy respect for amateur scientists of today and yesterday.

look up the work of heather barnett if you want the art side, and check out the fungarium if you like hidden corners of archives etc http://www.kew.org/science-conservation/collections/fungarium
i also learned about the films of percy smith but there doesn't seem to be much of his stuff online and his end was tragic like david munrow :( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/F._Percy_Smith

in the meantime, the acrobatic fly! (from 1910!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hlocZhNc0M

I got one Christmas present and it was a Hellstrom Chronicle dvd!

Cool!

Awesome avant garde score by lalo schifrin on that.

Bugs they plot to destroy us all

Black Widow is on youtube now!
THE BLACK WIDOW IS A MENACE ON FIVE CONTINENTS!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ur3RE04R2ks

https://youtu.be/TmqGXTl2fzQ

oops apparently this is 10 sec of volvoxes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmqGXTl2fzQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThtggIPomoQ

thymol crystals
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYTVR9owuAk

BHT crystals

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9aI3goikr4

will conclude with this one, obviously the best. snow melts and mushrooms grow
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrQKm9uH7hQ

still no wikipedia entry for him in english afaict
this thread continues to pop up as a top search result :-/

Am in zing so cannot see all YouTube titles yet-- is mr toad one of the above???

nope, sorry :(

aw that's ok i will watch all these

most are super short, like 10 sec

i recently went on a trip to visit behind the scenes at the field museum. one of the places i got to see was the room where zillions of beetles clean the bones of birds whose skeletons are getting prepped to be sorted and go into the collection. it was amazing and reminded me of ken middleham.

i don't see that he has gotten any more well known since last i checked but someday i hope to 1) track down his educational films before it is too late if it is not already too late and 2) get some video art assistance and perform some music in front of projections of ken middleham imagery. <--- there it is, if you can help me make it happen lmk! manifest your dreams!

also 4 years ago ilx user "robh" was writing a book -- any updates on that, robh?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDElLm1hfSQ

never give up

that's right, never give up!

It finally happened! A band used the black widow film for their own music video. In this case, a band with an extensive backstory named Toiling Midgets. This news courtesy of my Ken Middleham google alert.

https://www.straight.com/music/1331056/toiling-midgets-more-local-you-ever-knew