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April 20, 2005

Xul Solar

"A man well versed in all disciplines, curious about each and every mystery, father of alphabets, languages, utopias and mythologies, host of paradises and infernos, author, pan-chess player, and perfect astrologer in indulgent irony and generous friendship, Xul Solar is one of the most peculiar events of our times" - Jorge Luis Borges

Xul Solar was one of my great "finds" from this last trip to Argentina. I loved his paintings and enjoyed his fabulous creativity through his imaginative inventions which range from
* Languages - Pan Criollo, a mix of spanish and portuguese, and Pan Lingua - "a system to communicate and link mathematics, music, astrology and the visual arts in unexpected combinations with untold creative potential"
* Religions and divinatory methods - firm believer in Astrology, Tarot, I Ching, Buddhism and reincarnation
* Games - Pan chess or non-chess, "whose indeterminate rules were simultaneously a group of musical notes, a dictionary for the creation of new languages"

I particularly liked this modified piano, where the original keys were substituted by colorfoul ones, "to accompany the music of his paintings".

More about Xul Solar on the Wikipedia, Words without Borders and Museo Xul Solar in Buenos Aires

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