Book Review: Recipes for the Mind
Three Suns © Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
“trees make their own
energy
eat sunshine
leave the place they live
better than they found
O2 thank you
intelligence unlike ours”
– Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
Charles Lindsay's new book, Recipes for the Mind, is a unique mixture of photography and text that explore the artist's perception of time, nature, art, psychedelics and technology. Born out of dreams and hectic bedside notes, the book is dedicated to re-remembering and re-imagining through the usage of abstract poems and photographs to create a science-fiction memoir.
Journey Time © Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
Rocket Brain © Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
For this book, Lindsay uses images he has been taking since 1984, many of them originating from his travels. While manipulating them by hand in 2019, Lindsay generates pictures that appear to look chemically altered, abstract and existing beyond time and space. These “recipes” that Lindsay synthesizes are unimaginable digital live forms and augmented realities, resulting in a mind-bending photographic experience.
Fried Eggs – Cherry Tomatoes @ Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
Jet Window © Charles Lindsay, Recipes for the Mind
Lindsay occasionally returns to the theme of time travelling, often creating chaotic texts that are paired up with photographs of planes and rockets, suggesting space and life explorations. The photographer's hectic literary pieces are easy to read but hard to interpret, yet the vivid, hallucinatory images that go with them aid the viewers in attempting to unravel Lindsay's mind.
The theme of space and parallel universes has been present in Lindsay work through his residence at the Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence Institute in Silicon Valley, where he directs a program that pairs artists with astro-scientists.
Lindsay is a 2010 Guggenheim recipient. To purchase his book, you can click here.
