"You can't invent anything that hasn't occurred in nature," says Paul Laffoley, a painter and trained architect. "In architecture, you're literally uncovering nature's creativity and punching it up a little." A typically punched-up vision is Laffoley'sDas Urpflanze Haus (the primordial plant house), which offers genetically engineered seeds as a solution to the housing shortage. Laffoley's portfolio, including a human-powered vehicle and a time machine, echoes the weird science of Nikola Tesla and Buckminster Fuller: Intricate illustrations and collages graft ancient occultism, eccentric engineering, particle phy-sics, and a dose of ufology onto obsessively detailed building plans for a surreal alternative future. A featured artist at New York's Kent Gallery (www.kentgallery.com), Laf-foley will exhibit previously unseen work this winter.
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The Fleshmaker
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