Photostream ongoing research more on my flickr page. The shrinking man is a science fiction novel by american writer richard matheson, published in 1956. The incredible shrinking man is a profound and pessimistic exploration of societyand theperceived safety of our world. Met the incredible shrinking man probeert hij het denken over groei te veranderen change the system arne hendriks deel 1 on vimeo. While on a boating holiday, scott carey is exposed to a cloud of radioactive spray. The incredible shrinking man is a research into the consequences of downsizing the human species. Months later, he discovers that he appears to be shrinking. Richard matheson, the new york times bestselling author of what dreams may come and i am legend, achieved early fame by penning this unforgettable novel, which became the basis for the hugo awardwinning 1957 film, the incredible shrinking man. It is a rich document for analysis of some of the fears and challenges involved. Arne hendriks talks about the possibility of downsizing the human species to better fit the planet. The incredible shrinking man investigates the possibility of a smaller human species. Arne hendriks, artistinresidence at rabobank, believes we are obsessed with growth.
The incredible shrinking man is a speculative research project that investigates what it would take to downsize the human species to better fit the. Its a bit paranoid, a bit psychological, a bit philosopical and its a mustwatch in my book. The incredible shrinking man feeding 100 people with a single. Commonplace settings and objects are freighted with an almost otherworldly menace in this ingenious adaptation of richard mathesons 1956 novel, which benefits enormously from director jack arnolds respect for genre and nononsense craftiness. Especially when he found out that every centimeter above 152 cm takes. Arne hendriks hes almost 2 meters tall but not too happy about it. Arne hendriks, one of the crew members of our favorite platform21, explains that the incredible shrinking man is about anything but being big and strong. Find books like the shrinking man from the worlds largest community of readers. Join facebook to connect with arne hendriks and others you may know. Author arne hendriks categories entertainment, religion, shrinkfilms, shrinklit. Oct 25, 20 the incredible shrinking man by arne hendriks. Arne hendriks, researcher and father of the incredible shrinking man alessia andreotti september 8th 20 the next guest in our interview series is arne hendriks, dutch artist, exhibition maker, researcher and historian. The film, based on richard mathesons book the shrinking man, is about a man who slowly shrinks into oblivion. Goodreads members who liked the shrinking man also liked.
Click on a title to look inside that book if available. Even before ant man, hollywood has loved to shrink its stars hero complex. Richard matheson is one of the finest writers of the 20th century. Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. The incredible shrinking man is an ongoing research about the. Grant williams in the incredible shrinking man 1957. Greenburg, micro by michael crichton, andrew lost in the bathroom by j. A speculative art project advocates a radical form of downsizing as a response to our growthobsessed culture. The incredible shrinking man is a 1957 american science fiction film directed by jack arnold based on richard mathesons novel the shrinking man. Jun 08, 2012 tedxbrainport 2012 making the future xxx arne hendriks is an amsterdam based artist, exhibition maker and historian master of art university of amsterdam. The opening credits musical theme is by an uncredited irving gertz, with a trumpet solo performed by ray anthony.
The shrinking man is a really good book, in the sense of its horrifying idea, style of narration, its meticulous description whenever required, and its hidden sublayer. The incredible shrinking man is a speculative project devised by arne hendriks in response to the current trend for a taller population, which he claims is no longer a desired result in an age of. The incredible shrinking man is a speculative project that investigates what it would take to downsize the human species to better fit the earth see. The shrinking man by richard matheson published 1957. In it the protagonist scott carey slowly starts shrinking after having been exposed to radioactive pesticides. Standing at 2 metres tall, hendriks is at the upper end of the height spectrum for humans with the worlds tallest man reaching a towering 272 centimetres. His impact fiction has made him a success with memorable episodes of the twilight zone and his movies, such as i am legend, have hit it big, but the shrinking man, which became known as the incredible shrinking man in theaters, was another fine success of his. His compelling vision of one ordinary man s gradual descent into a microscopic world remains one of the acknowledged classics of horror and science fiction. The official universal studios entertainment facebook page. Amsterdambased artist arne hendriks will share the ongoing developments of his latest project the incredible shrinking man at ninety minutes of frame. If youre reading this, youre too tall journal of design. As a direct result we need more energy, more food and more space.
The incredible shrinking man is a speculative design research about the consequences of downsizing the human species to 50 centimeters. Instructables restaurant open design in a restaurant setting arne hendriks the instructables restaurant 1 is the worlds first open source restaurant. Adapted into the classic 1957 film the incredible shrinking man. Arne hendriks will share details of his ongoing project the incredible shrinking man. And if you love the chair, or any of continue reading. Arne hendriks is an artist and exhibition maker based in amsterdam. Oct 25, 20 the incredible shrinking man is a speculative project devised by arne hendriks in response to the current trend for a taller population, which he claims is no longer a desired result in an age of. Arne hendriks is an artist, exhibition maker and initiator of the incredible shrinking man and is primarily interested in analog behavioral patterns inspired by digital culture. Especially when he found out that every centimeter above 152 cm takes about 6 months of your life expectation. The incredible shrinking man arne hendriks archive. Latest updates from fatberg, a project with mike thompson. One of the more radical factions develops a way to clone people at tiny size, where feeding them wouldnt be a problem. Jul 02, 2015 could shrinking ourselves like antman solve overpopulation. The incredible shrinking man by arne hendriks dezeen.
The average incredible shrinking man would probably weigh only 1,7 kg. The incredible shrinking man 4 outta 5 stars not many of those hokeylooking old scifi movies from the 50s are still as effective 50 years later. Recent projects of arne hendriks include the incredible shrinking man an investigation into the possibility of downsizing the human species to just 50. Towards the very end of the movie, when scott is getting. Over the past 8 years arne hendriks has investigated if and how the human species can become smaller. Tedxbrainport 2012 making the future xxx arne hendriks is an amsterdam based artist, exhibition maker and historian master of art university of.
The film and book is about coping with this situation. The incredible shrinking man is a speculative project devised by arne hendriks in response to the current trend for a taller population, which. The incredible shrinking man is a science fiction novel by richard matheson. Arne hendriks and the incredible shrinking man kvadrat interwoven. Included are great tales like duel, nightmare at 20,000 feet, and the test that prove that richard matheson works not only hold up, but he remains the master of tales that involve an outside force that harm the innocent. Read the full synopsis of the incredible shrinking man, 1957, directed by jack arnold, with grant williams, randy stuart, april kent, at turner classic movies. Arne hendriks is a master of art university of amsterdam, 2001 and works passionately in the field of opendesign, hacking, speculative research, education and the fine culture of repair. Arne hendriks the incredible shrinking man by next nature network.
The incredible shrinking man is an incredible story not to be missed. Though this anthology is labeled the incredible shrinking man, it actually contains several other stories besides this classic. Author arne hendriks categories entertainment, religion, shrinkfilms, shrinklit the incredible shrinking man takes its name from a 1957 movie, based on a book by richard matheson. The incredible shrinking man is a speculative design research by arne hendriks about the consequences of downsizing the human species to 50 centimetres. During this inspiration day well work on the speculative design project of artist and researcher arne hendriks. Photographic reprint of the original gold medal paperback for 1956. Best seller the incredible shrinking man free read video. One of the more exciting prospects of shrinking mankind is the drastic change in food consumption. In the project the incredible shrinking man, he looks into the question if man could not get smaller instead of bigger, how this could be achieved, and what the positive consequences would be.
But the incredible shrinking man was the first real movie to showcase man against everything giant. A version of this article was previously posted on on january 23, 2018. He was named a grand master of horror by the world horror convention, and received the bram stoker award for lifetime achievement. Another adaptation of the story has been proposed, which has been pushed back several times from 2001 to the current day. It has been a long established trend for people to grow taller. The incredible shrinking man read online free by richard matheson. Recent projects of arne hendriks include the incredible shrinking man an investigation into the possibility of downsizing the human species to just 50 centimeters tall and fatberg, the creation of an island of fat, in collaboration with nnn fellow mike. For the department of search, arne hendriks is developing. Arne hendriks the incredible shrinking man youtube. While catching some rays on his brothers yacht, scott carey williams is.
His new size revealed in preceding scenes, and the press now onto the story, scott grant williams losing his cool, with wife louise randy stuart, as the trick shots continue, in director jack arnolds the incredible shrinking man, 1957. It has been adapted into a motion picture twice, called the incredible shrinking man in 1957 and the incredible shrinking woman in 1981, both by universal pictures. With his longrunning art project, the incredible shrinking man, he has been examining whether we can provide an answer to abundance by shrinking in the face of it. To investigate this aspect more elaborately the incredible shrinking man intends to build a fully functional restaurant catering to customers that are 50 centimeters tall. If we shrunk to 50cm, a single chicken could feed 100 people. Honey, they have shrunk the film stars again whats on and things to do in norfolk norfolk eastern daily press. We do what we can to please in the emergent and not. Recent projects of arne hendriks include the incredible shrinking man an investigation into the possibility of downsizing the human species to just 50 centimeters tall and fatberg, the creation of an island of fat, in collaboration with nnn fellow mike thompson.
Mar 31, 2015 arne hendriks is an artist and exhibition maker based in amsterdam. Arne, if i remember well youre a tall dutch guy so why this interest in small people. While relaxing on a boat, scott is enveloped by strange fog. The film reveals how weve become prisoners within our own homes. Im 1,95m, almost 4 times the projected height of the incredible shrinking man and about 50 times the weight.
Tedxbrainport 2012 arne hendriks the incredible shrinking man. Jun 15, 2018 the incredible shrinking man gets a strong recommendation from me. The dutch artist and exhibition maker arne hendriks believes humans have been brainwashed into worshipping abundance. In this book, most of the worlds food supplies have been devastated by blight, and scientists are struggling to come up with a solution. Its a wellmade film which handles its subject matter quite seriously, but without ruining the sense of scifi fun. The last half of this book consists of short stories by richard matheson. Its gratifying to see designfiction practitioners writing in to the ol blog here. Dutch artist arne hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an average height of 50 centimetres as a way to reduce. The incredible shrinking man last words before infinity. Film the incredible shrinking man is a 1957 science fiction film directed by jack arnold and adapted for the screen by richard matheson from his novel the shrinking man. The shrinking man was the basis of richard mathesons first screenplay, the incredible shrinking man 1957, which earned a 1958 hugo award, the first presented for best dramatic presentation.
The winner of the future concepts award 20 was the incredible shrinking man by arne hendriks. Awesome story that i remember from last summers tedx brainport in eindhoven. Hes almost 2 meters tall but not too happy about it. The incredible shrinking man feeding 100 people with a. Dutch artist arne hendriks proposes shrinking the human population to an. Cyclops and the incredible shrinking man, or books like. First of all because its initiator, arne hendriks, isnt known as a. A cinematic nightmare both allamerican and kafkaesque. Could shrinking ourselves like antman solve overpopulation.
Al meer dan zeven jaar onderzoekt arne hendriks het idee van downsizing. The incredible shrinking man 1957 the motion pictures. Sep 12, 2018 arne hendriks is a dutch artist and researcher, best known for the incredible shrinking man, a critical research project that asks people to consider scaling down to fifty centimeters about 20 inches in order to use the planets resources in a more sustainable way. Artist arne hendriks explores the possibilities and implications of downsizing the human species to better fit the earth. The film stars grant williams as scott and randy stuart as scotts wife louise. The screens great existential science fiction film, the incredible shrinking man stars grant williams in the title role. The incredible shrinking man researching the implications of. Buy a cheap copy of the shrinking man book by richard matheson. The incredible shrinking man read online free from your pc or mobile. Mathesons first story that i read, being amongst his earliest written works.
The incredible shrinking man by richard matheson, paperback. This research project gets its name from the classic film the incredible shrinking man. Feb 24, 2001 richard matheson 192620 was the new york times bestselling author of i am legend, hell house, somewhere in time, the incredible shrinking man, now you see it. Arne hendriks heeft 15 functies op zijn of haar profiel.
Tedxbrainport 2012 making the future xxx arne hendriks is an amsterdam based artist, exhibition maker and historian master of art. A performative lecture on downsizing the human species. Mar 17, 2011 now lets hear what arne hendriks has to say. Popular videos the incredible shrinking man youtube. The incredible shrinking man is a metaphor of this darkness and the monstrous nature these mundane domestic objects including pets, dollhouses, scissors, matches, and hot water heaters could assume. The incredible shrinking man takes its name from a 1957 movie, based on a book by richard matheson. A few weeks later, following a series of medical examinations, he can no longer. Ive been following the project the incredible shrinking man for a few months now. Arne hendriks teacher and course developer university of.
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