Ivan James Lindsay (born 8 July 1962) is an art dealer, publisher and writer.
Family background
On his father’s side Lindsay is part of the Scottish clan Lindsay.
Publishing
In the late 1990s he started by publishing museum catalogues under his own imprints, such as that for Southampton City Art Gallery in 1998 and the Wallace Collection (2004).
Published work and interviews
List of books published, written or co-written
* Renaissance to Impressionism, Masterpieces from the Southampton Museum, An illustrated Guide, Unicorn Press, 1998 (Published).
* The Wallace Collection, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Unicorn Press, 2004 (Published).
* The History of Loot and Stolen Art, Unicorn Press, 2013 (Written).
* Masterpieces of Soviet Painting and Sculpture, Unicorn Press (Russian Language edition), Unicorn Press, 2016 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, The Portraits, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, The Landscapes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, Still Lifes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, Nudes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Soviet Women and their Art, The Struggle for Equality, Unicorn Press, 2019 (Co-written).
Articles, Lectures and Interviews
Lindsay has written over 60 articles for newspapers and magazines. He mainly writes about art, stolen art and the art market but sometimes covers cultural issues or disputes. He was the Art Writer and a Contributing Editor at Spears WMS Magazine 2008 - 2014. He has lectured at Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 2008), Moscow (Hermitage Round Table discussion at the Moscow World Fine Art Fair, 2008), Washington (Capital Speakers Club 2015), London (The Cavalry and Guards Club, 2015) and York University (The Festival of Ideas, 2015). In June 2011 Lindsay co-chaired with William Cash, between themselves and David Linley and Philip Mould, a panel discussion at the Masterpiece fair on 'What is a Masterpiece?' In 2011 Lindsay was a judge at the Design for London Awards.
Lindsay sometimes becomes involved in contemporary cultural issues. In 2012 he wrote articles in Spears WMS Magazine and Country and Town House Magazine about the £45 million needed to save Titian's painting 'Diana and Callisto' from leaving Britain.
In 2013 the artist George Baselitz was quoted in an interview saying, "What's the biggest problem with women artists? None of them can actually paint?" which reignited the issue of why women artists are so underrepresented in museums. In the last decade only 11% of museum acquisitions were by women and during that time women only made up 2% of art market turnover. Lindsay has gone on the record defending women artists limited success as being for cultural and historical reasons as opposed to lack of talent and has been widely quoted in newspapers such as London's Independent which said, 'Ivan Lindsay, the art writer and dealer and writer, said, "This is a hugely contentious issue. Some people think women just generally aren't as good, others believe they have been held back through history." He continued: "It is a fairly outrageous and provocative thing for Baselitz to say and we inevitably react against a comment like that. But he has got to an age where he doesn't care. Others would probably agree but wouldn't like to stick their head above the parapet."
Lindsay has followed and reviewed the Rybolovlev versus Bouvier Affair which is the largest dispute ever seen in the art world and hinges over Dmitri Rybolovlev buying a reported US$2bn of art from Yves Bouvier and alleging Bouvier charged him $1bn more in commission than had been agreed. The case hangs on whether Bouvier was an agent or principal in the 22 or so deals involved.
In November 2017 Lindsay wrote an analysis of Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' painting shortly after it sold at Christie's for a record US$450m price where he advanced the opinion that the painting was by a pupil of Leonardo and had been heavily restored to look as Leonardesque as possible. This controversial view has since been subsequently adopted by many writers and art historians.
Selected Articles and Interviews
* Russian Revolution, Country House Magazine, May 2007.
* Eastern Bloc, Country House Magazine, November 2007.
* In defense of the Russians, Gstaad Life, January 2006.
* Russian Art Shopping, Hermitage Magazine, in Russian and English language editions, Hermitage Magazine Vol. 2, 2008.
* Art Lovers of the World Unite, WMS Magazine, Spring Issue 2008.
* Capital Gainsborough, WMS Magazine, Summer 2008.
* DaDa? Da! Da!, Russians appear in the art market, WMS Magazine, Autumn 2008.
* The Hirst is yet to come, WMS Magazine, Winter 2008.
* Sale of the Century, Country and Town House magazine, January 2009.
* Lock up your Demoiselles, WMS Magazine, Spring 2009.
* Post-Money-Sexy, WMS Magazine, Summer 2009.
* Its going to the dogs (interview with businessman Jim Mellon), WMS Magazine, Autumn 2009.
* Family Jewels, Spears Magazine, Winter 2009.
* Good Egg, WMS Magazine, Summer 2010.
* Looks Good on Paper, WMS Magazine, Spring 2010.
* Bid Farewell, WMS Magazine, Summer 2010.
* Aristocrats to sell off their Treasures, When the going gets Toff, WMS Magazine, Autumn, 2010.
* Buying art as an investment, Go Figure, Spears Magazine, Winter 2010.
* Should we worry about Masterpieces leaving the UK, I am a Masterpiece, get me out of here, Spears Magazine, March/April 2011.
* The Rise of Russian Art Money, OIL Paintings, Spears Magazine, May/June 2011.
* Sotheby's Stock is a lead Indicator of the Stock Market, The Canary in the Mineshaft, Spears Magazine, May/June 2011.
* What is a Masterpiece?, Here's the Thing, Spears Magazine, September/October 2011.
* Are Blockbuster exhibitions damaging art?, Queuebism, Spears Magazine, December 2011.
* Should the public spend 50m pounds on a Titian, Yes, by Jupiter!, Spears Magazine, December 2011.
* Why Picasso is attractive is attractive to first-time buyers...and auctioneers, Blue Chip period, Spears Magazine, March/April 2012.
* The Story behind the Royal Collection, One is remarkably eclectic, Spears Magazine, May/June 2012.
* Munch's Scream breaks auction records, but what do top prices tell us about paintings, Painting by numbers, Spears Magazine, July/August 2012.
* Aristocrats need to sell to keep the roof over their head, Spears Magazine, September 2012.
* Lets talk about Sex, Why does art by women artists still sell for less, Spears Magazine, September/October 2012.
* What happens to Royal and Private Art Collections during Revolutions?, First Against the Wall, Spears Magazine, November/Dcember 2012.
* The benefits and dangers of art restoration, Spears Magazine, December 2012.
* 60 Masterpieces to return from the Hermitage to Houghton Hall in Norfolk, From Russia with Luck, Spears Magazine, March/April 2013.
* The Sunshine Estate (Interview with David and Jackie Siegel), Meet the Timeshare Tycoon and former Swimwear Model building the largest house in America, Spears Magazine, May/June 2013.
* A lot to be desired, Spears Magazine, July/August 2013.
* Western Auction Houses master art of selling to the East, Spears Magazine, September/October 2013.
* Why Detroit should sell its art, Spears Magazine, October 2013.
* A unintended consequence of QE, an art market boom, Spears Magazine, September 2013.
* The Queen of Versailles, an update on the life of Jackie Siegel, Country and Town House Magazine, December 2013.
* How much for the Bust?, Spears Magazine, November/December 2013.
* Will activist investors keep Sotheby's on the money?, Spears Magazine, January/February 2014.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Theodora Clarke of Russian Art and Culture regarding The History of Loot and Stolen Art, 08/09/2014.
* From Napoleon to the Nazis, The 10 most notorious looted artworks, The Guardian Newspaper, Art and Design Section, November 2014.
* What a Loot, Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Richard Hopton for Country and Town House Magazine, April 2015.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Tvoya Istoriya (Your Story) reposted on Russian Art and Culture Platform, September 2016.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Theodora Clarke about his book, Masterpieces of Soviet Art, for Russian Art and Culture Platform, September 2016.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Irene Kukota for Matryoska Radio November 29th 2016 (Russian language).
* Alchemy as Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' sells for an astonishing US$450m, Russian art dealer blog, Nov 2017.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Ilya Dmitrychev, Chief of London Bureau for Russian News Agency TASS, at Hatchards, Piccadilly, about the book Soviet Women and their art, the struggle for equality, 8/5/2019.
Family background
On his father’s side Lindsay is part of the Scottish clan Lindsay.
Publishing
In the late 1990s he started by publishing museum catalogues under his own imprints, such as that for Southampton City Art Gallery in 1998 and the Wallace Collection (2004).
Published work and interviews
List of books published, written or co-written
* Renaissance to Impressionism, Masterpieces from the Southampton Museum, An illustrated Guide, Unicorn Press, 1998 (Published).
* The Wallace Collection, A Complete Catalogue of the Paintings, Unicorn Press, 2004 (Published).
* The History of Loot and Stolen Art, Unicorn Press, 2013 (Written).
* Masterpieces of Soviet Painting and Sculpture, Unicorn Press (Russian Language edition), Unicorn Press, 2016 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, The Portraits, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, The Landscapes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, Still Lifes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Art of the Soviet Union, Nudes, Unicorn Press, 2018 (Co-written).
* Soviet Women and their Art, The Struggle for Equality, Unicorn Press, 2019 (Co-written).
Articles, Lectures and Interviews
Lindsay has written over 60 articles for newspapers and magazines. He mainly writes about art, stolen art and the art market but sometimes covers cultural issues or disputes. He was the Art Writer and a Contributing Editor at Spears WMS Magazine 2008 - 2014. He has lectured at Cambridge University (Magdalene College, 2008), Moscow (Hermitage Round Table discussion at the Moscow World Fine Art Fair, 2008), Washington (Capital Speakers Club 2015), London (The Cavalry and Guards Club, 2015) and York University (The Festival of Ideas, 2015). In June 2011 Lindsay co-chaired with William Cash, between themselves and David Linley and Philip Mould, a panel discussion at the Masterpiece fair on 'What is a Masterpiece?' In 2011 Lindsay was a judge at the Design for London Awards.
Lindsay sometimes becomes involved in contemporary cultural issues. In 2012 he wrote articles in Spears WMS Magazine and Country and Town House Magazine about the £45 million needed to save Titian's painting 'Diana and Callisto' from leaving Britain.
In 2013 the artist George Baselitz was quoted in an interview saying, "What's the biggest problem with women artists? None of them can actually paint?" which reignited the issue of why women artists are so underrepresented in museums. In the last decade only 11% of museum acquisitions were by women and during that time women only made up 2% of art market turnover. Lindsay has gone on the record defending women artists limited success as being for cultural and historical reasons as opposed to lack of talent and has been widely quoted in newspapers such as London's Independent which said, 'Ivan Lindsay, the art writer and dealer and writer, said, "This is a hugely contentious issue. Some people think women just generally aren't as good, others believe they have been held back through history." He continued: "It is a fairly outrageous and provocative thing for Baselitz to say and we inevitably react against a comment like that. But he has got to an age where he doesn't care. Others would probably agree but wouldn't like to stick their head above the parapet."
Lindsay has followed and reviewed the Rybolovlev versus Bouvier Affair which is the largest dispute ever seen in the art world and hinges over Dmitri Rybolovlev buying a reported US$2bn of art from Yves Bouvier and alleging Bouvier charged him $1bn more in commission than had been agreed. The case hangs on whether Bouvier was an agent or principal in the 22 or so deals involved.
In November 2017 Lindsay wrote an analysis of Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' painting shortly after it sold at Christie's for a record US$450m price where he advanced the opinion that the painting was by a pupil of Leonardo and had been heavily restored to look as Leonardesque as possible. This controversial view has since been subsequently adopted by many writers and art historians.
Selected Articles and Interviews
* Russian Revolution, Country House Magazine, May 2007.
* Eastern Bloc, Country House Magazine, November 2007.
* In defense of the Russians, Gstaad Life, January 2006.
* Russian Art Shopping, Hermitage Magazine, in Russian and English language editions, Hermitage Magazine Vol. 2, 2008.
* Art Lovers of the World Unite, WMS Magazine, Spring Issue 2008.
* Capital Gainsborough, WMS Magazine, Summer 2008.
* DaDa? Da! Da!, Russians appear in the art market, WMS Magazine, Autumn 2008.
* The Hirst is yet to come, WMS Magazine, Winter 2008.
* Sale of the Century, Country and Town House magazine, January 2009.
* Lock up your Demoiselles, WMS Magazine, Spring 2009.
* Post-Money-Sexy, WMS Magazine, Summer 2009.
* Its going to the dogs (interview with businessman Jim Mellon), WMS Magazine, Autumn 2009.
* Family Jewels, Spears Magazine, Winter 2009.
* Good Egg, WMS Magazine, Summer 2010.
* Looks Good on Paper, WMS Magazine, Spring 2010.
* Bid Farewell, WMS Magazine, Summer 2010.
* Aristocrats to sell off their Treasures, When the going gets Toff, WMS Magazine, Autumn, 2010.
* Buying art as an investment, Go Figure, Spears Magazine, Winter 2010.
* Should we worry about Masterpieces leaving the UK, I am a Masterpiece, get me out of here, Spears Magazine, March/April 2011.
* The Rise of Russian Art Money, OIL Paintings, Spears Magazine, May/June 2011.
* Sotheby's Stock is a lead Indicator of the Stock Market, The Canary in the Mineshaft, Spears Magazine, May/June 2011.
* What is a Masterpiece?, Here's the Thing, Spears Magazine, September/October 2011.
* Are Blockbuster exhibitions damaging art?, Queuebism, Spears Magazine, December 2011.
* Should the public spend 50m pounds on a Titian, Yes, by Jupiter!, Spears Magazine, December 2011.
* Why Picasso is attractive is attractive to first-time buyers...and auctioneers, Blue Chip period, Spears Magazine, March/April 2012.
* The Story behind the Royal Collection, One is remarkably eclectic, Spears Magazine, May/June 2012.
* Munch's Scream breaks auction records, but what do top prices tell us about paintings, Painting by numbers, Spears Magazine, July/August 2012.
* Aristocrats need to sell to keep the roof over their head, Spears Magazine, September 2012.
* Lets talk about Sex, Why does art by women artists still sell for less, Spears Magazine, September/October 2012.
* What happens to Royal and Private Art Collections during Revolutions?, First Against the Wall, Spears Magazine, November/Dcember 2012.
* The benefits and dangers of art restoration, Spears Magazine, December 2012.
* 60 Masterpieces to return from the Hermitage to Houghton Hall in Norfolk, From Russia with Luck, Spears Magazine, March/April 2013.
* The Sunshine Estate (Interview with David and Jackie Siegel), Meet the Timeshare Tycoon and former Swimwear Model building the largest house in America, Spears Magazine, May/June 2013.
* A lot to be desired, Spears Magazine, July/August 2013.
* Western Auction Houses master art of selling to the East, Spears Magazine, September/October 2013.
* Why Detroit should sell its art, Spears Magazine, October 2013.
* A unintended consequence of QE, an art market boom, Spears Magazine, September 2013.
* The Queen of Versailles, an update on the life of Jackie Siegel, Country and Town House Magazine, December 2013.
* How much for the Bust?, Spears Magazine, November/December 2013.
* Will activist investors keep Sotheby's on the money?, Spears Magazine, January/February 2014.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Theodora Clarke of Russian Art and Culture regarding The History of Loot and Stolen Art, 08/09/2014.
* From Napoleon to the Nazis, The 10 most notorious looted artworks, The Guardian Newspaper, Art and Design Section, November 2014.
* What a Loot, Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Richard Hopton for Country and Town House Magazine, April 2015.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Tvoya Istoriya (Your Story) reposted on Russian Art and Culture Platform, September 2016.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Theodora Clarke about his book, Masterpieces of Soviet Art, for Russian Art and Culture Platform, September 2016.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Irene Kukota for Matryoska Radio November 29th 2016 (Russian language).
* Alchemy as Leonardo's 'Salvator Mundi' sells for an astonishing US$450m, Russian art dealer blog, Nov 2017.
* Ivan Lindsay interviewed by Ilya Dmitrychev, Chief of London Bureau for Russian News Agency TASS, at Hatchards, Piccadilly, about the book Soviet Women and their art, the struggle for equality, 8/5/2019.
Ziyad Hanna is an Arab-Israeli computer scientist who is the General Manager of the research and development centers of the American software company Cadence Design Systems in Israel notable for his work on formal verification .
Early life and education
Hanna is a member of a family of refugees from the village of Iqrit. He holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. In 1995, he received a master's degree in computer science, on a work entitled "Cave. Computer aided verification environment", supervised by Prof. Amiram Yehudai. In 2011 he received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford, England, for work entitled "A Symbolic Execution Framework for Algorithm-Level Modeling and Verification of Computer Microarchitecture".
Career
In the 1990s, he joined Intel as a software engineer in the company's tool development groups. During his 17 years at Intel, he held senior management positions at the company and focused both as a manager and as a chief engineer within the company in the development of software tools in the field of Formal Verification of hardware chips. The software tools developed in the software groups he managed have been used by Intel to develop most of its processors over the years.
In 2007, he left Intel and moved to Silicon Valley, California, where he joined as vice president of development and chief engineer at a relatively young startup called Jasper Design Automation. In 2014, the company was acquired by Cadence Design Systems and since then Hanna has served as senior vice president for research and development at Cadence and the CEO of the Haifa branch . In April 2019, he was appointed General Manager of all the company's research and development centers in Israel . In 2016, he was appointed for period of 3 years as Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.
Contribution to the community
Hanna is active in promoting and accessing the high-tech field in the Israeli Arab sector, he is the co-chair of Tsofen Organization that aims at promoting the high-tech field to Arab minority in the state of Israel .
Early life and education
Hanna is a member of a family of refugees from the village of Iqrit. He holds a BA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Tel Aviv University. In 1995, he received a master's degree in computer science, on a work entitled "Cave. Computer aided verification environment", supervised by Prof. Amiram Yehudai. In 2011 he received a PhD in Computer Science from the University of Oxford, England, for work entitled "A Symbolic Execution Framework for Algorithm-Level Modeling and Verification of Computer Microarchitecture".
Career
In the 1990s, he joined Intel as a software engineer in the company's tool development groups. During his 17 years at Intel, he held senior management positions at the company and focused both as a manager and as a chief engineer within the company in the development of software tools in the field of Formal Verification of hardware chips. The software tools developed in the software groups he managed have been used by Intel to develop most of its processors over the years.
In 2007, he left Intel and moved to Silicon Valley, California, where he joined as vice president of development and chief engineer at a relatively young startup called Jasper Design Automation. In 2014, the company was acquired by Cadence Design Systems and since then Hanna has served as senior vice president for research and development at Cadence and the CEO of the Haifa branch . In April 2019, he was appointed General Manager of all the company's research and development centers in Israel . In 2016, he was appointed for period of 3 years as Visiting Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Oxford.
Contribution to the community
Hanna is active in promoting and accessing the high-tech field in the Israeli Arab sector, he is the co-chair of Tsofen Organization that aims at promoting the high-tech field to Arab minority in the state of Israel .
Pop culture pathology (or Popular culture pathology) is the forensic study of popular culture in fields such as celebrity, music, fashion, food, aesthetic desire, television, as well as additional and often obscure media and stimuli. Pop culture pathology is an obscure branch of both Critical Theory and Cultural Studies.
Originating in private universities in the United States around the turn of the millennium, pop culture pathology is the systematic attempt to analyze trends in culture in order to examine more closely the relationships that the individual has to the world around them. The studies include experiments with the aesthetic experiences that people have in common, with the goal being to uncover the intrinsic trend that allows for the phenomenon of extrinsic trends. Some common philosophical foundations for this tradition are Michel Foucault and the philosophy of deconstruction pioneered by Jacques Derrida.
The Botto Experiment
The most common way to test theories in pop culture pathology is to attempt to simulate situations of complete cultural ignorance. For example, a test done in 2005 at University of California, Berkeley, is referred to as the "Botto Experiment". A young student named Nicholas Botto was given a CD on its release date that had received no radio play and which he had no exposure to. He listened to only this album for two months and was readmitted to society. He was told to return in a year's time with 5 albums that he found he enjoyed in light of the album he had been assigned. In the experiment the album that was famously used was In An Aeroplane Over The Sea by the indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. The style of music was known as "Lo-Fi" which was uncommon at the time. A year later Botto returned with five similar albums. His choices perfectly predicted a generation of music in the Lo-Fi genre, opening the door for pop culture pathology to be known as a legitimate subject.
Implications of Popular Culture Pathology
The postmodern implications of this type of experimentation are still being realized by scientists and philosophers. By assigning meaning to a certain cultural item the person conducting the experiment is deciding what will matter in the entirety of the next year for the subject. It seems to go without saying that this type of influence poses solutions for current cultural trends that are deemed "immoral." By making the greater good more fashionable socially many of the world's problems have the potential to be fixed in the future.
Failures of Popular Culture Pathology
Unfortunately the Botto Experiment caused irreversible side effects. The cultural boom that the experiment predicted engulfed the subject forcing an end to the next stage of the experiment. Next, the subject was supposed to be given the same album a second time and told to return with an additional five. The second phase was supposed to show the instability of modern society and the impossibility of forcing the individual to move against it. This was proven wrong as the subject returned to the same five albums as before, effectively ruining the study.
Macro Ventures in PCP
This type of experiment has taken place on different scales and in different ways. For example, the Music Genome Project has created a service known as Pandora Radio that allows the user to connect with various types of music according to extremely limited initial criteria. This type of conditioning is also present in the latest incarnation of Apple's iTunes. The new "Genius" feature allows the user to discover music that perpetuates their current cultural trend, furthering the flawed results of the perplexing but vastly studied Botto Experiment.
What comes next?
Academia has been waiting anxiously for the next manifestation of popular culture pathology. The anticipation has caused the creation of two different views on the subject. One, pioneered in the United States, predicts that the science will next try to cause moral reform. Much fear surrounds this popular view but more than that there is suspicion that the sentiment has simply been placed at the influence of another experiment in the field itself. Given the ironic nature of the study it seems likely that the next manifestation will be at the hands of the next philosopher daring enough to repeat the Botto Experiment with a focus on the field of popular culture pathology instead of popular culture itself.
The second prediction arose in Europe and is more secular. Philosophers there believe that popular culture pathology is the end of the moral focus of the "new world." The term "new world" has been used here in order to call attention to the fact that the Americas have habitually been ahead of Europe technologically, but far behind intellectually. The idea that morality is facing its doom is generally coming, again, from postmodern European philosophy (see Nietzsche, Baudrillard, Heidegger) predicting the realization that meaning is being assigned by the institution not the individual. This brings the field back to Michel Foucault and the problem of the individual. This view harbors intense curiosity at the cyclical nature of the study. In the end only time will tell the future of this curious new field of study.
Originating in private universities in the United States around the turn of the millennium, pop culture pathology is the systematic attempt to analyze trends in culture in order to examine more closely the relationships that the individual has to the world around them. The studies include experiments with the aesthetic experiences that people have in common, with the goal being to uncover the intrinsic trend that allows for the phenomenon of extrinsic trends. Some common philosophical foundations for this tradition are Michel Foucault and the philosophy of deconstruction pioneered by Jacques Derrida.
The Botto Experiment
The most common way to test theories in pop culture pathology is to attempt to simulate situations of complete cultural ignorance. For example, a test done in 2005 at University of California, Berkeley, is referred to as the "Botto Experiment". A young student named Nicholas Botto was given a CD on its release date that had received no radio play and which he had no exposure to. He listened to only this album for two months and was readmitted to society. He was told to return in a year's time with 5 albums that he found he enjoyed in light of the album he had been assigned. In the experiment the album that was famously used was In An Aeroplane Over The Sea by the indie rock band Neutral Milk Hotel. The style of music was known as "Lo-Fi" which was uncommon at the time. A year later Botto returned with five similar albums. His choices perfectly predicted a generation of music in the Lo-Fi genre, opening the door for pop culture pathology to be known as a legitimate subject.
Implications of Popular Culture Pathology
The postmodern implications of this type of experimentation are still being realized by scientists and philosophers. By assigning meaning to a certain cultural item the person conducting the experiment is deciding what will matter in the entirety of the next year for the subject. It seems to go without saying that this type of influence poses solutions for current cultural trends that are deemed "immoral." By making the greater good more fashionable socially many of the world's problems have the potential to be fixed in the future.
Failures of Popular Culture Pathology
Unfortunately the Botto Experiment caused irreversible side effects. The cultural boom that the experiment predicted engulfed the subject forcing an end to the next stage of the experiment. Next, the subject was supposed to be given the same album a second time and told to return with an additional five. The second phase was supposed to show the instability of modern society and the impossibility of forcing the individual to move against it. This was proven wrong as the subject returned to the same five albums as before, effectively ruining the study.
Macro Ventures in PCP
This type of experiment has taken place on different scales and in different ways. For example, the Music Genome Project has created a service known as Pandora Radio that allows the user to connect with various types of music according to extremely limited initial criteria. This type of conditioning is also present in the latest incarnation of Apple's iTunes. The new "Genius" feature allows the user to discover music that perpetuates their current cultural trend, furthering the flawed results of the perplexing but vastly studied Botto Experiment.
What comes next?
Academia has been waiting anxiously for the next manifestation of popular culture pathology. The anticipation has caused the creation of two different views on the subject. One, pioneered in the United States, predicts that the science will next try to cause moral reform. Much fear surrounds this popular view but more than that there is suspicion that the sentiment has simply been placed at the influence of another experiment in the field itself. Given the ironic nature of the study it seems likely that the next manifestation will be at the hands of the next philosopher daring enough to repeat the Botto Experiment with a focus on the field of popular culture pathology instead of popular culture itself.
The second prediction arose in Europe and is more secular. Philosophers there believe that popular culture pathology is the end of the moral focus of the "new world." The term "new world" has been used here in order to call attention to the fact that the Americas have habitually been ahead of Europe technologically, but far behind intellectually. The idea that morality is facing its doom is generally coming, again, from postmodern European philosophy (see Nietzsche, Baudrillard, Heidegger) predicting the realization that meaning is being assigned by the institution not the individual. This brings the field back to Michel Foucault and the problem of the individual. This view harbors intense curiosity at the cyclical nature of the study. In the end only time will tell the future of this curious new field of study.
Bhau Kalchuri (January 13, 1927 - 23 October 2013), born Vir Singh Kalchuri, was an Indian author, poet, trust administrator, and one of Meher Baba's mandali (close disciples). He was also the principal biographer of Meher Baba's life.
Life and work
Kalchuri was born one of eight children of a well-to-do Rajput family in Katangi in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. He excelled in his studies at Nagpur University, completing master's degrees in public administration, law, and chemistry. But before he could realize his career plans, Bhau unexpectedly turned to spiritual interests following a visit to the tomb of a famous holy man, Tajuddin Baba, in Nagpur. After meeting Meher Baba in 1952, Bhau joined him permanently in 1953, at age 27 the youngest resident mandali of Meher Baba's ashram, where he served in various capacities, including night watchman and Hindi correspondent. Meher Baba taught Bhau to write a Hindi form of the Persian ghazal and also gave Bhau several other writing assignments, many of which he completed only after Meher Baba's death in 1969. In 1973 Bhau became a trustee of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust. He later became its chairman, and continued in this capacity until the end of his life.
Kalchuri was best known for his exhaustive biography of Meher Baba, Lord Meher (also known as Meher Prabu), a twenty volume 6,472 page chronicle based on diaries kept by Baba's followers from as early as 1922, as well as interviews. He was also author of Avatar of the Age Meher Baba Manifesting and The Nothing and the Everything, the latter a book on spiritual mechanics based on notes given to him by Meher Baba. He also wrote several plays and books of verse. Bhau wrote in Hindi and English.
Starting in 1985, he made extensive speaking tours both inside and outside India, predominantly the United States, but also many trips to Europe and Australia. He was interviewed in both press and radio and also appeared in Roger Nygard's film The Nature of Existence. Near the end of his life Bhau was less mobile, owing to poor health, although he kept in touch with the worldwide Meher Baba community via internet chats and messages.
Publications
English published
* Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba.
* Meher Baba's New Life
* Avatar of the Age Meher Baba Manifesting
* While the World Slept ()
* The Nothing and the Everything
* Let's Go To Meherabad ()
* Mastery in Servitude
* Meher Geetika
* Meher Roshani
* Meher Sarod
* Nectar for the Children ()
* Ocean Waves, Volume I and II ()
* The Spiritual Training Program
* Sun Rays
* The Awakenings of Bhau Kalchuri from Beloved Avatar Meher Baba ()
Hindi
* Divya Leela (play)
* Jai Meher (play)
* Meher Darshan, (biography of Meher Baba in verse), 1984
* Meher Jyoti (Flame) (songs)
* Meher Leela (biography of Meher Baba up until 1965 in verse)
* Prem Mahima (The Glory of Love) (play)
* Subkucha aur Kuchnahn (conversational rendering of The Everything and The Nothing by Eruch Jessawalla)
* Vishvas (Faith) (play)
* You Alone Exist (prayer)
DVDs
* Bhau Kalchuri: Meher Baba's Lion (dir. David Hammer)
Life and work
Kalchuri was born one of eight children of a well-to-do Rajput family in Katangi in the Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. He excelled in his studies at Nagpur University, completing master's degrees in public administration, law, and chemistry. But before he could realize his career plans, Bhau unexpectedly turned to spiritual interests following a visit to the tomb of a famous holy man, Tajuddin Baba, in Nagpur. After meeting Meher Baba in 1952, Bhau joined him permanently in 1953, at age 27 the youngest resident mandali of Meher Baba's ashram, where he served in various capacities, including night watchman and Hindi correspondent. Meher Baba taught Bhau to write a Hindi form of the Persian ghazal and also gave Bhau several other writing assignments, many of which he completed only after Meher Baba's death in 1969. In 1973 Bhau became a trustee of the Avatar Meher Baba Perpetual Public Charitable Trust. He later became its chairman, and continued in this capacity until the end of his life.
Kalchuri was best known for his exhaustive biography of Meher Baba, Lord Meher (also known as Meher Prabu), a twenty volume 6,472 page chronicle based on diaries kept by Baba's followers from as early as 1922, as well as interviews. He was also author of Avatar of the Age Meher Baba Manifesting and The Nothing and the Everything, the latter a book on spiritual mechanics based on notes given to him by Meher Baba. He also wrote several plays and books of verse. Bhau wrote in Hindi and English.
Starting in 1985, he made extensive speaking tours both inside and outside India, predominantly the United States, but also many trips to Europe and Australia. He was interviewed in both press and radio and also appeared in Roger Nygard's film The Nature of Existence. Near the end of his life Bhau was less mobile, owing to poor health, although he kept in touch with the worldwide Meher Baba community via internet chats and messages.
Publications
English published
* Meher Prabhu: Lord Meher, The Biography of the Avatar of the Age, Meher Baba.
* Meher Baba's New Life
* Avatar of the Age Meher Baba Manifesting
* While the World Slept ()
* The Nothing and the Everything
* Let's Go To Meherabad ()
* Mastery in Servitude
* Meher Geetika
* Meher Roshani
* Meher Sarod
* Nectar for the Children ()
* Ocean Waves, Volume I and II ()
* The Spiritual Training Program
* Sun Rays
* The Awakenings of Bhau Kalchuri from Beloved Avatar Meher Baba ()
Hindi
* Divya Leela (play)
* Jai Meher (play)
* Meher Darshan, (biography of Meher Baba in verse), 1984
* Meher Jyoti (Flame) (songs)
* Meher Leela (biography of Meher Baba up until 1965 in verse)
* Prem Mahima (The Glory of Love) (play)
* Subkucha aur Kuchnahn (conversational rendering of The Everything and The Nothing by Eruch Jessawalla)
* Vishvas (Faith) (play)
* You Alone Exist (prayer)
DVDs
* Bhau Kalchuri: Meher Baba's Lion (dir. David Hammer)