Lee Rourke's Blog
April 8, 2020
vantablack
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Check this out:
Named after a black material developed by Surrey NanoSystems, a material which absorbs up to 99.965% of visible light, Vantablack is a meditation on the physical properties of the colour black, on the black of grief, elegance, seriousness, formality, rebellion, darkness, death and sadness.
VANTABLACK
“Reading Vantablack I felt I’d found something I needed to read for a very long time. Something at the threshold of experience, beyond it, transcending it. To conceive of being disembodied, one has to first have a body; then one has to be able to conceptualise something beyond our singular subjectivity, which is impossible unless you are a poet, a philosopher, or a physicist. Something I always understood, and this book makes clear – black is not merely a colour, a concept or a substance but a terrifying lure. To be carried away so far by a piece of literature is an extraordinary achievement fully realised by the poet, and in turn, this reader. I experienced a recognition rarely felt – something indescribable – to find a word for that sensation is impossible – read this book.” —Melissa Lee-Houghton, author of Sunshine (Penned in the Margins, 2016)
Check this out:
Named after a black material developed by Surrey NanoSystems, a material which absorbs up to 99.965% of visible light, Vantablack is a meditation on the physical properties of the colour black, on the black of grief, elegance, seriousness, formality, rebellion, darkness, death and sadness.
VANTABLACK
“Reading Vantablack I felt I’d found something I needed to read for a very long time. Something at the threshold of experience, beyond it, transcending it. To conceive of being disembodied, one has to first have a body; then one has to be able to conceptualise something beyond our singular subjectivity, which is impossible unless you are a poet, a philosopher, or a physicist. Something I always understood, and this book makes clear – black is not merely a colour, a concept or a substance but a terrifying lure. To be carried away so far by a piece of literature is an extraordinary achievement fully realised by the poet, and in turn, this reader. I experienced a recognition rarely felt – something indescribable – to find a word for that sensation is impossible – read this book.” —Melissa Lee-Houghton, author of Sunshine (Penned in the Margins, 2016)
