Francisco discusses the short, virtuosic life of Swedish DJ Avicii, and “Avicii: True Stories”, a revealing documentary shot over five years and across more than forty countries.
No Comments on Avicii: A Portrait in Life, Music, and Film.Film’s great age has passed, but it has been preserved in VHS, DVD’s, Blu-Ray, and lately streaming platforms. But like VHS and DVDs, streaming can die — and much more suddenly. Francisco reveals that the solution to cultural preservation of the moving image has been with us all along.
No Comments on Film, UnstruckIn this compelling autobiographical video, Francisco Ricardo describes his childhood and his family members’ experience with Castro’s Cuba and their difficult exodus from Cuba. The video includes ethereal music, personal narration, and images from Cuba:
No Comments on Francisco Ricardo Speaks About His Childhood in CubaAn instrumental composition for Adrienne Chamberlin, co-founder of Conceptualist Films, kind friend, wise producer, and patient Guide in creative production and in life. Adrienne ascended to spirit on October 12, 2018.
No Comments on Vespers for AdrienneAs Francisco drives to visit a powerful medium, knowing Adrienne has little time to live, he shares his thoughts about her, about music, and more. On his way there, he receives an important call.
No Comments on Oct 12, 2018 Driving to the Akashic MediumIn August, 2018, Francisco visited Deer Isle, Maine to see producer and friend Adrienne Chamberlin, whom he hasn’t seen in six months. Seeing how Adrienne, who has been fighting a brain tumor, will not likely recover, he shares what she has meant to his life and work.
No Comments on Aug 26, 2018 Sadness in Deer IsleHello! After years of quiet formation in Japan, young Yayoi Kusama moved to New York City and struggled to become an artist. But the American 1960’s was not open to women artists, and eventually, she returned to Japan, but now is the among the most recognizable, prolific, and influential celebrated artists of the last forty years. Now a film, “Kusama – Infinity” captures her stormy personal voyage.
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Francisco recounts how the brief history of this luminous medium was pioneered mainly by five masters, whose prolific reproduction, like modern Warhol silk screen prints, saturated the culture of their day.
1 Comment on Recalling the Lost Mystique of the Renaissance Chiaroscuro WoodcutFrancisco reflects on “The Gospel According to André”, a new documentary about the most sensitive and original avatar of the fashion industry, André Leon Talley.
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From the art and film world of author, director, and musician Francisco Ricardo, Ph.D.
How Science Misunderstands Creativity December 16, 2018
Looking at a summary of current scientific thinking on creativity, Francisco finds important flaws in methods and approaches that narrowly study the mystery of what it means to create.