technology of the self

Photo by <n>Anthony N. Chandler Photography</n>, 2012.

Makeup by <n>Mila Gordan</n> on model <n>Sasha Martynova</n>.

<n>Ofelia</n> (1934), a bronze sculpture by <n>Francesco Messina</n>.

An c. 1880 engraving of the <n>Statue of the Goddess Artemis</n> from <n>The Kean Collection</n>.

Model <n>Alice</n> photographed by <n>Deo Suveera</n> for <n>Holiday Magazine</n>'s Istanbul issue, styled by <n>Livia Rossi</n>.

The Cepheid variable star <n>RS Puppis</n> and its light echo, captured by the <n>Hubble Space Telescope</n>.

<n>Venus de Milo</n>, a <n>Hellenistic</n> sculpture by <n>Alexandros of Antioch</n> (c. 150-100 BC). Photo by <n>AGER</n>.

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<n>Diagram for Gesture Dance</n> (1926) by artist <n>Oskar Schlemmer</n>. Courtesy <n>Bauhaus-Archiv</n>, Berlin.

The courtyard of <n>Maison Hermès</n> in Tokyo, designed by <n>Renzo Piano Building Workshop</n> in 2001. Photo by <n>Michel Denancé</n>.

The glass block facade of <n>Maison Hermès</n> in Tokyo, designed by architect <n>Renzo Piano</n>.

Model <n>Layla Rose</n> for her project <n>Venusian Mystery School</n>.

<n>Philosophy as a Rite of Rebirth</n> by <n>Algis Uždavinys</n>, published by <n>The Prometheus Trust</n>.

A <n>Statue of a draped woman</n> from the 1963 book <n>Roman art in Africa</n> by photographer <n>Hed Wimmer</n>.

The <n>Acne Studios Blå Konst</n> store in Tokyo with displays by <n>Max Lamb</n>. Photo by <n>Acne Studios</n>.

<n>Tadao Ando</n>'s <n>UNESCO Meditation Space</n> in Paris, 1995. Photo by <n>Naoya Hatakeyama</n>.

<n>Atu I - The Magus</n> (1943) from the Thoth Tarot deck, designed by <n>Aleister Crowley</n> with art by <n>Lady Frieda Harris</n>.

The auditorium of the <n>Centre de Congrès Rabat</n> in Morocco, designed by <n>Bofill Taller de Arquitectura</n>. Photo by <n>Gregori Civera</n>.

<n>Athena</n> battles the giant <n>Alcyoneus</n> in a detail from the <n>Hellenistic</n> <n>Gigantomachy frieze</n> of the <n>Pergamon Altar</n>.