Hugo van der Zee has created a series of videos on geometry.

Pythagoras and Plato are inspirers in classical cultures, and were inspired by geometry, the pure world of ideas. To them, geometry meant a clue, a bridge to a higher world.
At a time when society is as derailed as it is today, humanity can still draw from this basically inexhaustible source of inspiration, precisely from a current, modern approach. The videos are therefore set in this light!

1. The Platonic solids - Foundation -

The Platonic bodies form the basis of geometry. Plato described the relationship between these figures and the five elements of the physical world (earth, water, fire, air, cosmos). This video shows how the Platonic bodies relate to each other, and it shows that here is a connection to the organic world, the world of growth.

2. Duals - Relation -

Every geometric figure, except the sphere, has a “brother” figure, called a “dual. This video shows the special relationship duales have to each other, and how they form the balance of the five platonic bodies.

3. The sphere - Perfection -

The sphere is the most regular geometric figure. It consists of a connected curved plane, without corners and edges.
The sphere stands alone, and you would expect it to have no direct relationship to other geometric figures. But it does, which this video shows.

4. The Vector Equilibrium - Inspiration -

The architect and inventor Buckminster Fuller described the Vector Equilibrium as, “empty theater, where any act can be performed, for any audience.”
The Vector Equilibrium is the first figure of this series that is not an abstract geometric figure, but a “composite” figure, which also forms a “structure,” and displays a very particular dynamic.

5. The Star Tetrahedron - Connection -

The Star Tetrahedron has a powerful expression, but at the same time it is immobile (rigid). Like the Vector Equilibrium, the Star Tetrahedron is a composite figure, and therefore has no dual. Nevertheless, it has a “brother figure,” with which it is inseparable.

6. The Isotropic Vector Matrix - Integration & Solution -

In the Isotropic Vector Matrix, the previously discussed figures come together. Nothing is lost, everything is preserved, even the opposites. Yet out of this coming together, which can be seen as both a “geometric” and “chemical” wedding, a new situation is created.

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