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| ==== Dust and Shadow ==== | ==== Dust & shadow ==== |
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| //Pulvis et umbra sumus. We are but dust and shadow. - Horace// | drift further into the [[:dust_and_shadow:start|dust & shadow...]] |
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| === Proposition I === | |
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| Our inquiry is about changing relationships between human and non-human worlds, in what Whitehead calls “mysterious reality in the background, intrinsically unknowable". We’re particularly interested in exploring ecological connections between worldviews, including kami (shinto), viriditas (christian mysticism) and panpsychism (philosophy). How can we translate animist or mystical attitudes towards interconnectedness of all life into worldviews compatible with contemporary (or future) techno-materialist societies? What kinds of relationships between human and non-human worlds could be cultivated in an era of mass-extinction? What parallel arts, sciences or technologies become possible if we widen the sentience spectrum? Our focus is on creating experiences to convey or encourage a sense of wonder (e.g. rituals, celebrations, contemplative environments, expeditions, physical narratives, etc). Our media include Romantic Machines, the vegetal mind, expanded publications, human scale systems, non-human technologies and various "disruptive acts of beauty". | |
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| * fragments https://d-u-s-t-and-shadow.tumblr.com | |
| * photos https://www.flickr.com/photos/foam/sets/72157681429258454 | |
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| === Fieldtrip I === | |
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| ... dust trails / transit / May 02017 | |
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| Revised itinerary (due to a delayed flight): | |
| * Residency at the [[http://combinestudios.com/|Combine Studios]] in Phoenix | |
| * [[https://www.dbg.org/|Desert botanical gardens]] | |
| * [[https://asuartmuseum.asu.edu/|ASU Art museum]] | |
| * [[https://arcosanti.org/|Arcosanti]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cathedral_Rock|Cathedral Rock]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Rock,_Yavapai_County,_Arizona|Red Rock Crossing]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sedona,_Arizona|Sedona]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oak_Creek_Canyon|Oak Creek canyon]] (mountains/forest) | |
| * [[http://www.songbirdcoffeehouse.com/|Songbird Coffee and Tea House]] became our 'local' for morning debriefs, mapping, planning, etc. | |
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| * James Turrel's [[https://skyspace.asu.edu/|Air Apparent]] | |
| * ASU tour: Global Institute of Sustainability [[https://sustainability.asu.edu/|GIOS]], Laboratory for Critical Technics ([[http://www.labforcriticaltechnics.com/|LCT]], [[http://synthesis.ame.asu.edu/|Synthesis]] | |
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| * [[https://www.nps.gov/cagr/index.htm|Casa Grande Ruins]] (holes / solstice /lunar standstill / ~18.6yrs) | |
| * [[http://biosphere2.org/|Biosphere 2]] and [[http://www.metafilter.com/88062/A-decaying-Biosphere-2|related stories]] | |
| * Road trip along [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_10|i10]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desert_Center,_California|Desert Center (CA)]] | |
| * [[https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm|Joshua Tree National Park]] | |
| * [[https://www.airbnb.ca/rooms/4026018|Tiki house]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amboy%2C_California|Amboy]] | |
| * [[http://drylab2023.net/2017/05/25/visitors-feral-exchange-network/|Drylab2023]], ([[http://149.169.27.73/~adriene/|Adiene Jenik’s]] living water project) | |
| * [[https://www.nps.gov/jotr/index.htm|Joshua tree national park]] and meeting the park ranger | |
| * [[http://www.americansouthwest.net/california/box_canyon/|Box canyon]] | |
| * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salton_Sea|Salton sea]] (and its yacht club) | |
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| Planned but not visited: | |
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| * [[http://www.zittel.org/work/a-z-west|A-Z West]] | |
| * [[http://www.highdeserttestsites.com/hdts|High Desert Test Site]], Joshua Tree | |
| * Anasazi Archeology | |
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| Memorable foods: | |
| * Phoenix: [[http://phxpublicmarket.com/openair/|Open Air Market]], [[http://thebreadfruit.com/|The Breadfruit]], [[http://pomopizzeria.com/|Pomo]] (for gluten free pizza), [[http://angelstrumpetalehouse.com/|Angel's Trumpet Ale House]] | |
| * Scottsdale: "modern" Mexican in a suburban mall | |
| * Tempe: [[http://www.cafeboa.com/|Cafe Boa]] (Italian / Balkan) | |
| * Mecca: simple but delicious Mexican lunch | |
| * Copenhagen airport: [[http://www.mashsteak.dk/restauranter/vis/mash-airport|Mash]] | |
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| "We no longer have roots, we have aerials. We no longer have origins, we have terminals." –McKenzie Wark | |
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| ====Bibliographic==== | |
| * https://www.zotero.org/groups/dust_and_shadow/items | |
| * [[dark_ecology_morton|dark ecology]] | |
| * http://tinyletter.com/hautepop/letters/disturbances-12-anti-modern | |
| * romantic machines, [[panpsychism]], animism, etc, vegetal mind, human scale systems, non-human technologies | |
| * [[the mushroom at the end of the world]] as counterpoint to [[in the dust of this planet]] | |
| * [[https://www.thersa.org/globalassets/pdfs/reports/spiritualise-report.pdf|Spiritualise]], Revitalising spirituality to address 21st century challenges (RSA report) | |
| * [[https://medium.com/@schoolofmyth/a-counsel-of-resistance-and-delight-in-the-face-of-fear-91ddb91dc415|A counsel of resistance and delight]] | |
| * [[https://www.opendemocracy.net/transformation/ronan-harrington/why-spirituality-is-key-to-more-visionary-politics|Why spirituality is key to more visionary politics]] | |
| * [[http://dark-mountain.net/blog/2016-you-want-it-darker/|You want it darker]] | |
| * [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v466/n7310/full/4661046a.html|Sensing nature]] | |
| * [[https://medium.com/@bruces/the-temporary-autonomous-zone-1991-ffdc0f6cfe31|The TAZ]] | |
| * [[https://www.artsy.net/article/artsy-editorial-why-witchcraft-is-making-a-comeback-in-art|art and witchcraft]] (and Adam Nocek's Reclaiming Witchcraft) | |
| * [[http://pica.org.au/show/radical-ecologies/|radical ecologies]] | |
| * [[http://www.wilderness.net/NWPS/legisAct#2|The American Wilderness Act]] of 1964 | |
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| A wilderness, in contrast with those areas where man and his own works dominate the landscape, is hereby recognized as an area where the earth and its community of life are untrammeled by man, where man himself is a visitor who does not remain. An area of wilderness is further defined to mean in this Act an area of undeveloped Federal land retaining its primeval character and influence, without permanent improvements or human habitation, which is protected and managed so as to preserve its natural conditions and which (1) generally appears to have been affected primarily by the forces of nature, with the imprint of man's work substantially unnoticeable; (2) has outstanding opportunities for solitude or a primitive and unconfined type of recreation; (3) has at least five thousand acres of land or is of sufficient size as to make practicable its preservation and use in an unimpaired condition; and (4) may also contain ecological, geological, or other features of scientific, educational, scenic, or historical value." - From the American Wilderness Act | |
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