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* avoid confusions with pre-modern and mechanistic views | * avoid confusions with pre-modern and mechanistic views |
* finding a way to talk about hybrids, co-operation between technology and nature - a common vitality in reclaiming aesthetics as a process and not an object in the tangle of tech and nature - including philosophy, ethics, morals - responsibility of human nature towards non human nature | * finding a way to talk about hybrids, co-operation between technology and nature - a common vitality in reclaiming aesthetics as a process and not an object in the tangle of tech and nature - including philosophy, ethics, morals - responsibility of human nature towards non human nature |
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=== Petran Kockelkoren === | === Petran Kockelkoren === |
* pop-art - streaks in comics - speeding cars | * pop-art - streaks in comics - speeding cars |
* zootrope - suggesting movement, children’s toys, artistic expression, scientific simulation of birds in flight (Max Ernst) - disclosing the world by means of technology changes our perception and sensory experience | * zootrope - suggesting movement, children’s toys, artistic expression, scientific simulation of birds in flight (Max Ernst) - disclosing the world by means of technology changes our perception and sensory experience |
* Muybridge - horses galloping - are they ever free from the ground (yes) | * Muybridge - [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEqccPhsqgA|horses galloping]] - are they ever free from the ground (yes) |
* Stereoscope - photograph with two different focus points - the world available in stereo - photographers began experimenting with focal points (depth, 'enhanced stereos' - issue with veracity); Bishop - if God wanted us to see this depth, he would have given us eyes further apart…; Scientific photo of the moon - very difficult (distance, etc.), but there is a wobble in the moon (the photos were taken 3 weeks apart) - "a step out of and beyond nature" - but it disclosed the possibility to view the moon much more intimately - a mediated view of nature, with a more intimate and immersive knowledge - a breakthrough in the view of technology | * [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereoscope|Stereoscope]] - photograph with two different focus points - the world available in stereo - photographers began experimenting with focal points (depth, 'enhanced stereos' - issue with veracity); Bishop - if God wanted us to see this depth, he would have given us eyes further apart…; Scientific photo of the moon - very difficult (distance, etc.), but there is a wobble in the moon (the photos were taken 3 weeks apart) - "a step out of and beyond nature" - but it disclosed the possibility to view the moon much more intimately - a mediated view of nature, with a more intimate and immersive knowledge - a breakthrough in the view of technology |
* Tintin - "destination Moon" - actual rockets and clothing inspired by Herge’ comic; project Tintin insterstellar nanosat mission to alpha centauri - Alan Bean (astronaut) - "the only artist who has been to the moon", painting with moon-dust | * Tintin - "destination Moon" - actual rockets and clothing inspired by Herge’ comic; project Tintin insterstellar nanosat mission to alpha centauri - [[http://www.alanbean.com/|Alan Bean]] (astronaut) - "the only artist who has been to the moon", painting with moon-dust |
* Andrea Polli (tracking data of hurricane Bob -> "Atmospheric Weatherworks" acoustic artwork to understand nature on its own terms, complex rhythms and melodies of nature on human scale) & Gavin Starks (translated data from telescope images into sounds - soothing synth sounds - a deception; but the image itself is mediated already (radiowaves translated into image)) discussion at DEAF 2004 - we are always embedded in cultural and historical incorporations of technology - nature is always a mediated event | * Andrea Polli (tracking data of hurricane Bob -> [[http://transmediale.de/andrea-polli-talks-about-her-atmospheric-weather-w|Atmospheric Weatherworks]] - acoustic artwork to understand nature on its own terms, complex rhythms and melodies of nature on human scale) & Gavin Starks (translated data from telescope images into sounds - soothing synth sounds - a deception; but the image itself is mediated already (radiowaves translated into image)) discussion at [[http://v2.nl/events/open_brunch-sonic-pulse|DEAF 2004]] - we are always embedded in cultural and historical incorporations of technology - nature is always a mediated event |
* Husserl "an experience of nature is always artificial" - documentaries - mediated, staged, interpreted events | * Husserl "an experience of nature is always artificial" - documentaries - mediated, staged, interpreted events |
* Esther Polak - GPS traces through the city "Amsterdam Real Time" (2002) - the mediated event - sky-drawing, "Milk", fishing boats - different stories emerge than when we look at photographs - new positioning of artists in the field, just breaking ground | * [[http://www.polakvanbekkum.nl/|Esther Polak]] - GPS traces through the city "Amsterdam Real Time" (2002) - the mediated event - sky-drawing, "Milk", fishing boats - different stories emerge than when we look at photographs - new positioning of artists in the field, just breaking ground |
* 3D projections in cinemas, art galleries - contemporary fairgrounds to exercise new perceptions | * 3D projections in cinemas, art galleries - contemporary fairgrounds to exercise new perceptions |
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* How do you design a food forest for a city scape? In recreation areas, plants that aren’t commercially viable, that are difficult to harvest industrially | * How do you design a food forest for a city scape? In recreation areas, plants that aren’t commercially viable, that are difficult to harvest industrially |
* [[http://www.foodforestry.nl/#!vbamb/cv7e|Voedselbos Makeblijde]] | * [[http://www.foodforestry.nl/#!vbamb/cv7e|Voedselbos Makeblijde]] |
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* Inspirations: Strandbeest (Theo Janssens) and others | * Inspirations: Strandbeest (Theo Janssens) and others |
* Habiton - Man-made future habitat moved by the wind - it tumbles through the ocean and collects organisms/biomass, eventually it sinks to the bottom; human made object appropriated by nature | * Habiton - Man-made future habitat moved by the wind - it tumbles through the ocean and collects organisms/biomass, eventually it sinks to the bottom; human made object appropriated by nature |
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Miserable Machines | Miserable Machines |
* application: breeding farm for service robots or pets, entertainment (robotic parcs…); robot colonies for terraforming or ultra deep mining | * application: breeding farm for service robots or pets, entertainment (robotic parcs…); robot colonies for terraforming or ultra deep mining |
* science: "cyclotron for evolution", understanding life, evolution of body & brain, robosphere | * science: "cyclotron for evolution", understanding life, evolution of body & brain, robosphere |
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| In Nature: [[http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v521/n7553/full/nature14544.html|From evolutionary computation to the evolution of things]] |
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* workshop on symbiotic systems, using Amstelpark as a medium, exploring the needs and opportunities of biorobotic systems (abiotic systems - solar, temp, wind, water + biotic systems (plants, animals, bacteria); creating systems to enter a dialogue with the environment - integrated interdependent systems | * workshop on symbiotic systems, using Amstelpark as a medium, exploring the needs and opportunities of biorobotic systems (abiotic systems - solar, temp, wind, water + biotic systems (plants, animals, bacteria); creating systems to enter a dialogue with the environment - integrated interdependent systems |
* energy systems | * energy systems |
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=== Judith van der Elst === | === Judith van der Elst === |