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==== Machine Wilderness Symposium ==== | ==== Machine Wilderness Symposium ==== | ||
- | Amsterdam, Artis, 20151102 | + | Amsterdam, Artis Royal Zoo, 20151102 |
- | (notes) | + | < |
- | Machine Wilderness: | + | [[machine_wilderness]] |
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+ | [[Lecture notes]] from the [[http:// | ||
[[https:// | [[https:// | ||
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=== Theun Karelse === | === Theun Karelse === | ||
- | * ISEA 2012 (Andrea Polli) - Ron Horvath in the 1960 (cultural geographer) - wrote about machines in a negative way: machines are dumb, wilderness is a mess. this event - more positive approach | + | * The term Machine Wilderness comes from the title of [[http:// |
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- | * design from an environment | + | |
- | Augmented ecology | + | [[http:// |
1. how to transform GPS tags on animals to make much richer meanings (Microsoft: Technology for nature - individuals and groups; facebook for herds, anchor point for drones - hybrid ecology) | 1. how to transform GPS tags on animals to make much richer meanings (Microsoft: Technology for nature - individuals and groups; facebook for herds, anchor point for drones - hybrid ecology) | ||
* danger - cyberpoaching - panna-211 (panna tiger in a reserve in india), don’t share photos from safaris, poachers can track the animals | * danger - cyberpoaching - panna-211 (panna tiger in a reserve in india), don’t share photos from safaris, poachers can track the animals | ||
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2. Ecological Robotics | 2. Ecological Robotics | ||
* Daan van Dijk Darpa 2013, COTSBot (management of invasive starfish), Robird (management - scares birds away from Schiphol), TumbleWeed bot (based on plant movement - drifts, blows through the desert and collects environmental data), SwarmFarming (using robots for agriculture) | * Daan van Dijk Darpa 2013, COTSBot (management of invasive starfish), Robird (management - scares birds away from Schiphol), TumbleWeed bot (based on plant movement - drifts, blows through the desert and collects environmental data), SwarmFarming (using robots for agriculture) | ||
- | * Biocarbon engineering | + | * Biocarbon engineering |
* Rainforest connect - conservation using 2nd hand phones - they listen for the sound of chainsaws, and report - monitoring | * Rainforest connect - conservation using 2nd hand phones - they listen for the sound of chainsaws, and report - monitoring | ||
* MyBionicBird | * MyBionicBird | ||
* Compostable Drones - how do we deal with lifespan of tech in landscapes | * Compostable Drones - how do we deal with lifespan of tech in landscapes | ||
- | * AI: mind (thinking machines) + bodies (acting machines) + environment | + | * AI: mind (thinking machines) + bodies (acting machines) + environment |
- | Designing | + | Designing |
- | * starting from processes in the environment, | + | * processes in the environment, |
- | * starting from local habitats | + | * local habitats |
* diverse knowledge systems | * diverse knowledge systems | ||
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=== Erik de Jong === | === Erik de Jong === | ||
- | Prof at the UVA & Artis | + | Prof at the UVA & [[http:// |
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* e.g. exhibition of microbes & micro-organisms | * e.g. exhibition of microbes & micro-organisms | ||
- | * Het Groote Museum first museum in NL (1852) - in the future, a museum, a workplace for the antropocene (started in 1600 - colonialism, | + | * Het [[http:// |
* E. Wilson "the artificial new environment into which technology has catapulted humanity" | * E. Wilson "the artificial new environment into which technology has catapulted humanity" | ||
* wilderness = 1st nature, cultural landscape (agriculture) - 2nd nature, designed nature (gardens, urban environments) - 3rd nature | * wilderness = 1st nature, cultural landscape (agriculture) - 2nd nature, designed nature (gardens, urban environments) - 3rd nature | ||
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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 === | ||
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How technologies opened up our experience of landscapes? | How technologies opened up our experience of landscapes? | ||
- | * Nature is thought to be a healing experience, while cities and technologies are thought of as being alienating - inherited from the romantic era (??) | + | * Nature is thought to be a healing experience, while cities and technologies are thought of as being alienating - inherited from the romantic era (for an opposing view see [[http:// |
- | * " | + | * " |
+ | * See the [[https:// | ||
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* 19th ct - transport technology (train, etc.) - a revolution of how we experienced landscapes; | * 19th ct - transport technology (train, etc.) - a revolution of how we experienced landscapes; | ||
- | * "railway spine" | + | * [[https:// |
- | * fairground attraction - simulation of a train/boat experience, fair ground | + | * learning to cope with the phenomenon of speed and technology which hasn’t been integrated into daily life; 19th ct - hysteria, 20th ct. alien abductions, multiple personality disorders - symptoms are real, causes uncertain |
+ | * fairground attraction - simulation of a train/boat experience | ||
* Victor Hugo - description of his train journeys " | * Victor Hugo - description of his train journeys " | ||
* Futurists - depicting speed and velocity, buildings start to dance, people flashing by, ' | * Futurists - depicting speed and velocity, buildings start to dance, people flashing by, ' | ||
* 20ct - car, monument to a car race - it alienated people from the central, static perspective, | * 20ct - car, monument to a car race - it alienated people from the central, static perspective, | ||
- | * Ballard | + | * Futurist Giacomo Balla - attempting to change perspective and coin new imaginaries for speed - we needed to re-normalise our senses - images and sounds help us cope with the new experiences… |
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* 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:// |
- | * Stereoscope - photograph with two different focus points - the world available in stereo - photographers began experimenting with focal points (depth, ' | + | * [[https:// |
- | * Tintin - " | + | * Tintin - " |
- | * Andrea Polli (tracking data of hurricane Bob -> "Atmospheric Weatherworks" | + | * Andrea Polli (tracking data of hurricane Bob -> [[http:// |
* Husserl "an experience of nature is always artificial" | * Husserl "an experience of nature is always artificial" | ||
- | * Esther Polak - GPS traces through the city " | + | * [[http:// |
* 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:// | * [[http:// | ||
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Tech requirements: | Tech requirements: | ||
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* " | * " | ||
* technology in a landscape - should be sublime - regeneration, | * technology in a landscape - should be sublime - regeneration, | ||
- | * ("any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from nature" | ||
* fluctuating results, hidden technology, embodied experience - with " | * fluctuating results, hidden technology, embodied experience - with " | ||
* flexible/ | * flexible/ | ||
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=== Spela Petric === | === Spela Petric === | ||
- | Reified Nature / Natured Technology | + | [[http:// |
- | in projects | + | ... in projects |
Naval Gazing (is navel gazing) | Naval Gazing (is navel gazing) | ||
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* Inspirations: | * Inspirations: | ||
* Habiton - Man-made future habitat moved by the wind - it tumbles through the ocean and collects organisms/ | * Habiton - Man-made future habitat moved by the wind - it tumbles through the ocean and collects organisms/ | ||
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Miserable Machines | Miserable Machines | ||
- | * Differences between technology and living organisms | + | * Differences between technology and living organisms |
* " | * " | ||
* Hybridity is a slippery slope - sometimes things should be respected for what they are rather than being forced to ' | * Hybridity is a slippery slope - sometimes things should be respected for what they are rather than being forced to ' | ||
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=== Kenzo === | === Kenzo === | ||
Attention, movement of water and air in and around the body | Attention, movement of water and air in and around the body | ||
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=== Guszti Eiben === | === Guszti Eiben === | ||
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* application: | * application: | ||
* science: " | * science: " | ||
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+ | In Nature: [[http:// | ||
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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 === | ||
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* it isn’t so obvious to understand what is missing from our landscapes (e.g. missing elephants in EU forests; indigenous farming in America - to Europeans it looked like wilderness) | * it isn’t so obvious to understand what is missing from our landscapes (e.g. missing elephants in EU forests; indigenous farming in America - to Europeans it looked like wilderness) | ||
* First: find out how you as a person connect with a landscape; feeling the sweat and pain of the landscape (observe, then interact) | * First: find out how you as a person connect with a landscape; feeling the sweat and pain of the landscape (observe, then interact) | ||
+ | * [[http:// | ||
{{> | {{> | ||
+ | === References === | ||
+ | * Research is Ceremony, Indigenous Research Methods, by Shawn Wilson | ||
+ | * Tending the Wild, Native american Knowledge and The Management of California' | ||
+ | * Wired Wilderness, Technologies of Tracking and the Making of Modern Wildlife, by Etienne Benson | ||
+ | * Wildlife in the Anthropocene, | ||
+ | * Alien Phenomenology, | ||
+ | * Nature Performed, Environemt, Culture and Performance, | ||
+ | * How Things Shape The Mind, A Theory of Material Engagement, Lambros Malafouris | ||
+ | * How Forests Think, Towards an Anthropology beyond the Human, by Eduardo Kohn | ||
+ | * Media, Ecology and Conservation, | ||
+ | * The Marvelous Clouds, Towards a Philosophy of Elemental Media, by John Durham Peters | ||
+ | * Becoming Animal, An Earthly Cosmology, by David Abram | ||
+ | * CowCam, Kuhe fotografieren ihre Welt, by Christoph Sigrist | ||
+ | * Drone, by Adam Rothstein, part of the Object Lessons series | ||
+ | * Wilder Mann, the image of the savage, by Charles Freger | ||
+ | * The Sympathy of Things, Ruskin and the Ecology of Design, by Lars Spuybroek | ||
+ | * Propeller, by Roy Villevoy and Jan Dietvorst | ||
+ | * A Fieldguide to Next Doggerland, by Theun Karelse | ||