Might our brain be considered a device of the Universe? (So that the Universe csn see itself? Markram). Our brain does seem to take souvenir "photographs" with our senses, allowing us to construct a reality. If all devices are cultural devices, Is our brain a cultural (meme) device creating devices? Is the construct of time itself our brains greatest cultural masterpiece?
Perhaps it is time for artists and scientists to think about how to get rid of this cultural contruct of time, shifting the borders of what we experience as real, lifting the curtain of our
Chronocentric Universe. Here I want to refer you to Tedx Amsterdam Talk by former Astronaut Wubbo Ockels: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eaV-GeAPSlE in which he talks about how our brain has constructed the ultimate border, the speed of light...
Moving from cartesian space to cyberspace to hyperspace..what will simulation then become? What role will ever more advanced (quantum?) computer simulations play? What a joyful AR material for artists that would be...
Jennifer
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From: Avi Rosen <avi@siglab.technion.ac.il>
To: YASMIN DISCUSSIONS <yasmin_discussions@estia.media.uoa.gr>
Sent: Sun, February 7, 2010 4:01:54 PM
Subject: Re: [Yasmin_discussions] it is not a starting point//
Hi Luigi,
I completely agree with ur argument.
In the traditional linear Euclidian world where rigid borders can be
defined, real & simulation can exist ...
http://www.sipl.technion.ac.il/~avi/horizon/Horizon_files/image016.jpg
In non-liner hyperbolic cyberspace which today dominating the real space,
the borders between real & simulation are blurred...
http://www.sipl.technion.ac.il/~avi/horizon/Horizon_files/image018.jpg
Best,
Avi.
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[mailto:yasmin_discussions-bounces@estia.media.uoa.gr] On Behalf Of Pier
Luigi Capucci
Sent: א 07 פברואר 2010 14:30
To: YASMIN DISCUSSIONS
Subject: Re: [Yasmin_discussions] it is not a starting point//
Il giorno 06/feb/2010, alle ore 13.40, Simon Biggs ha scritto:
> We (artists included) see things through our own
> preconceptions. Everything we experience is mediated.
Maybe what I wrote wasn't clear, it does not exclude what you write. I
totally agree, all experience is mediated.
> Artists are not mechanical devices replicating what is before them.
All devices are cultural devices, are built by humans (also the second
order's devices, built by other devices). These devices share, represent and
serve the same cultural models human have, they repeat them. For instance
the photocamera and the camera still use a subset of the Renaissance
perspective rules. And perspective is embedded in the VR tools, 3D
videogames and metaverses. and so today we are immersed in simulations
through many media which use *that* perspective.
Nothing is "innocent" ;-)
Best,
Pier Luigi
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