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Interactive art - Magical Realist - Jun 24, 2016

I am fascinated by art that interacts randomly or even intelligently to its environment. Here's one which responds with lights and humming to the sound of bees in the surrounding landscape. It must have taken some time to build this thing!

http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2016/06/56-foot-tall-aluminum-honeycomb-structure-responds-to-the-buzzing-of-bees-within-londons-kew-gardens/?src=footer


RE: Interactive art - C C - Jun 26, 2016

I hadn't even thought much about what leaps and bounds robotic art must be making nowadays. Someday there might be a whole village of AI-animated talking houses and smiling flowers, irascible cars, and animal people that are a single piece of dynamic artwork bringing those early day cartoons to life which featured every object being alive. They'd better hurry, though, the situation is practically already here outside of artistic expression.


RE: Interactive art - Magical Realist - Jun 26, 2016

Art AS environment, which interacts intelligently with the embedded presence of the observer...

https://www.buzzfeed.com/peggy/art-installations-you-want-to-live-in?utm_term=.irX8LmgVJ8#.ox4eJ5lWYe


RE: Interactive art - Secular Sanity - Jun 27, 2016


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Invisible Night

You might enjoy this, MR.  It’s supposed highlight the disconnected feeling that people have when they lose someone.  Kind of a metaphysical barrier.  The concept is similar to some of Bill Viola’s previous work.

Some of Bill Viola’s inspiration came from the poems of St. John of the cross.  I quoted him earlier in your "Living Philosophically" thread.

"Whoever knows how to die in all things will have life in all things."—St. John of the Cross

Here's an interview with him.  He's a pretty interesting guy.

https://youtu.be/uenrts2YHdI?t=15m48s

His "Taking Back Time" exhibit is pretty cool, too.

https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/global-culture/conceptual-performance/a/viola-the-crossing


RE: Interactive art - Magical Realist - Jun 28, 2016

I would love to see something like that. But to be honest it'd probably give me nightmares. The theme of imprisoned sentience cuts deep into my psyche.


RE: Interactive art - Secular Sanity - Jun 28, 2016

(Jun 28, 2016 07:08 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: I would love to see something like that. But to be honest it'd probably give me nightmares. The theme of imprisoned sentience cuts deep into my psyche.

I’ll tell you what, though, Magical Realist.  The so-called universal fear of death is not so universal.  The rampant fear of losing control is more widespread.  Uncertainty is far more eerie.   Atheism should lessen your fears.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Wink


RE: Interactive art - Magical Realist - Jun 28, 2016

(Jun 28, 2016 03:39 PM)Secular Sanity Wrote:
(Jun 28, 2016 07:08 AM)Magical Realist Wrote: I would love to see something like that. But to be honest it'd probably give me nightmares. The theme of imprisoned sentience cuts deep into my psyche.

I’ll tell you what, though, Magical Realist.  The so-called universal fear of death is not so universal.  The rampant fear of losing control is more widespread.  Uncertainty is far more eerie.   Atheism should lessen your fears.  For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light. Wink


I'm as totally at peace with death as I am with my illusory reality. 99 % of our body is empty space. 99.99999% of the universe is empty space. We are hardly a blip on the radar. Nonexistence should fit as comfortably as an old jacket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqf_cuDf9qI


RE: Interactive art - Secular Sanity - Jun 28, 2016

(Jun 28, 2016 06:43 PM)Magical Realist Wrote: I'm as totally at peace with death as I am with my illusory reality. 99 % of our body is empty space. 99.99999% of the universe is empty space. We are hardly a blip on the radar. Nonexistence should fit as comfortably as an old jacket.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gqf_cuDf9qI

Well, not exactly. You still have black body photons, vacuum fluctuations, virtual particles, etc. Ah, you found another video of his, eh? I'll have to listen to him more carefully when I have the time.

Ciao