Archive for August, 2010
SNF August III
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Magnes: Puppets or Continents?
Thursday, August 26th, 2010Magnes: There was a time when people conceived me as a sort of key. A key to experiences of infinity, of the universe, of the sublime.
SNF August II
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Starting and Writing
Wednesday, August 25th, 2010Realometer: Given that it makes sense to speak of origins and starts: When did calculation start? It must have started with inscription, with carving.
Natel: With what we today call graphical interfaces. What about tattoos?
Realometer: First man carved into his own flesh, then into the ground apart from him.
Jabès: Singing chants challenges inscription and writing.
Realo: Texts are frozen waves, which are set into movement by reading and copying. Copying a text is a form of creating an atmosphere, of tuning in.
SNF August I
Tuesday, August 24th, 2010Magneto
Monday, August 23rd, 2010Realotext: Thinking of starts and origins implies a search for protection. Protection against the nameless, the infinite, the unconditioned. Art as well as focusing on media are offering possibilities to question this protection.
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Magnes and Duchamp
Monday, August 16th, 2010Magnes: Don’ t be silly, let’s think of ways to avoid strict rules and oppositions like good and bad.
Duchamp: A charming way could be to signal how oppositions and rules evolve. Where does the rectangle come from, why and how did mankind start to draw lines?
Realo: How brave and interesting, sorry but I prefer to watch Magneto.