Hi Max Yes, this is a fascinating subject, and relates to a whole lot of things that are relevant now. Great to hear such enthusiasm : )
Cheers Jake On Thu, Sep 12, 2019 at 6:09 PM Max Herman <maxnmher...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Jake, > > I like the divinatory idea and agree it relates to computation and > Artificial Intelligence by way of algorithms. Also relevant to Aesthetic > Intelligence and Natural Intelligence, if those are things, which I think > they are. Divination also includes very interesting associations to > Buddhism, which Liebniz studied and processed in part via the I Ching. > Tarot applies, and helps form a circle with Eliot's "The Waste Land." > > > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I_Ching%27s_influence#/media/File:Diagram_of_I_Ching_hexagrams_owned_by_Gottfried_Wilhelm_Leibniz,_1701.jpg > > (internet search reference "liebniz i ching wikipedia.") > > James Austin's first book, 1979's *Chase, Chance, and Creativity* is very > interesting on randomness and spontaneous insight arriving in > non-determinative contexts which contain non-determinative but sufficiently > consistent and germane elements. (Austin's well-known 1998 work *Zen and > the Brain* was pivotal in the neuroscientific study of meditation and > mindfulness, which now even Parliament has taken up as a priority.) David > Bohm's *On Dialogue* also discusses how non-determinative information > flows in network settings can yield spontaneous insights and > information-creation. Both sound a lot like art, consciousness, and > intelligence to me, and pre-eminent resources for planetary sustainability > and restoration. > > The events sound fascinating, thanks for sharing! > > Max > > > ------------------------------ > *From:* NetBehaviour <netbehaviour-boun...@lists.netbehaviour.org> on > behalf of Jake Harries via NetBehaviour < > netbehavi...@lists.netbehaviour.org> > *Sent:* Thursday, September 12, 2019 11:11 AM > *To:* netbehavi...@lists.netbehaviour.org < > netbehavi...@lists.netbehaviour.org>; nettime-...@nettime.org < > nettime-...@nettime.org>; spectre@mikrolisten.de <spectre@mikrolisten.de> > *Cc:* Jake Harries <jakeharr...@gmail.com> > *Subject:* [NetBehaviour] Climate Emergency Art Exhibition and Divinatory > Making > > Hi > Access Space has two events coming up next week, Pseudo Random, a workshop > on Tuesday (£5 a place) > led by artist Hestia Peppe who will take you on a journey through > divinatory reading and making, and on Friday, > the opening of On The Surface Of Things, an art exhibition with 24 > contributing artists with the themes of the > environment and climate emergency, together with a large scale film > projection on the front of Access Space's > building showing the film work of 17 international artists. > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > Pseudo-Random > Divinatory reading and making: a neurodivergent workshop > with our Artist in Residence, Hestia Peppe > > Exploring divinatory, oracular and speculative approaches to reading and > making in relation to neurodiversity. > Tuesday 17th September, 12 noon-5pm at Access Space. > > Divination is the name given to the ways in which people have, throughout > history, sought answers to questions > for which they otherwise unable to determine an answer. > Common forms of divination are pendulum dowsing, tarot card reading, palm > reading, and the I Ching. > Artists, writers, readers, and makers are invited to come together to > explore the potential of working with the mistakes, > troubles, and mysteries of process rather than against them. We will > examine ideas such as debugging, hacking and > self diagnosis in relation to divination. > > Hestia Peppé is a neuro-atypical artist, researcher and writer, working on > a PhD concerned with divination as an > expanded practice of speculative reading, at Sheffield Hallam University. > In July this year she was Access Space > Artist in Residence. > > This afternoon workshop will introduce the ancient and resurgent practice > of divination in relation to the computational > application of pseudo-randomness in contemporary technology. Together we > will try out some divinatory gestures > and methods and investigate what can open up in process whenwe do not > attach significance to outcomes or mastery. > We will consider the challenges presented by divination to goal directed > assumptions about making in relation to the > emerging paradigm of neurodiversity, which through the self-diagnosis and > self-advocacy of neuro-atypical people > seeks to understand and support 'all kinds of minds'. > Neurodiversity is understood to be intersectional with existing movements > in disability,decolonisation, anti-racism, > anti-fascism, feminism, climate justice, and LGBTQIA and worker solidarity. > > Workshop places are £5 > Book a place here: > > https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pseudo-random-divinatory-reading-and-making-a-neurodivergent-workshop-tickets-71539507593 > Info: j...@access-space.org > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On The Surface Of Things > > This exhibition is the first of a series of events at Access Space over > the coming year which invite artists to respond to > the extraordinary contemporary circumstances. > > On The Surface Of Things is an exhibition of artworks that relate to our > environment, either through our dependency > on it, our relationship to it, our interactions with it, or our > experiences of it. It is an action affiliated with > Extinction Rebellion Sheffield, in response to the declaration from > Sheffield City Council of a climate emergency. > https://access-space.org/portfolio/on-the-surface-of-things/ > > Exhibition Opening Event - Friday 20th September 2019, 7-10pm > With large scale film projection on the front exterior of our building. > Short films by: > AsproZingel, Kayla Parker & Stuart Moore, Joshua Evan & Antonis Sideras, > Alessandro Carboni, Lorraine Clewlow, Matteo Zamagn, > alittlepieceofland.org.uk, Dan Shipsides, Andrew Payne, > Eva Rudlinger, D-Fuse, Nichola Rodgers, Richard Bond, > Isabella Martin, Amy Wilson. > > Exhibition Open 21st Sept to 4th Oct (Tue-Sat) 11am-6pm > Exhibiting artists: > alittlepieceofland.org.uk, > Krishna Alageswaran, Lizzie Alageswaran, > Annie Anthony-Mays, Anthony Bennett, > John Brokenshire, Daniel Bustamente, > Stephen Carley, Claire Jane Carter, > Jennifer Clowes, Krystal Collison, > Cath Dunn, Alex Ekins, Paul Evans, > Gill Gathercole, Ellie Harrison, Rachael Kidd, > Tessa Amy Lyons, Anne Parfitt, Julia Parks, > Sadie Renwick, Katherine Rhodes, Dan Shipsides, > Ric Warren. > > Closing Party > Friday 4th October starting at > Access Space at 6pm > (followed by fundraiser for Extinction > Rebellion at venue tbc) > > Exhibition curated by Sadie Renwick, Rachael Kidd & Access Space. > More info email j...@access-space.org > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > The arts programme at Access Space is funded with public money by the > National Lottery through > Arts Council England > > <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > -- > > All the best > Jake > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > Jake Harries, Director of Arts and Innovation > www.access-space.org +44(0)114 249 5522 > @accessspace facebook.com/accessspace > 3-7 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK > j...@access-space.org > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> > > > -- All the best Jake >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Jake Harries, Director of Arts and Innovation www.access-space.org +44(0)114 249 5522 @accessspace facebook.com/accessspace 3-7 Sidney St, Sheffield, S1 4RG, UK j...@access-space.org >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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