, become a vital for not only of political critique but of
creation (in the sense of an
excessive and dionysian political economy, as Georges Bataille would define
it). But I’ll stop here, before I start to waste time philosophizing again…
Best,
Stamatia
Portanova
I also find the concept of 'indifference' very stimulating and challenging,
from many points of view... In particular, I find it interesting from a very
literal physiological points of view: thinking of the body as the 'inert'
surface animated by a flow of electrical energy. As human bodies in
Hello Tim
I am really looking forward to reading your new book. The subject of Baroque
philosophy, mathematics and aesthetics in relation to digital technology I
consider very interesting, especially with reference to Leibniz (the inventor
of calculus and one of the first to talk about the
Hi Ashley
thanks for the beautiful example of Kentridge's work that you describe here. It
reminds me of some other videos by the same artist (although I don't remember
the titles, I think one of them was called Memo, but I'm not sure its the
right one), where he also plays with the
, stamatia portanova wrote:
In short, my final question is: given our
intensive, Post-Futurist
conception of time, how do we critically respond
to the small-scale
quantifications and restrictions, or
accelerations, of space-time
by digital technology, without going back to a
simultaneous
In the 21st century, the new avant-garde 'happenings' are Internet-based
performances and satellite-facilitated mobile event-improvisations. I see this
cybernetic art as the outcome of a futuristic fascination for technology that
started to animate the first still and moving pictures of moving
I very much agree with your thoughts, Ashley, on these points. I am perhaps not
totally sure about the idea of the body as 'disappearing', not being there, in
our I-Phone interactions. These interactions are definitely (as you suggest)
the object of precise commodifying and marketing
Thank you for your suggestion Tim. I think that the concept of 'affect' can
raise an interesting point in relation to what Ashley was saying about digital
programmers and engineers and their definition of the mishap. Thinking about
it, I do not see the digital cut as a mishap in itself,
