continuum: surfacing inside/out

by Zookeeper on August 16, 2009

Surfacing is a state of becoming.  A continuum.
In this scenario, the theremin can be considered a “surfacing tool”.  It is an electronic musical instrument controlled without contact from the player, usually consisting of two metal antennas which sense the position of the player’s hands and control oscillators for frequency with one hand, and amplitude with [...]

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terra incognita: Polysemes + Unicorns

by Zookeeper on July 10, 2009

Fictitious animals roam freely in zones of polysemy. Packs, herds, schools and other temporary networks emerge and submerge within the folds of terra incognita. Plasticine and quicksand characterize this zone. It is the storyteller’s zone. An un- interrupted, indivisible surface of variable currents, tensions, densities and swells.

Cartesian Cartography

To surf this zone equipped solely with [...]

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Zones of Definition: Taxonomy of Other T Words (work in progress)

July 8, 2009

Note: please start the film on the right, and read as it plays.
Definition may be categorized as a viscous instance excised from a fluid network taxonomy. Viscosity, as a concept, operates on chaotic momentum by congealing outlines of emergence and inviting critical scrutiny of afterimage. We speculate that encoded within the viscous “tableau-vivant” [...]

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Accidental Matters in Taxonomy(work in progress)

June 14, 2009

“…what they want to do is naturalize artifice; take that which is culturally prescriptive and turn it into a kind of second nature.” – r.e.Somol (What Matters Conference)
zone 1 – define Re: recursively enumerable

Within emergent collectives, accidental matters accelerate, multiply, collide, conspire, disrupt, vibrate, warp, pulverize, and otherwise materialize a second nature, manifesting a shifting field of [...]

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Digital Taxonomy (work in progress)

June 14, 2009

Taxonomy is the practice and science of classification.

Originally the term taxonomy referred only to the classifying of organisms (now sometimes known as alpha taxonomy) or a particular classification of organisms. However, it has become fashionable in certain circles to apply the term in a wider, more general sense, where it may refer to a classification of things or concepts, as well as to the principles underlying such a classification.

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The Zoo is NOW OPEN!

June 14, 2009

We love animals, especially the type that share mental intimacy and social community. The Zoo is now open to all designers and animals of design We encourage you to interact with all of our exhibits, and PLEASE, help us feed the animals–to all social networks, of course. Using the analogy of a zoo, [...]

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