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... problems related to new areas like ubiquitous computing, social situation of interaction, and... more ... problems related to new areas like ubiquitous computing, social situation of interaction, and non-task-oriented computing all call for an alternative approach based on full embodiment as hinted by Harrison et al [4]. More recently, Suzan Kozel offered ... Defter 39, 1 (2000), 159-211 ...
Paj-a Journal of Performance and Art, 2009
... Bottom: The news studio, Anlik Görüntü / Snapshot. ... He holds a BS in electrical engineerin... more ... Bottom: The news studio, Anlik Görüntü / Snapshot. ... He holds a BS in electrical engineering and MS in computer engineering, and is a MA candidate in the Faculty of Art and Design ... She teaches courses on history of art, contemporary art, history of civilization, and cultural studies ...
The advance of digital technologies and evolution of cyberculture have rejuvenated Modernity's Ca... more The advance of digital technologies and evolution of cyberculture have rejuvenated Modernity's Cartesian dream of the pure mind achieving an unconditional freedom by leaving the body behind. The body, now more than ever, is perceived as another object in the external materiality where, as the lineage of Western thought so obstinately insists, the Truth is to be found. Eastern traditions like Sufi mysticism, on the other hand, offer a stark alternative: the physical reality is dismissed as illusion, the search for the Truth is essentially internal, and the self is not a segregated and detached entity but is an ever-interconnected part of the whole. We argue that leveraging both on the ancient wisdom of the East and the immense success of science and technology of the West, cyberculture can foster a new human condition of re-embodiment, interconnectivity, and re-unity. We maintain that contemporary arts, particularly in performative and collaborative forms, have much to contribute to this endeavor, and emerging technologies like biomechatronics and neuroprosthetics, which are acclaimed by some for their assumed contribution to the ideal of disembodiment, might be exploited by artists to promote a new understanding of embodiment and humanity's interconnectedness with the rest of the existence.
... problems related to new areas like ubiquitous computing, social situation of interaction, and... more ... problems related to new areas like ubiquitous computing, social situation of interaction, and non-task-oriented computing all call for an alternative approach based on full embodiment as hinted by Harrison et al [4]. More recently, Suzan Kozel offered ... Defter 39, 1 (2000), 159-211 ...
Paj-a Journal of Performance and Art, 2009
... Bottom: The news studio, Anlik Görüntü / Snapshot. ... He holds a BS in electrical engineerin... more ... Bottom: The news studio, Anlik Görüntü / Snapshot. ... He holds a BS in electrical engineering and MS in computer engineering, and is a MA candidate in the Faculty of Art and Design ... She teaches courses on history of art, contemporary art, history of civilization, and cultural studies ...
The advance of digital technologies and evolution of cyberculture have rejuvenated Modernity's Ca... more The advance of digital technologies and evolution of cyberculture have rejuvenated Modernity's Cartesian dream of the pure mind achieving an unconditional freedom by leaving the body behind. The body, now more than ever, is perceived as another object in the external materiality where, as the lineage of Western thought so obstinately insists, the Truth is to be found. Eastern traditions like Sufi mysticism, on the other hand, offer a stark alternative: the physical reality is dismissed as illusion, the search for the Truth is essentially internal, and the self is not a segregated and detached entity but is an ever-interconnected part of the whole. We argue that leveraging both on the ancient wisdom of the East and the immense success of science and technology of the West, cyberculture can foster a new human condition of re-embodiment, interconnectivity, and re-unity. We maintain that contemporary arts, particularly in performative and collaborative forms, have much to contribute to this endeavor, and emerging technologies like biomechatronics and neuroprosthetics, which are acclaimed by some for their assumed contribution to the ideal of disembodiment, might be exploited by artists to promote a new understanding of embodiment and humanity's interconnectedness with the rest of the existence.