Selective Memory Theatre is a machine-like perception and memory installation, that thematises the desire to teach the non-forgetting digital memory to forget. It thereby covers the selectionistic nature of the individual mind, that marks the human sensing and remembering as the subjective and biased – but therefore human and functional – act that it is.
The installation consists of two projections, the perception and the memory layer. Both shell be explained in what follows.
The perception layer represents the sensory memory before any priorities have been chosen. It receives the newest images from flickr (www.flickr.com) which get distorted, mixed and blended to persuade some sort of sensory noise.
The memory layer is a metaphor for the short- and long-term memory. It is the place where existing memories can be activated by new perceptions and thus be called to mind.
The perception layer asks the memory layer for each new image if it is similar to allready existing memories. This happens…
Selective Memory Theatre is a machine-like perception and memory installation, that thematises the desire to teach the non-forgetting digital memory to forget. It thereby covers the selectionistic nature of the individual mind, that marks the human sensing and remembering as the subjective and biased – but therefore human and functional – act that it is.
The installation consists of two projections, the perception and the memory layer. Both shell be explained in what follows.
The perception layer represents the sensory memory before any priorities have been chosen. It receives the newest images from flickr (www.flickr.com) which get distorted, mixed and blended to persuade some sort of sensory noise.
The memory layer is a metaphor for the short- and long-term memory. It is the place where existing memories can be activated by new perceptions and thus be called to mind.
The perception layer asks the memory layer for each new image if it is similar to allready existing memories. This happens…
Friendly Integration, Electronic Creatives and Droid Behavior present: WHAM BAM THANK YOU AFTERHOURS-January 15th 2010 :: future music and technology showcase ::.
Some short snippets of the show last night, visuals by Bryant Place-CPU. be sure to check out his other work, amazing visuals. (http://future-tense-cpu.com/tag/visuals/)
Show with MaxForLive, and Reaktor.
from Oh Astro's Champions of Wonder album on Illegal Art (illegalart.net). video taken from the 1970s kids television show The Lost Saucer, produced by Sid and Marty Krofft. all audio sampled from Hot Chip "Boy From School," Fujiya & Miyagi "Ankle Injuries," and Lionel Richie "Hello."
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