Hi GH and list
I am not setting you up
this is really serious issue in terms
of how coders seem to think that we
are all comfortable with boundaries adjusting
and this is political on so many peoples' parts
in terms of readjusting territories
but it is also deeply psychological in terms
of being able to tell the real from the symbolic
I know you said that thing about monkeys and
yes it's on the right track, but seriously if young
people are self-harming and getting a thrill out of
self-harming with others then surely the symbolic
is failing them in some way in terms of not addressing
their concerns in terms of 'live coding' or whatever
Is the performatvity of code not moving both
psychologically as well as politically to a lot
of people's interests using psychology as a weapon
sort of thing
X
-----Original Message-----
From: G.H. Hovagimyan
Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 8:15 PM
To: Sarah Thompson
Cc: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: [NEW-MEDIA-CURATING] March Discussion Begins: The
Performativity of Code
Hi Sarah & List,
On Mar 15, 2014, at 7:01 PM, Sarah Thompson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> because they feel safe in terms of what is me
> and what is not me
Oh Sara you are setting me up!
I can also say it’s all me or it’s all you or it’s both and neither.
On a deeper perceptual level, I think humans have filters on all their
senses. I think we evolved to survive by filtering out sensations and
putting reason to what we experience.
Our tool making allows us to see beyond our senses. Our computers think
beyond our brain and memory. We know there is more than what we can sense.
Your idea of safety is probably tied into that notion of evolutionary
survival on some level.
Is that enough psychology for you? ;-) This gets to the core notion of
performance as being. That’s why using computers and New Media can extend
our questioning of our perceptual boundaries.
G.H. Hovagimyan
http://nujus.net/~gh
http://nujus.net/~nublog
http://artistsmeeting.org
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