3D. Weblo.com. MIMESIS:reconsideration of an apparently obsolete concept. Soon: The book!!!
No concept so misunderstood as 'mimesis' (see: Nelson Goodman, Arthur Danto, Gérard Genette, Gottfried Boehm, W.J.T. Mitchell) Formerly simply a synonym of art, it now seems to be a sufficient condition to deny a creation the status of an art work. Reasons enough to reformulate what it implies. THE MIRROR Let us begin with a general circumscription of the concept of imitation. Kinematic Self-Replicating Machines. Electronic life forms.