Stone Fields by Giuseppe Randazzo Stone Fields is a project by Italian designer Giuseppe Randazzo whose website, novastructura, features a number of algorithmic works. Inspired by the work of Richard Long, Randazzo uses algorithms to create stones and to sort them by size all based on a trial and error algorithm. That’s math and computer speak for inputting data to calculate things for you. In my speak, these are simply mind-blowing. The Experience and Perception of Time What is ‘the perception of time’? The very expression ‘the perception of time’ invites objection. Insofar as time is something different from events, we do not perceive time as such, but changes or events in time. But, arguably, we do not perceive events only, but also their temporal relations. So, just as it is natural to say that we perceive spatial distances and other relations between objects (I see the dragonfly as hovering above the surface of the water), it seems natural to talk of perceiving one event following another (the thunderclap as following the flash of lightning), though even here there is a difficulty. Kinds of temporal experience There are a number of what Ernst Pöppel (1978) calls ‘elementary time experiences’, or fundamental aspects of our experience of time. Duration One of the earliest, and most famous, discussions of the nature and experience of time occurs in the autobiographical Confessions of St Augustine. The specious present Here is one attempt to do so. Φ-β-κ
PACKAGING | UQAM Neuroscience clues to who you arent Michael Bond, consultant THE problem of the self - what it is that makes you you - has exercised philosophers and theologians for millennia. Today it is also a hotly contested scientific question, and the science is confirming what the Buddha, Scottish philosopher David Hume and many other thinkers maintained: that there is no concrete identity at the core of our being, and that our sense of self is an illusion spun from narratives we construct about our lives. Bruce Hood's The Self Illusion is a thoroughly researched and skillfully organised account of the developments in psychology and neuroscience that are helping to substantiate this unsettling vision of selfhood. Hood is well placed to tackle all this: he is an experimental psychologist and expert on child development. Book InformationThe Self Illusion by Bruce HoodConstable & Robinson/Oxford University Press£12.99/$29.95 American DNA holds some surprising secrets Debora MacKenzie, consultant Richard Webb, deputy features editor
Portfolio: Ciara Phelan As well as being a contributer to Digital Arts, Ciara Phelan is an illustrator and designer based in East London, who tells us that she loves to mix vintage imagery and digital vector with analogue texture to create contemporary collages that are playful and vibrant. She shared her portfolio with us and gave us an insight in to her creative process. Where did you train and what did you specialise in? I studied Graphic Design at Brighton University. What techniques and approaches do you use most? I like to mix both craft and digital. In general, I spend a lot of time sourcing imagery to use in my collages. What's your favourite piece you've created and why? One of my favourite pieces is called Window to the Wild and it was made by creating a composition of flowers and type in Photoshop, then printing it out and assembling it in layers and photographing the result. Which clients have you worked for? Where have you exhibited your work? London, Beijing, Korea, New York and Paris.
PSICOSYSTEM Wilderness of Mirrors Free will? Home | Search Serendip Free WILL? I wanted the arrows to point to the right, SAW them pointing to the right, and am GOING to the right I wanted the arrows to point to the left, SAW them pointing to the left, and am GOING to the left I forgot the instructions. Rashad Alakbarov Paints with Shadows and Light « Cat in water Artist Rashad Alakbarov from Azerbaijan uses suspended translucent objects and other found materials to create light and shadow paintings on walls. The best part is that you can easily create something similar at home – all you need is one or two lamps and some items from your desk. The stunning light painting below, made with an array of colored airplanes has found its way to exhibitions like the Fly to Baku at De Pury Gallery in London. Rashad adds, “Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light. Comments comments
47 Mind-Blowing Psychology-Proven Facts You Should Know About Yourself I’ve decided to start a series called 100 Things You Should Know about People. As in: 100 things you should know if you are going to design an effective and persuasive website, web application or software application. Or maybe just 100 things that everyone should know about humans! The order that I’ll present these 100 things is going to be pretty random. So the fact that this first one is first doesn’t mean that’s it’s the most important.. just that it came to mind first. Dr. Glitch, si no se repara, hazlo arte Publicado el 21 / 08 / 2012 Probablemente uno de los temas más controvertidos, luego de la política y la religión es “¿qué es y qué no es arte?” Y es que actualmente las formas de crear y transmitir información son tantas y tan variadas, que todos los conceptos que teníamos de arte o estética, finalmente se ven modificados o puestos en duda por la cultura moderna. ¿Recuerdan cuando de niños jugaban videojuegos, y de la nada la pantalla empezaba a revolverse con píxeles, figuras y colores que jamás pensaron que existieran? El error como metáfora de rebeldía Los seres humanos por definición, somos imperfectos. Multiplicidad de formatos Una de las principales ventajas del Glitch Art, es que absolutamente nada está exento del error, puede ser una imagen que carga de forma incorrecta en el navegador, puede ser un video de baja calidad con interferencias, puede ser un archivo de audio defectuoso, donde las voces se entremezclan y el sonido tenga baches. Éxito comercial Escrito por