Monster Resurrection. Towards an Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts
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EVENT
Type:
presentation
Keywords:
history / machine / media archaeology / modernism / technique
Creation Date:
2009-06-20
Language:
English
Description:
Monsters are commonly defined as creatures that cannot be defined or even identified. Franz Kafka's Odradek, a "Dodekaeder" (dodecahedron) mixed up or shuffled, is such a being. In modernity, monsters occur when technology or crafts are forgotten. The results are objects that not even an expert in the field can identify, because of their complete obsolescence. The classical disciplines of historiology, sociology, etc. experience considerable methodological difficulties when confronted with events that unfold by usage of machinery and algorithmic apparatus. The situation is similarly difficult for the necessary self-reflection of the natural sciences. (D.L.)
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Original Title (English):
Monster Resurrection. Towards an Archaeology of Algorithmic Artefacts
Location:
Magyar Képzőművészeti Egyetem / Hungarian University of Fine Arts, Budapest
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