8
technology -
towards a deep ecology of art, architecture and being
research project of goldsmiths, university of london
8
technology -
towards a deep ecology of art, architecture and being
research project of goldsmiths, university of london
director: raphael jay adjani
associate: sian ni mhuiri
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what is
what is
what is
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what do we mean by
8 technology a.k.a. 8:
brings together particular ideas from science, digital technology, philosophy, architecture and art to facilitate sublime works that shed light on our contemporary ecology and being.
this site is both ‘art ‘ and ‘information’ in that it can tell you about what 8 does and has done; at the same time it is created and ‘tended’, in a deliberate, ritualised process of re-construction and re-creation, according to mood, season, context,
-a durational work without duration -
a ‘technology’ of the every day,
in the manner of a tea ceremony or tending of a zen garden, for your pleasure...
each page is unique, constructed with minor compositional variation as well as built in random processes: spot the ‘acidents’ and deliberate imperfections...
8 was initiated by raphael jay adjani as a research project of goldsmiths, univeristy of london. It is now a stand alone project.
beyond the website, 8’s primary activity is focused now on:
find out more about the ideas underpinning 8
8 thanks the many creative and technical staff at apple, especially at its stores in covent garden and regent street for its support of 8 projects
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this site is both ‘art ‘ and ‘information’ in that it can tell you about what 8 does, at the same time it is created and tended near daily, in a deliberate, ritualised process of re-construction and re-creation, according to mood, season, context, a durational work without duration - a ‘technology’ of the every day, towards a poor technology, in the manner of a daily tea ceremony or tending of a zen garden, for your pleasure...
each page is unique, constructed with minor compositional variation as well as built in random processes: spot the ‘acidents’ and deliberate imperfections...
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