Somatic Markers & Memory Buffers (2015)
Descarte's division of mind and body, led to the idea that building simulated consciousnesses was simply a task of organising logic circuits. Gottfried Leibniz's cybernetics were deemed to be solution for the quest of buidling obedient Automatons. It was through the work of Antonio Damasio's and his Somatic Markers hypothesis, that these notion were expanded into a more holistic view of consciousness manifested throughout the body,
Listening to a piece of music, one can not only recall a memory of when and where it was heard it, but also the feeling, the smell, the context, and wider associated memories.
Special thanks to Art + COM, Berlin for allowing me to take Electromagnetic Field recordings of their server rooms, from which the soundtrack to this work was constructed.
Dual Channel. Run Time: 55 seconds. Format : 16:9 | 720p (Each Screen)
Listening to a piece of music, one can not only recall a memory of when and where it was heard it, but also the feeling, the smell, the context, and wider associated memories.
Special thanks to Art + COM, Berlin for allowing me to take Electromagnetic Field recordings of their server rooms, from which the soundtrack to this work was constructed.
Dual Channel. Run Time: 55 seconds. Format : 16:9 | 720p (Each Screen)