I’m teaching a seminar at The New Centre for Research & Practice, on Algorithmic Literacy.
I’m also collecting a book, supported by the generous grant from the Garage Museum of Contemporary Art: The Work of Light, on philosophy and physics of light and vision, and on technology and aesthetics of computer-generated images. Basically on Ray Tracing, but philosophically (or rather, artistic-research-ingly: there’s going to be more than just text).
I have tons of experience in software engineering, as well as some education in contemporary philosophy. I prefer to be interesting and talk about what I know and experienced, rather than sticking to a particular coherent theory to make sure it explains anything.
That said, I’m materialist by my values. I mean by that that I care about the tension between how things are presented and how they “actually work”, whatever that might mean in various cases. (I’ll also quote Aristotle, and only for the friends: “Matter can only be thought of in some form”). If I actually explain myself further, you will hate me and not read this blog. So I would prefer that you read my posts for the examples of my approach, rather than look for its abstract explication.
My basic ontological concept is feedback loop. Everything that exists is somehow grounded in one of them, even if only to escape it.
Here I will write regularly, to organize my thoughts.