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art_intelligences_materiality [2026/05/09 19:30] – [Wed 13.05.2026] fstalder@zhdk.chart_intelligences_materiality [2026/05/13 10:54] (current) – [Wed 13.05.2026] fstalder@zhdk.ch
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-How does the nobody shape thinking and being in the world? We take a wide view of the body, including human bodies, animal bodies, plants, machines but also institutions and structured processes.  +**Abstract:** 
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 +How does the materiality of the "body" shape thinking and being in the world? We take a wide view of the body, including human bodies, animal bodies, plants, and machines, but also institutions and structured processes.  
  
-In this seminar, we will read key sections from James Bridle's Book "Ways of Being" (2022), in which he uses his own artistic practice alongside natural and social sciences, philosophy and speculation to investigate the shifting boundaries of what we call ‘intelligence’. We will expand on this book, by looking at some of the background texts and positions, but also examining practical examples for more than human approaches in art and design.+In this seminar, we will start at the beginning of visual arts in cave paintings, read foundational texts about embodied perception, then move to machines and read key sections from James Bridle's book "Ways of Being" (2022), in which he uses his own artistic practice alongside natural and social sciences, philosophy, and speculation to investigate the shifting boundaries of what we call 'intelligence.' We will visit an exhibition on "more than human design" and look at water as a different materiality  as a form of computation, both within a Western and a Chinese tradition.
  
 **Requirements:** **Requirements:**
  
   * 80% Presence   * 80% Presence
-  * Participation in readings, group presentations and discussions+  * Participation in readings, group presentations, and discussions
  
 **Further Resources:** **Further Resources:**
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-==== Mo 11.05.2026 ====+==== Mon 11.05.2026 ====
 ** 09:00–18:00, ZT 4.T37** ** 09:00–18:00, ZT 4.T37**
  
-On the birth on art, religion and politics by neurologically modern humans +On the birth of art, religion, and politics by neurologically modern humans, Upper Paleolithic (50'000-12'000 BC)
-Upper Paleolithic (50'000-12'000 BC)+
  
 Lewis-Williams, David, E. Thomas Lawson, Knut Helskog, David S. Whitley, and Paul Mellars. 2003. “Review Feature: A Review of The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 13 (2): 263–79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774303000155. Lewis-Williams, David, E. Thomas Lawson, Knut Helskog, David S. Whitley, and Paul Mellars. 2003. “Review Feature: A Review of The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art by David Lewis-Williams.” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 13 (2): 263–79. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0959774303000155.
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 Lewis-Williams, J. David. 2002. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. Thames & Hudson. Lewis-Williams, J. David. 2002. The Mind in the Cave: Consciousness and the Origins of Art. Thames & Hudson.
-  * Chapter 7: An Origin of Image Making, read: 180-196+  * Chapter 7: An Origin of Image Making, read: 180-196 {{ ::the_mind_in_the_cave_chap7.pdf |PDF}}
  
 Watch: Watch:
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- +==== Tue 12.05.2026  ====
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-==== Tues 12.05.2026  ====+
  
 09:00–18:00  ZT 3.K08 09:00–18:00  ZT 3.K08
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   * Alain Resnais. All the Memory in the World (Toute la mémoire du monde). 1956, 21 min, https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/all-the-worlds-memories-alain-resnais/   * Alain Resnais. All the Memory in the World (Toute la mémoire du monde). 1956, 21 min, https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/all-the-worlds-memories-alain-resnais/
  
-  * Somaini, Antonio, ed. 2025. “A Theory of Latent Spaces.” In World through AI: Exploring Latent Spaces, with Quentin Bajac, Ada Ackerman, Noam Milgrom Elcott, and Tim Trombley. Jean Boite Editions.+  * Somaini, Antonio, ed. 2025. “A Theory of Latent Spaces.” In World through AI: Exploring Latent Spaces, with Quentin Bajac, Ada Ackerman, Noam Milgrom Elcott, and Tim Trombley. Jean Boite Editions. (read sections, I, II, IV, VI, VII) {{ ::somaini_theory_of_latent_spaces.pdf |PDF}}
  
-  * James Bridle: Ways of Being+  * Bridle, James. 2022. //Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence.// Allen Lane. ([[https://cloud.vmk.zhdk.ch/index.php/s/s9unk2ACecK6o7z|Epub]])
     * all: Introduction     * all: Introduction
     * Group 1: Thinking Otherwise     * Group 1: Thinking Otherwise
     * Group 2: Seeing like a planet     * Group 2: Seeing like a planet
     * all: Solidarity     * all: Solidarity
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 +[[https://youtu.be/cGV7CUxhYlc|Brian Eno and James Bridle on Ways of Being]], 2022, 60 min
  
  
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 **Plant Intelligence** **Plant Intelligence**
  
-[[https://youtu.be/5z-kZZVyHdw|How ‘heretical’ science revealed the intelligence of Nature]] | Monica Gagliano, 2022, 13 Min,+  * [[https://youtu.be/nH2BLg43QSQ|How Trees Talk to Each Other]], Suzanne Simard, 2016 Ted Talk 
 +  * [[https://youtu.be/3PvbU6fV8pg|Finding the Mother Tree]], Suzanne Simard, 2021 
 +  * [[https://youtu.be/5z-kZZVyHdw|How ‘heretical’ science revealed the intelligence of Nature]] | Monica Gagliano, 2022, 13 Min,
  
   * Volkart, Yvonne. 2025. Editorial. Plant Intelligence – Towards a Vegetal Aesthetics / Editorial. Plant Intelligence – Towards a Vegetal Aesthetics. June 29. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15768364. (read 1-10)   * Volkart, Yvonne. 2025. Editorial. Plant Intelligence – Towards a Vegetal Aesthetics / Editorial. Plant Intelligence – Towards a Vegetal Aesthetics. June 29. https://doi.org/10.5281/ZENODO.15768364. (read 1-10)
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 https://museum-gestaltung.ch/en/exhibition/more-human-designing-nature https://museum-gestaltung.ch/en/exhibition/more-human-designing-nature
  
-Task: Choose one work; how is the non-human modeled? What materialities are involved? What role to they play?+Task: Choose one work. Make a short presentation: How is the non-human modeled? What materialities are involved? What role do they play?
  
 ==== Thu 14.05.2026 ==== ==== Thu 14.05.2026 ====
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 official holiday, school closed official holiday, school closed
  
-==== Fr 15.05.2026 ====+==== Fri 15.05.2026 ====
    
 09:00–12:00  ZT 6.F01 09:00–12:00  ZT 6.F01
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 +**Water/flow-based Computation**
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 +Bridle, James. 2022. Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence. Allen Lane
 +  * Chapter 7: Non-Binary Machines
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 +Vanessa Bosch
 +  * hydrofeminist manifesto, https://hydrofem-manifesto.xyz/
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 +Ioana Vreme Moser 
 +  * [[https://www.ioanavrememoser.com/fluid-anatomy|Fluid Anatomy]]​, sound installation with water & air / acryl glass plates, 2024
 +  * [[https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-pirouette-machines-fluid-components|Pirouette Machines. Fluid Components]], Talk at 38c3, 2024
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 Mi, You. 2025. “A Different Endpoint Qian Xuesen and Cosmotechnics.” In Machine Decision Is Not Final: China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence, edited by Benjamin H. Bratton, Anna Greenspan, Amy Ireland, and Bogna Konior. Urbanomic. Mi, You. 2025. “A Different Endpoint Qian Xuesen and Cosmotechnics.” In Machine Decision Is Not Final: China and the History and Future of Artificial Intelligence, edited by Benjamin H. Bratton, Anna Greenspan, Amy Ireland, and Bogna Konior. Urbanomic.
  
-hi Qing (石青), Qian Xuesen and the Yangtze River Computer (钱学森和长江计算机), single-channel video, 2021. +Yuk Hui, 2017. [[https://www.e-flux.com/journal/86/161887/cosmotechnics-as-cosmopolitics|Cosmotechnics as Cosmopolitics]], e-flux, issue #86 
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 +Shi Qing (石青), Qian Xuesen and the Yangtze River Computer (钱学森和长江计算机), single-channel video, 2021. 
  
  
 +Review, Feedback, End
  
  
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