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--- art_intelligences_materiality [2026/05/10 00:42] – fstalder@zhdk.ch
+++ art_intelligences_materiality [2026/05/13 10:54] (current) – [Wed 13.05.2026] fstalder@zhdk.ch
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 **Abstract:**
-How does 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.
+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:**
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-==== Mo 11.05.2026 ====
+==== Mon 11.05.2026 ====
 ** 09:00–18:00, ZT 4.T37**
-On the birth of 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.
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-==== Tues 12.05.2026  ====
+==== Tue 12.05.2026  ====
 :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/
-  * 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
     * Group 1: Thinking Otherwise
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 [[https://youtu.be/cGV7CUxhYlc|Brian Eno and James Bridle on Ways of Being]], 2022, 60 min
-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
 ==== Wed 13.05.2026 ====
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 **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)
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 official holiday, school closed
-==== Fr 15.05.2026 ====
+==== Fri 15.05.2026 ====
 :00–12:00  ZT 6.F01
+**Water/flow-based Computation**
+Bridle, James. 2022. Ways of Being: Beyond Human Intelligence. Allen Lane
+  * Chapter 7: Non-Binary Machines
+Vanessa Bosch
+  * hydrofeminist manifesto, https://hydrofem-manifesto.xyz/
+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
 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.