PROGRAM
Fridays noon-6pm, in Hooper GC - GC20 A
By appointment: Erik Adigard + Ignacio Valero : cca.zoom.us/j/93500054832
Files and class recordings are maintained in the MachinicModernity2024 folders
Assignment readings are given as PDFs and kept in the TEXTS ARCHIVE folder
LEGEND | > : EA+IV presentations & assignment intros | >> : class presentations due
– The classes start with teacher 20-30mn lectures on the week's Topic
- The rest of the class is a mix of work in progress and project presentations
- The class ends with teacher 20-30mn lectures on the following week's Topic & readings
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
See previous weeks at the bottom of the page.
====================================================================
Mar 29
>> Advance your Diagrams: resolve the structure and if needed improve the look and feel.
>> Bring a full initial research for your Topic of Choice(s)
To read: The Future is An Image (intro) + overview of A Summary of Bernard Stiegler Technics and Time
Suggested read: Secularization Comes for the Religion of Technology
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
until Apr 26 we will focus on the Topics Of Choice, along with short texts related to select Theses
FINAL OUTCOMES WILL BE SET IN CLASS
==============================================================
PREVIOUS WEEKS:
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
FRIDAY January 19: INTRODUCTION
The first class will focus on the introduction to the class, with introductions from each student. We will formally present the main aspects of the class and the main topics along with examples to illustrate the range of creative possibilities.
> Quick Presentation of Machinic Modernity 24, showing works from the previous years
>> To best prepare for this first class, please:
1. Read the class description
2. List your major and your key interests in our class questionnaire
3. Please prepare a 2 to 5mn presentation, either as video, slides, printouts on the class wall or another medium of your choice. The aim of this presentation is to introduce yourself, your interests and your concerns for your career and/or the world. You may use past works or plan a presentation from scratch.
INTRODUCTION OF THE MM24 FIVE TOPICS:
Modernity — Technology — The Living — The Object — The Self
INTRODUCTION OF THE FIVE TOPICS TRANSVERSALITIES:
The Real — The Imaginary — The Symbolic — Relationality— Asymmetry — Artificiality — Consciousness
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC #1, MODERNITY
Religion & theology — The Protestant Reformation — The Scientific Revolution — Instrumental rationality — Capitalism —Socialism — Colonialism — Hypermodernity — Consumerism — Neoliberalism — Disenchantment — Climate change — The Three Ecologies — Pluriverse & other models — Degrowth
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Jan 26
Theory track: Focus on Topic #1, MODERNITY
Design Track on MODERNITY
> Short lecture as needed
>> Reviews of Topic #1 designs
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC #2, TECHNOLOGY
Deus Ex Machina — Artificial Intelligence — Techno-Fetishism — Effective Accelerationism — Techno-Feudalism — Sentience
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 2
Focus on Topic #2, TECHNOLOGY
>> Reviews of Topic #1& 2 designs
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC #3, THE LIVING
The non-human, sentient entities & viruses — Sensing machines — The posthuman — Gaia — Hyperobjects — Matter — The metabolic rift, ecocide & ecological grief
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 9
Focus on Topic #3: THE LIVING
>> Reviews of Topic #2 & 3 designs
John Alderman visit. Talk about "design for the senses"
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC #4, THE OBJECT
Image & representation — Accumulation — The ontology of form & reality — Newtonian matter & The Quantum Field — Commodity politics — Hylomorphism
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 16
Focus on Topic #4: THE OBJECT
>> Reviews of Topic #3 & 4 designs
INTRODUCTION OF TOPIC #5, THE SELF
Allegory of the cave — EcoDomics, Dividuality, the emotariat — Instrumental rationality — The quantified self — Organic sentients — Posthuman — Transhumanism — Being & becoming
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Feb 23
Focus on Topic #5: THE SELF
>> Reviews of Topic #4 & 5 designs
INTRODUCTION OF THE DIAGRAM PROJECT >PDF
Flat ontology and the importance of Onto-Cartography
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 1
>> STUDENT PRESENTATIONS OF THE DIAGRAM PROJECTS (SKETCHES)
John Alderman visit. Talk about "brain mapping"
INTRODUCTION OF THE TOPIC OF CHOICE and class readiness workshop
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 8
>> Student presentations of the Diagram project in progress and Topic of Choice ideas
references on mapping:
De Gruyter, Open Philosophy: Design Research and Object-Oriented Ontology
Larval Subjects: The Idea of Onto-Cartography
references on urbanism:
Learning From Las Vegas by Venturi-ScottBrown-Izenour
The Death And Life Of Great American Cities by Jane Jacobs (on wikipedia)
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Mar 15
>> Student presentations of Diagram designs and Topic of Choice initial research
Topic Of Choice, Mimira Case Study workshop with Ayssar Arida
PLANNING OF THE CLASS OUTCOME: AN EXHIBIT?
======================================
SPRING BREAK
======================================