Under the gaze of Ulysses –

Species, words and other landscapes

a TRAVEL NOTEBOOK by Manuel Valente Alves


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So different

“Usually, we think of machines as being uniform in their motions. They are supposed to be more rigid than living beings, less open to change. But [Chris Cunningham's video for Björk's song] 'All is Full of Love' reverses this mythology. It suggests that robots might well be more sensitive than we are. They might have more exquisite perceptions than we have. They might respond, more delicately than we do, to subtler gradations of change. And they might have a higher tolerance for ambiguity. As Björk embraces Björk, in a quietly ecstatic feedback loop, the digital celebrates its nuptials with the organic.” — Steven Shaviro, Connected, or What it means to live in the network society (2003)