1. photographic ontological parallax

project a still photograph of a thing onto the thing itself -

variations :

project a video loop of a thing onto the thing itself

project a video loops of a thing onto the thing itself... make use of locked camera with object moving “extemporally” (i.e. jump cuts, movement in and out of frame non-continuously, etc.)

what this means: it is difficult for people to make the distinction between the representation of the thing and the thing itself. it is also difficult for people to understand the instability of the object defined. when we view an object as itself evolving in simultaneity with its frozen synchronic icon, we understand the difficulty of defining anything as an unconditionally stable self.

body binaries

a series of binary body states - how does the alternation make an experiential shift?

1. polyphasic sleep vs. monophasic sleep - how do your dreams adapt?

2. organic eating/exercise vs. junk food eating/physical inertness - what changes occur in consciousness

3. extended states of extreme pain vs. extended states of extreme pleasure -

4. anorexia vs. overeating

5. wealth creation vs. poverty - is a self-imposed poverty significantly different than an incidental one?

6. sensory overload vs. sensory deprivation

biological aesthetic audio systems notes

1. -place 100 moths into a lucite prism.
-in the center of the prism, place a directional microphone.
-on either side of the prism, place a light.
-alternately dim each light up and down.
-amplify or record the sound of the moths moving between the sides of the prism.
-process as desired.

2. places 500 roaches into a sealed box with a microphone. what sound does their colony make?

3. in a large room filled with birds, open a delay and feedback system containing 4 to 8 speakers with discrete input and multiply panned output. allow the system to develop into a large mass of feedback. discover how the birds produce sound in reaction with recorded iterations of their own sounds.

4. -in a public room, build a very large phonograph cylinder.
- fit the cylinder with three successive play heads and one record head.
- place a microphone on one side of the room and a speaker on the other.
- activate the apparatus and allow it to run for a week or more.
- observe the long term changes in the sound produced.

audio

http://kitsunenoir.com/2010/03/25/zimoun-sound-sculptures-installations/

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJj-eMIulZY&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUHCl4TUdTA&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoTeI

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWquNmISmmA&feature=related