Provocative Post by Patrick Burgoyne in Creative Review - 'On liking' - good responses in thread

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Posted by Patrick Burgoyne, 13 August 2010

"Why do we like the things we like? How do our social, cultural and aesthetic values combine to prompt us to declare 'I like that?'

There are all kinds of factors that contribute to our liking of anything - whether it be a piece of music, art, a photograph, a film or a piece of graphic design. The culture we grew up in. The things our parents liked. Our level of education. Our class. Whether or not we are snobs. Our strength of character even - do you have the confidence to declare your liking of something that everyone else has derided? Even our honesty - how many of us pretend to 'like' something just because it is currently cool, or because it will make us seem more intelligent so to do?"

read more:

http://creativereview.co.uk/cr-blog/2010/august/on-liking

Lovely pics of Hylozoic Ground Installation- Entry for Canadian Pavilion at Venice Biennale 2010

canadian pavilion at venice biennale 2010

 


'hylozoic ground' by philip beesley architects for the canadian pavilion at la biennale di venezia 2010
all images courtesy philip beesley architects


canada’s entry to the 12th international architecture exhibition, la biennale di venezia,
offers a vision for a new generation of responsive architecture. the collaborative work
conceived by philip beesley is an immersive, interactive architectural installation fitted
with arrays of sensors and kinetic devices. lightweight interlinking systems are interwoven
with next-generation chemistry that supports exchanges within the environment, in pursuit
of an environment that ‘cares.’



'hylozoic ground'


'hylozoic ground' is an immersive interactive environment made of tens of thousands of
digitally fabricated components fitted with microprocessors and sensors. the glass-like fragility of this artificial forest is created by an intricate lattice of small transparent acrylic meshwork links, covered with a network of interactive mechanical fronds, filters, and whiskers. the environment is similar to a coral reef, following cycles of opening, clamping, filtering, and digesting. arrays of touch sensors and shape-memory alloy actuators create waves of diffuse breathing motion, luring visitors into the shimmering depths of a forest of light.



detail


the project’s title refers to ‘hylozoism,’ the ancient belief that all matter has life. 'hylozoic ground' offers a vision for a new generation of responsive architecture. the hylozoic ground environment can be described as a suspended geotextile that gradually accumulates hybrid soil from ingredients drawn from its surroundings. akin to the functions of a living system, embedded machine intelligence allows human interaction to trigger breathing, caressing, and swallowing motions and hybrid metabolic exchanges. these empathic motions ripple out from hives of kinetic valves and pores in peristaltic waves, creating a diffuse pumping system that pulls air, moisture, and stray organic matter through the filtering hylozoic membranes. ‘living’ chemical exchanges are conceived as the first stages of self- renewing functions that might take root within this architecture.



'hylozoic ground'



detail



philip beesley attaching the digitally fabricated components

 

         
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