Jean Gebser

Art, digitality and consciousness

by Guy Birkin

Birkin, G., (2005). Art, Digitality and Consciousness. In: Proceedings of the 5th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Goldsmiths College, London, 12–15 April 2005. pp. 279–282.

This paper is intended as an accompaniment to digital artworks*, and forms a concise outline of the practical and... more This paper is intended as an accompaniment to digital artworks*, and forms a concise outline of the practical and theoretical elements of my research into digital processes.
It begins by describing the processes used to create the artworks, then the scientific paradigm shift from which these processes are derived. This new kind of science begins with or leads to the question, ‘What if space and time are digital?’ My research prompted a reassessment of the meaning of ‘digital’, which in turn re-defined the potential ‘digital media’ and, therefore, what may be called ‘digital art’.
Lastly, it is shown that this new science relates to the older field of Process Philosophy. That these fields share an emphasis on the importance of the concepts of time, change and process can be seen as supporting evidence for Jean Gebser’s model of evolutionary consciousness. This model enables cohesion of the scientific ideas and is the context in which the artworks were conceived.

* exhibited at the 5th Conference on Creativity and Cognition, Goldsmiths College, London, 12–15 April 2005

Uncovering the Unconscious: Towards an Integral Psychology

by Matthew David Segall

unpublished.

Carl Jung, Jean Gebser, and Rudolf Steiner offer hints about an integral psychology. Carl Jung, Jean Gebser, and Rudolf Steiner offer hints about an integral psychology.

The End of Death? Conscious Life in Global Cyberspace

by Michael Purdy

Virtual life/consciousness on a chip/microprocessor, magical thinking
The motivation to preserve consciousness
the impossibility of virtual life

Perhaps putting consciousness on a chip is the last hurrah of the mental (rational) consciousness, the ultimate... more Perhaps putting consciousness on a chip is the last hurrah of the mental (rational) consciousness, the ultimate extension of instrumental rationality—the ultimate attempt to direct and be in control of life.
Do not go gentle into that good night. ... Rage, rage against the dying of the light. Dylan Thomas

Listening, Culture, and Structures of Consciousness: Ways of Studying Listening.

by Michael Purdy

Originally published in the Internat. Jo. of Listening, 2000.

Listening research has focused on methods borrowed from psychology and the study of communication. This article... more Listening research has focused on methods borrowed from psychology and the study of communication. This article describes a broader approach to the study of listening that encompasses quantitative and qualitative methodology and goes further to explore the larger field of human experience. Structures of consciousness are described that present very expansive ways to understand listening in cultural context.

ATEMPORAL CREATIVITY: EVOLUTION BEYOND LINES AND SPIRALS

by Zayin Cabot

ReVision Vol. 32 no. 1                  Spring 2010