DIGITAL RITES and EMBODIED MEMORIES
(2022)
author(s): Elena Giulia Rossi
connected to: EU4ART_differences
published in: Research Catalogue
Creativity at the crossroads of Neuroscience, Artificial Intelligence, Gaming, Alternative Economies, and Humanism, will be discussed by leading voices from the international scene at DIGITAL RITES and EMBODIED MEMORIES, EU4ART_differences Doctoral Summer School.
A group of researchers from different European capitals will meet in the Monastery of Casa San Silvestro in Monte Compatri (Rome Province) for an intensive program that will take them, and their research, to the limit between physical and digital space.
Since the talks and workshops organized by The Fine Arts Academy of Rome mean to contribute on the currently relevant debate on art practice and new technologies, the series of webinars will be free and open to the public through a registration link.
Teleportation and Transformation: approaching the 'impossible' through storytelling and technology
(last edited: 2024)
author(s): Eirini Sourgiadaki
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This research delves into the enduring human desire for immortality, omnipresence, and boundless existence, contrasting with the finite nature of human life. Employing language tools like metaphor and analogy, the project explores the metaphysical realm embedded in everyday culture, investigating the in-between moment of teleportation and transformation. This moment, often overlooked, is a threshold of change and ambiguity, prompting questions about the body's presence-absence in time and space. The research methodology remains open, evolving organically through exploration, experimentation, and engagement with hypnosis, meditation, storytelling, and somatic practices.
In a parallel exploration, the study draws inspiration from the historical origin of the term "Metaphysics," tracing its roots to Aristotle's works beyond the physical world. While acknowledging the dualisms inherent in metaphysics, the research embraces entanglement and recognizes the contemporary relevance of metaphysical inquiries in new materialism. Navigating the nostalgia for the past and the future, the study examines metaphysics as both a connection and a separation, akin to conjoined twins, contributing to ongoing philosophical conversations about existence, agency, and the interconnectedness of the material world.