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| This is the public start page of my personal librarinth: an online scrapbook that I used in the course of the research project 'Dialogues with Machines' that ran from February 2017 to October 2024. I undertook this project as a researcher in the [[http://kask.be/en/education/courses/media-art/|Media Arts Studio]] of the [[https://schoolofartsgent.be/ee/en/research/|KASK Conservatorium / University College Ghent]], and it resulted in a doctorate in the arts as part of the [[https://www.ugent.be/lw/kunstwetenschappen/en/research-groups/spam|S:PAM, Studies in Performing Arts and Media]] research group at the University of Ghent. My promotors were Christel Stalpaert and Edwin Carels.\\ | This is the public start page of my personal librarinth: an online scrapbook that I used in the course of the research project 'Dialogues with Machines' that ran from February 2017 to October 2024. I undertook this project as a researcher in the [[http://kask.be/en/education/courses/media-art/|Media Arts Studio]] of the [[https://schoolofartsgent.be/ee/en/research/|KASK Conservatorium / University College Ghent]], and it resulted in a doctorate in the arts as part of the [[https://www.ugent.be/lw/kunstwetenschappen/en/research-groups/spam|S:PAM, Studies in Performing Arts and Media]] research group at the University of Ghent. My promotors were Christel Stalpaert and Edwin Carels. |
| Its most tangible public results are a written thesis and my film #59. | |
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| | The most tangible public results of this project are a written thesis and my film #59. The public defense of the PhD took place on the 28th of October 2024, and the committee consisted of [[https://creationmusicale.be/en/compositeurs/charo_calvo|Charo Calvo]], [[https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/gertrudis.vandevijver|Gertrudis Van de Vijver]], [[https://jerrygalle.com/|Jerry Galle]] and [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jean_Paul_Van_Bendegem|Jean Paul van Bendegem]], with [[https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/maximiliaan.martens|Maximiliaan Martens]] as chair and [[https://research.flw.ugent.be/en/pieterjan.maes|Pieter-Jan Maes]] as the secretary. |
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| | The successor of this page is the [[http://labyratoire.joostrekveld.net/|labyratoire]], the online scrapbook of a new research project 'Systems that Matter'. |
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| The essays collected in this dissertation are attempts to uncover possible sources of the agency of machines. In the long essay //Liberate the Machines !//, a theoretical and historical context is given to the making of Rekveld's film //Mechanisms Common to Disparate Phenomena; #59//, a feature-length abstract animated science fiction film that looks at the experiences shared by humans and electronic circuits during the Cold War. It also narrates Rekveld's personal experience of a dialogue with machines in the process of producing this film and in devising the analogue computing tools that were used for making it. These two strands come together in a view on the interaction between humans and computing machines and the role of media-archaeology in investigating this relation, interpreted as an example of the mutual construction of humans and their technology. Under the title //Seven Devices//, Rekveld wrote seven media-archaeological essays. Topics are discussed from the history of electronic analogue computing, animated automata, cybernetics and self-organisation, each constituting a different approach to reflect on the agency of machines." | The essays collected in this dissertation are attempts to uncover possible sources of the agency of machines. In the long essay //Liberate the Machines !//, a theoretical and historical context is given to the making of Rekveld's film //Mechanisms Common to Disparate Phenomena; #59//, a feature-length abstract animated science fiction film that looks at the experiences shared by humans and electronic circuits during the Cold War. It also narrates Rekveld's personal experience of a dialogue with machines in the process of producing this film and in devising the analogue computing tools that were used for making it. These two strands come together in a view on the interaction between humans and computing machines and the role of media-archaeology in investigating this relation, interpreted as an example of the mutual construction of humans and their technology. Under the title //Seven Devices//, Rekveld wrote seven media-archaeological essays. Topics are discussed from the history of electronic analogue computing, animated automata, cybernetics and self-organisation, each constituting a different approach to reflect on the agency of machines." |
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| The full text of the thesis can be found [[http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JAJH6XA7BD5QC1DVKYNHV9RD|here]] [[https://biblio.ugent.be/publication/01JAJH6XA7BD5QC1DVKYNHV9RD|here]]. The first essay, //Liberate the Machines !//, is in the process of being published as a book, with generous visual documentation and historical material. Please [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|let me know]] if you want to be notified when this book is available. | The full text of the thesis can be found [[http://hdl.handle.net/1854/LU-01JAJH6XA7BD5QC1DVKYNHV9RD|here]]. The first essay, //Liberate the Machines !//, is in the process of being published as a book, with generous visual documentation and historical material. Please [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|let me know]] if you would like to be notified when this book becomes available. |
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| Some more information on the film //Mechanisms Common to Disparate Phenomena; #59// can be found [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?p=2707|here]] and ofcourse in the written part of the thesis. You can [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1423|subscribe to my newsletter]] or follow me on social media to be notified of upcoming screenings, or you can [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|contact me]] if you are interested in screening it. | Some more information on the film //Mechanisms Common to Disparate Phenomena; #59// can be found [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?p=2707|here]] and in the first essay in the thesis that will soon become the book mentioned above. |
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| | You can [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1423|subscribe to my newsletter]] or follow me on social media to be notified of upcoming screenings, or you can [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|contact me]] if you are interested in screening it. |
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| The idea and form of this librarinth are inspired by [[http://www.fo.am|FoAm]]s [[https://libarynth.org/|libarynth]]. They describe it as: "a hybrid between a library and a labyrinth, a maze of pages in various stages of completion. It is a deeply intertwingled collection of documents, notes and randomness". | The idea and form of this librarinth are inspired by [[http://www.fo.am|FoAm]]s [[https://libarynth.org/|libarynth]]. They describe it as: "a hybrid between a library and a labyrinth, a maze of pages in various stages of completion. It is a deeply intertwingled collection of documents, notes and randomness". |
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| After seven years, I am still navigating the question of how to reconcile my desire for openness and sharing with the need for a walled garden where ideas are allowed to be fragile. Over time the issue has also arisen that the pages on this site contain the material for several potential articles or other publications, so sharing before writing and publishing those has become a less obvious thing to do. So far, the path of least effort and resistance has been to just keep everything private, but not without regrets. The idea is that parts of this garden will open up and be listed below, other things will find their way to my [[http://www.joostrekveld.net|blog]]. Eventually, all that is here will become public.\\ | Even after completing this project, I am still navigating the question of how to reconcile my desire for openness and sharing with the need for a walled garden where ideas are allowed to be fragile. Over time the issue has also arisen that the pages on this site contain the material for several potential articles or other publications, so sharing before writing and publishing those has become a less obvious thing to do. So far, the path of least effort and resistance has been to just keep everything private, but not without regrets. The idea is that parts of this garden will open up and be listed below, other things will find their way to my [[http://www.joostrekveld.net|blog]]. Eventually, all that is worthwhile in here will become public.\\ |
| If you are one of those with guest access, your password will open [[guest start|this door]] for you.\\ | If you are one of those with guest access, your password will open [[guest start|this door]] for you.\\ |
| You can always contact me [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|here]]. | You can always contact me [[http://www.joostrekveld.net/?page_id=1243|here]]. |
