AFJORDANCE

Methods developing sensitivities and tolerances in cognition and empathy contribute to balances in individual cohesion and retention of agency in personal choices relative to the motives of a larger social group.

There emphasis of these methods are not on Identity but rather focus on the Locus of Control aspect of individual psychology. In the retention of self-authorship and agency, the depth of individual development of senses, the social environment proposed fosters empathy and compassion. By creating a healthy environment within each person, the social environment created naturally affords greater diversity through the sense of personal responsibility. Instead of a contamination of ideas and theories, the methods are based on the principles of trust in the individual to develop their capacities within a social context.

These forms of Intelligence are neither natural (innate) or artificial (construct) but rather come about through nurturing which offers the healing of personal, historic, and epigentic trauama.

By addressing these core relational and ethical concerns through experience based learning, individual learning and outcomes are designed to not address the psyche as a problem to “fix” or a behavior to modify which can trigger an egoic response. The praxis used in the production of these artistic works serve as examples of ways to look at bringing about harmony with the individual in relation to the environment.

Embodied Cognition (Meditation): Various forms of meditation are used to access subjective experiences of a site. Short list of meditations: Shinrin Yoku (forest bath), Walking, Guided Visualisation, Yoga, Swimming.

The term Meditation is taken-up by its definition of being absorbed and involved in considered thought. The notion of these thoughts are based on a philosophy of mind locating the origin of the thought from within the body of the individual engaged in Meditation. The concept of body originating thoughts is based on the Locus of Control principle in psychology. 

The multi-layerdd learning and tools built into the critical thinking exercises are grown out of questions raised in John Haugland’s book, A.I. The Very Idea. Using the media of video affords groups to reflect on the complex nature of visual literacy, meaning, and collaboration in physical and digital environments. 

Afjordance, 2019, 00:13:50, Enkeltkanal video, med lydspor komponert av de digitale armatur leddbevegelsene som refererer til et lydbibliotek med åpen kildekode for vind. Videoen ser på de nye kompleksitetene som dukker opp i kunstig intelligens, måtene mennesker lager speilvendte strukturer og overkommelige i forestillingene om intelligens i seg selv. Single channel video, soundtrack composed by the digital armature joint movements referencing an open source audio library of wind. The video was developed through artistic research on the complexities emerging in Artificial Intelligence, the ways humans create mirrored structures, and affordances in the notions of Intelligence itself. The project developed from Solfège Souche A.R. conducted 2015 – 2018. Exhibited USA, Norway, Italy. This video and those on this website are in the Videokunstarkivet, administered by the Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo, Norway.  James J. Gibson, coined the term “affordance.” Affordance is what the environment offers the individual, and refers to all action possibilities depending on users’ physical capabilities. For example, a chair “affords” being “sat on,” “thrown,” “stood on,” and a continuing use of probabilities. The relationship between the human body and the natural world remains full of assumptions, misunderstandings, and spaces for insight. As Artificial Intelligence becomes part of human life, and human relations are increasingly interdependent on technological screens and interfaces, the epistemological question of Intelligent comes into question in light of Wisdom. The body becomes a form without identity other than proportions of a female body. The wire frame of the body becomes the composer, making a track of wind sounds as an echo of the movements of the body. The feminine as a figure of the earth or “mother nature” in certain instances is faced with the exorcised image of itself which can scarcely mirror the motions from the limited human body. The video is intended to be projected with sound, to create an immersive experience providing a multi-sensory meditation on the possible meanings and implications of the emergent technology.