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Day two
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Day two

The day started well with a coffee at 10 am. Next we watched a documentary about the applications…
Chacon workspace
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Chacon workspace
Performance
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Performance

In social interaction people perform presence in relation to one another. When meeting a grim face…
Media-auric effect
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Media-auric effect

Huyghe’s work, therefore, can only be fully understood with the help of a conceptual framework that…
Pierre Huyghe: A Journey that wasn’t
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Pierre Huyghe: A Journey that wasn’t

Now, Huyghe’s A Journey that wasn’t evokes fiction by its title alone because of its poetic denial…
Witnessing Simulacra
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Witnessing Simulacra

The idea that the new technological media have changed our idea of presence and witnessing has been…
Natural, mediated and witnessed presence
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Natural, mediated and witnessed presence

This paper does not intend to give an all-inclusive overview of presence theories, but makes use of…
Who is witnessing the destruction?
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Who is witnessing the destruction?

The point is ironically illustrated by some of Walker’s pieces that depict the biblical flood or…
Spatial relocation
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Spatial relocation

In this day and age, it can perhaps be argued that architecture, through the integration of new…
‘What a thrill it is to be here!’
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‘What a thrill it is to be here!’

‘What a thrill it is to be here!’ Margaret Atwood exclaimed as she addressed the audience of the…
Floating city
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Floating city

How inspiration by Bio-Mimicry helped us to upgrade our design project
FOOD/WASTE
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FOOD/WASTE

wasting/buying/shopping
Facing Decisions
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Facing Decisions

Precisely how does the designer make his/her decisions in the process of design; what leads him or…
How do you compose a moment in which time itself is shared?
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How do you compose a moment in which time itself is shared?

How can music bring people together for something more than a fleeting, aesthetic experience? How…
Presence of actors
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Presence of actors

An actor is believable when he inhabits his role, according to Lavery. In the rehearsal process…
Bio See, Bio Do
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Bio See, Bio Do

After all this time of technical and scientifical progress, we are becoming increasingly aware that…
Move in a efficient way
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Move in a efficient way

Natual ways to move and designing
Entrainment and Rhythm
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Entrainment and Rhythm

The notion of entrainment refers to how two clocks become synchronized when their pendulums swing…
The nature of glass remains anything but clear
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The nature of glass remains anything but clear

It is well known that panes of stained glass in old European churches are thicker at the bottom…
Always out of focus. Why?
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Always out of focus. Why?

Raindrops refract light. A double rainbow is perceptible when a double refraction occurs in the…
Kaleidoscope: Engaging the eyes
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Kaleidoscope: Engaging the eyes

How a graphic pattern cut in safety glass can draw forth a smile. In our day-to-day lives most of…
World upside down
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World upside down

When looking at this picture at least three convex lenses are involved. In the human eye (1), in…
Going High
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Going High

A bus is something weird. Its intimate because you travel, often for a long time with strangers
Flow, to be able to move with others, is a survival skill.
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Flow, to be able to move with others, is a survival skill.

Skills for being in flow, irrespective of cultures, are learned from the moment you’re born through…