Interpretive Practices of Technology
High technology, as represented by artificial intelligence, which has become increasingly sophisticated and complex, tends to be reduced to a simple tool and blackboxed, or treated as something that will bring about inevitable and unopposable change. Regarding discussions from such a position, today’s technologies based on modern technology and machine technologies are handled as being something disjointed from earlier technologies. However, based on the etymology of the word “technology” / “techniques,” “techne” (technological knowledge) is based on a broad concept meaning “ars” (art) and “crafts,” therefore it should also be possible to comprehend them contiguously. Additionally, the concept of “Pharmakon” which means both “medicine” and “poison” in Greek can be considered a sign to rethink the inherent double meaning of technology. In this project, we present a series of works based on the idea that anyone can freely interpret technology and make it their own, as a way of not relinquishing responsibility for technology and not despairing of it as deterministic. We attempt to theorize it as “Interpretative Practices of Technology” based on these works and the experiences of those who have experienced them.
Research Representative(s):
Kobayashi Shigeru
Research Member(s):
Okubo Miki
As a starting point we will present our awareness of the problem. Whilst allowing each member of the project to participate in a variety of ways based on their own interests and experiences, all members will also share their references. As a crucial opportunity to accomplish that, the following activities will be carried out.
- Engaging in deep reflection through the re-exhibition / re-creation of artworks
- Careful reading and deepening of knowledge through literature relating to the philosophy of technology, the aesthetics of technology, and other related topics
- Hosting a symposium, and other events
2024 - Present