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⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

⑦ How Cinema Has Changed Our Minds

or, How Recording Moving Images Has Changed Our Minds Indirectly, I've heard a reader ask, Where's he heading with these philosophers he's talking about? and, because it's gratifying to be read, I am answering the question. The philosophers I have been writing

⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

⑥ indirect proof of the unity of the executive functions we associate with the subject, ego or self

⓪ The proof of the infinity of attributes

⓪ The proof of the infinity of attributes

⑤ virtual images

⑤ virtual images

④ The Region of Images

⊕︎The "Region of Images"

⊕︎The "Region of Images"

③ when the images brought to mind by memory are so real as to displace the reality this tells us images are not stored or processed in the brain

③ when the images brought to mind by memory are so real as to displace the reality this tells us images are not stored or processed in the brain

theory

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

AI Perceptual Ontology: better AI through better metaphysics by turns

This question has two parts which belong to exploring Bergsonian themes with AI-perception: Part 1 concerns what Yesim Saydan calls a "custom ChatGPT" and Part 2 the connection between perception, in this case machinic perception, and memory, in this case the training and 'customising' data used

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

Bergson, Deleuze & Cinema (to be contd.)

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

freedom, distraction, the interval & emotion

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

Minus workshop 7, part 1: naturalism / gesture

Thus, the AI on embodied perception in Minus Theatre

Thus, the AI on embodied perception in Minus Theatre

human virtual multiplicity and AI’s singular expectancy

human virtual multiplicity and AI’s singular expectancy

a tree imagines it's a tree

a tree imagines it's a tree

journal

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

the birds at Al-Suwaidi Park and other cultural attractions

I believe, although it was wearing a blinder, a hood, or, in Arabic, a burqa (the same word as the full-body covering for women), even the falcon knew it was being photographed and was posing. The cat certainly knew it was. The goat refused to be photographed. Behind the cockatoo,

nightshopping: faces and places

nightshopping: faces and places

Noor Riyadh 2025

Noor Riyadh 2025

the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

the shortest camel ride in the world to the Edge of the World, and beyond

dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

dinner with chips, Banan Expo & a taste of Noor

مدرسة

مدرسة

back to the world, Boulevard World. . .

back to the world, Boulevard World. . .

poetry

Political Works

Political Works

works of mourning to write as if no story hangs to write as if no story hanged is is hanged to write as if the works of a better poet as Borges says if as if the works were not those of mourning or hanging over those there there was

moieties*

moieties*

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

A Piece of Fabric, Tell it to the birds & lying in long grass - for my parents

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

enantiomorphosis: the messianic | Danaë, or resistance

a journey (2016)

a journey (2016)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

fr. Sweetheart, over____ (2006)

the pieces of ... soap

the pieces of ... soap

otherwriting

contempt

contempt

The following fascinates me for its utter contempt for human imagination. At this stage that's all I want to say about it. A scifi dystopia where all resources are channelled into a vain attempt to produce an AI sufficiently intelligent that it can stop the attempt to build

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

Stupidity, Idiocy and the Problem of Evil: art after genocide, part III

art after genocide, part II

art after genocide, part II

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Minus Theatre Riyadh: a visionary project seeking expressions of interest

Tomorrow Belongs To Me: art after genocide

Tomorrow Belongs To Me: art after genocide

moving image: theory | context: lecture 10

moving image: theory | context: lecture 10

moving image: theory | context: lecture 9

moving image: theory | context: lecture 9