Keynote Derrick de Kerckhove: Beyond Perspective, From the Point of View to the Point of Being (Sonic Acts XIII, 2010)

Between the Renaissance and Cézanne, the poetics of space were ruled by perspective and the spectacular. Even the magic illusions of the Baroque era were eventually directed at effecting a transition from a multisensory to a dominantly visual spatial representation. Take trompe-l’oeil, for an example of the eye giving information normally provided by the hand. Today, the trend has been reversed and a paradoxical tactile, proprioceptive sensory modality has been developed over the centuries of electricity. We may be traversing a Neo-Baroque era where the effects of a dominantly visual episteme are reversed in multimedia, 3D and VR. In the global environmental perception that is developing, the point of being, that is a proprioceptive sensation of the world, may be doubling if not replacing the point of view as the principal referent of my position in space. Derrick de Kerckhove (CA) worked with Marshall McLuhan for over ten years as translator, assistant and co-author. He has published extensively on culture, technology and biology, including co-editing a book that scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the physiology and the psychology of human cognition, and a collection of essays on the new electronic reality. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research on new media and cognition.

Keynote Derrick de Kerckhove: Beyond Perspective, From the Point of View to the Point of Being (Sonic Acts XIII, 2010)


http://www.sonicacts.com/portal/index.php/keynote-derrick-de-kerckhove-beyond-perspective-from-the-point-of-view-to-the-point-of-being-sonic-acts-xiii-2010/ Sonic Acts is a biannual festival at the intersection of arts, science, music & technology. Between the Renaissance and Cézanne, the poetics of space were ruled by perspective and the spectacular. Even the magic illusions of the Baroque era were eventually directed at effecting a transition from a multisensory to a dominantly visual spatial representation. Take trompe-l’oeil, for an example of the eye giving information normally provided by the hand. Today, the trend has been reversed and a paradoxical tactile, proprioceptive sensory modality has been developed over the centuries of electricity. We may be traversing a Neo-Baroque era where the effects of a dominantly visual episteme are reversed in multimedia, 3D and VR. In the global environmental perception that is developing, the point of being, that is a proprioceptive sensation of the world, may be doubling if not replacing the point of view as the principal referent of my position in space. Derrick de Kerckhove (CA) worked with Marshall McLuhan for over ten years as translator, assistant and co-author. He has published extensively on culture, technology and biology, including co-editing a book that scientifically assesses the impact of the Western alphabet on the physiology and the psychology of human cognition, and a collection of essays on the new electronic reality. Connected Intelligence (Somerville, 1997) introduced his research on new media and cognition.

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