Autopoiesis | The beauty of infinite multiplication
Autopoiesis (pronounced “auto-poy-E-sis”; literally: self-creation) (from Greek αὐτo- (auto-), meaning ‘self’, and ποίησις (poiesis), meaning ‘creation, production’) refers to a system capable of reproducing and maintaining itself. The Chilean biologists Humberto Maturana and Francisco Varela introduced the term in 1972 to define the self-maintaining chemistry of living cells. Since then the concept has been applied to the fields of cognition, systems theory and sociology. It is a core element in the theories of Niklas Luhmann.
Here the charming word applies to the autopoietic quality of the digital image in the age of online reproduction.
Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2
Autopoiesis, like its prequel La Femme et Le Fou, is an interactive closed circuit installation. An old black-and-white TV set and an analog video camera are directly connected opposite to each other, creating a feedback loop in a closed circuit. The single frame of this edition, a selfie image of a nude girl standing in front of the mirror in a changing cubicle, is printed on an overhead sheet and placed, hanging on thin thread, between the camera and the monitor.
Thus, the image, which in itself reflects an autopoietic system, becomes part of the loop, jumping into the TV, immediately reborn in the camera, an autopoietic beauty. …continue reading
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Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2
Was vom Kino übrig bleibt | What Remains Of Cinema #2 Autopoiesis The second work from my series What Remains Of Cinema, Autopoiesis, will be shown for the first time at the C.A.R. media art … Continue reading “Autopoiesis | What Remains Of Cinema #2”
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Autopoietic Beauty
A Girl As An Independent Creation The title of the image refers to the last line of the first book page, “mehr als selbstständige Schöpfung”, which translates into “rather as an independent creation”. A somehow … Continue reading “Autopoietic Beauty”
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