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Punkte und Flecken, June 26.-27. 2009. khm |
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Sunday, 28 June 2009 |
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The recent workshop of the series Bilder, Karten, Diagramme [Images, Maps, Diagrams] was dedicated to dots and patches and was hosted by the Academy of Media Arts Cologne. I was dealing with a question about the genesis of constellations of the night sky and the nature of visual perception. Did stars that constitute a constellation exhibit an sensually apprehensible shape ('sinnlich begreifbare Form') in the first place that were associated in a second step with known objects like the 'Great Dipper'? Or did similarities to known objects and experiences of mankind determine in the first place what shapes were discovered in the night sky?
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