EPIZONE[NULL] Multimedia immersive project VR environment / 360 stereoscopic video-animation Soundscape: Andre Bartetzki in the colaboration with the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences; Prof. Eliza Wyszko’s Laboratory of Subcellular Analyses
What will the human race be at the moment of its extinction? A certain quantity of information about itself and the world… Italo Calvino, (World Memory)
In the universe of dynamic data, which are never ever independent, free but always in interactions between other data or sets of data, ever changing and transforming, what can we say about the uniqueness of human life and experience? how can we identify our own set of data? And (wisely) guide ourselves towards what we want to become? But do we know what we want to become? In EpiZona [NULL] I am looking for answers to questions abo- ut my identity and its transformation in the world in which \"all is data\", at times when the Internet of Things is transfor- ming into the Inter-Net of Minds.
The idea of EpiZone[NULL] was born during observations of traces of elementary particles in the Wilson Cloud Chamber. These particles derive from cosmic rays, which travel millions of light years, carrying information from remote corners of our universe. This high-energy radiation, mainly originates outside the Solar System, even from distant galaxies, explosions of supernova or active galactic nuclei. Upon impact with the Earth's atmosphere, cosmic rays produce showers of secondary particles that fall on our Planet. JH_D
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Of course, these fundamental components of matter and antimatter are too small for us to see. However, we can observe the traces of ionized gas molecules excited by energetically charged particles, fog-like streaks of small droplets that form a “cloud” that lasts for a few seconds. A FEW WORDS ABOUT ELEMENTARY PARTICLES in the Wilson Chamber Of primary cosmic rays, which originate outside of Earth's atmosphere, about 99% are the nuclei of well-known atoms (stripped of their electron shells), and about 1% are solitary electrons (similar to beta particles). Of the nuclei, about 90% are simple protons (i.e., hydrogen nuclei); 9% are alpha particles, identical to helium nuclei; and 1% are the nuclei of heavier elements, called HZE ions. A very small fraction are stable particles of antimatter, such as positrons or antiprotons. The precise nature of this remaining fraction is an area of active research. An active search from Earth orbit for anti-alpha particles has failed to detect them. Alpha particles are groups of two protons and two neutrons i. e. helium nuclei. Alpha particles create shorter and thicker tracks in a cloud chamber. Rays of alpha particles are called alpha radiation. It is the least penetrating kind of radiation; it can be stopped by a sheet of paper or even a few meters of air. Various thin, twisted or straight cloud tracks are formed by electrons. Length and shape of an electron track, depends on the energy of the incoming electron. High energy electrons form straight lines, electrons with lower energy easily change their direction when colliding with molecules of isopropyl alcohol. Electrons displayed in a cloud chamber have their origin in both radioactive transformations that happened on earth, and in secondary cosmic radiation. A ray of electrons is called beta minus radiation. Beta radiation is more intense than alpha radiation; it can be effectively blocked by about 1 mm thick slab of lead. Positron is the first discovered particle of antimatter; it is the antiparticle of an electron. Its track is identical to the electron one. Tracks of these particles can be distinguished only when the cloud chamber is placed into a magnetic field. This causes the tracks of electrons and positrons to bend in the opposite directions due to opposite charge. After all, this is how the positron was observed by Carl Anderson in 1932, who received a Nobel Prize in physics for this discovery. Observed positrons originate from the cosmic radiation or from the natural radioactive decay on Earth. Rays of emitted positrons are called beta plus radiation
Thick tracks that often extend over the whole area of a cloud chamber belong to protons, particles that make atomic nuclei. These protons originate in cosmic radiation. Proton tracks can vary in length from the whole width of the chamber all the way to a dot – depending on the angle at which the proton enters the cloud chamber. Protons are also used in medicine, specifically in radiotherapy. In proton therapy accelerated protons are used to irradiate ill tissue; specifically tumours and carcinomas. Pascal's \"eternal silence of the infinite space” resounds with information that we cannot fully understand, with suggestions of unknown types of data and interactions that we are unable to survey, with meanings that we cannot comprehend. The joy of discovering interferes with a sense of powerlessness in the face of the entropy of the world, the irrelevance and ephemerality of existence.
And yet, a feeling of being a part of a larger, universal Orchestration arises, of immortality granted by the world, where no information is lost ... In EpiZonie [NULL] fleeting traces of micro-events, that connect us to the cosmic eternity, become scattered remnants from the depth of my memory, bits of information looped in the virtual space of some incomprehensible uni-system .
}} { you _live_as a |dust| of_my:[Omni]memory; } which is_stronger_than [Time]* stronger_than [Death]* ~(--i>=0){ { where ~ there are_no|Dreams|; [and]Thought(!)_is _not born (yet); } {
The evolving audio-visual narrative transforms the surrounding, at once empty space with scattered traces of past events, into a complex multidimensional semi-biological network, blurring the boundaries between micro and macro systems, between \"internal\" and \"external\" data processing in the world, in which \"all is data\".
The poetic narrative unfolds through visual and sound layers, expressing my search for answers to questions about the nature of my identity, inter-connectivity, and the scale of my personal experiences...
} [and] if_you; would~be; erased_from(me); there; would~be[Emptiness]* { as if; we have_never*<; |been|; } }
Versions/Exhibitions Return[NULL] EpiZone[NULL] Enter[NULL]
EpiZone[NULL] is designed as a mulimedia project embracing: VR / 360 video-animation 3D (stereoscopic) projection The scope and dimension of the presentation varies depending on the exhibition conditions
At Laboratories of 3IT Fraunhiofer HHI Berlin
Beyond Words to międzynarodowy festiwal video i performanse, który objął wystawę, sympozjum, projekcje wideo, performance oraz spotkania twórców, kuratorów i lokalnej społeczności. Our times are conducive to pluralism and diversity. We are witnessing a growing eclectic grid of a multitude of cultures and customs. On the one hand, it shows the positive effects of globalization, on the other, it reveals the process of revival of the old and the emergence of new socio-cultural conflicts. In this thematic context, Beyond Words presents the potential of various forms of artistic communication. \"
Return[NULL] @ BEYOND WORDS Internation Festival Video Art & Performace Art Space Tel Aviv, Izrael, 02-08.2018 “ technique: Virtual Reality environment combined with stereoscopic 3D animation projection, Traces of elementary particles recorded in the Wilson detector, in the virtual environment of the piece become traces of personal and also common memory: fragments of images of cities, faces, events. The viewer is immersed in a virtual rain of data creating a complex ephemeral network of inter-connections.
EPIZONE[NULL] Art & Science Node, Berlin 26.01—03.02.2019 Partner event of the Transmediale Festival of Digital Culture 2019 Berlin Multimedia exhibition which embraced: VR environment, 3D stereoscopic projections, video animations , poetry as well as performative activities.
EpiZone [NULL] at Transmediale an incredibly immersive digital experience, the exhibition invited the viewer to enter a poetic audio-visual environment, in which ephemeral traces of elementary particles, become scraps of personal memory, where virtual semi-biological network blurs the boundaries between micro and macro systems. The final part of the EpiZone[NULL] exhibition involved spontaneously co-creating a cloud chamber which quickly evolved into an epic basil comet extravaganza.
Part of the EpiZone[NULL] exhibition provided visitors with the opportunity to meet, get to know each other and exchange ideas. Visitors were also encouraged to imagine their own antiparticle, people from diverse backgrounds explored and generated new ideas and alternative perspectives in response.
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