Seminar #8: Interactive music systems and behavioural objects

Our next Life and Mind seminar will be Wednesday 31/1 at 15:00 in room ARUN 404A.
Our invited speaker is Ollie Bown from Goldsmiths College, University of London.
He will be speaking on:
*** Interactive music systems and behavioural objects ***
Abstract:
The fascination that both early cyberneticists and more recent roboticists have had with notions of lifelike and intriguing [...]

Seminar #7: Jean Baudrillard on ‘Simulacra and Simulation’

Life and Mind Seminar Series
“Baudrillard on ‘Simulacra and Simulation’”
Wednesday, 24th of January, 2007 at 3:00 pm
Location: Arun. 404B
All welcome.
Abstract:
Following on from last weeks discussions on the nature of ‘truth’ and postmodernism Anna Dumitriu – Artist in Residence at CCNR, will give a short presentation, as a starting point for a directed discussion, on Jean Baudrillard’s [...]

Ideas for seminars this term

These are some of the ideas for potential seminars this term that were brainstormed at the start of this week’s seminar:
- Rene Thom, Jean Petitot (Fernando)
- Drawing for philosophers/roboticists (Alexander)
- Music + dynamical systems (Ollie)
- Reading the mind and life paper by Thompson
- Reading the introductory part to Varela’s book on autonomy
- Exploring the notion [...]

Seminar #6: Enaction as reality research

Life and Mind Seminar Series
“Enaction as reality research”
Tomorrow, 17th of January 2007, at 3:00pm
Location: Arun. 404A
All welcome.
Abstract:
What is the final frontier of scientific exploration? Is it the domain of subatomic particles, or perhaps the outer reaches of space? In this talk I will argue that it is neither of these two, but rather the [...]

Next session: Enaction as reality research

The Life and Mind seminars will resume next week, Wed. Jan 17th, in the same room, Arun. 404A, and at the same time, 15.00, as last year.
Tom will give a short presentation on:
*** Enaction as reality research ***
Also the idea will be to make this session a re-introductory one. So everyone come along and bring [...]