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Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by mastercheif »

Ambroos wrote: post #20
dfxm12 wrote: post #8

The mentioned Stonemilker video was one of the few things to really grab my attention with the Google Daydream VR when it got for free with whatever Pixel it was that came with it. At the time, she said of the 360 VR technology that it was a challenge and "it’s still being discovered, but people don’t know what it is." Daydream VR would be discontinued 4 years later... https://youtu.be/gQEyezu7G20?si=Tu7DirCjq8psKI8x

This might be a good time to remind you that her Vulnicura VR album (that the video you linked to is from) has just been remastered and rereleased. Available on Quest 3 ( https://www.meta.com/en-gb/experiences/9760145800676411/ ) and Vision Pro ( https://apps.apple.com/us/app/bj%C3%B6rk-vulnicura-vr-remast... ). It's one of my favourite ever albums and I really need to find a friend with a Quest 3/Vision Pro, I have…

Vulnicura VR is incredible. It’s a truly moving experience that wouldn’t work in any other medium.

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by entropie »

labrador wrote: post #17
Rygian wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Could the title be perhaps the inspiration for the "Self Models of Loving Grace" presentation by Joscha Bach in last year's CCC? https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-self-models-of-loving-grace

Good find. That's really interesting. I would guess the titles are related. I want to also mention that with "Bachlorette" Björk seems to anticipate Large Language Models and wrote a cautionary tale about them: “One day I found a big book buried deep in the ground. I opened it, but all the pages were blank. Then, to my surprise, it started writing itself: 'One day, I found a big book buried deep in the ground…’” björ…

> björk : bachelorette

I love this song since my teens and never dig into the meaning of it. Its a musical masterpiece even without understanding the text (which I didnt)

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by midnitewarrior »

ascorbic wrote: post #5

Ah, an excuse to share Björk's legendary video about how TVs work! You shouldn't let poets lie to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y

Yes, but did you see the video about her getting shocked from the TV during those takes?

Björk ELECTROCUTED by her TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgMjfRglUk

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by arduanika »

Rygian wrote: post #16
labrador wrote: post #3

Björk and Laurie Anderson are my two favorite artists who have a feel of both nature and technology in harmony, but there's an artist who preceeds both that captures the feeling best for me: Richard Brautigan in the 60's All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure wa…

Could the title be perhaps the inspiration for the "Self Models of Loving Grace" presentation by Joscha Bach in last year's CCC? https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-self-models-of-loving-grace

Yes, that's absolutely the allusion. Brautigan's line is a popular title for stuff, including a widely read post by Dario Amodei two months before the CCC talk you've linked:

https://www.darioamodei.com/essay/machines-of-loving-grace

And it's also the title of an Adam Curtis documentary:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/All_Watched_Over_by_Machines_o...

It's a good line.

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by detreatsie »

Rygian wrote: post #16
labrador wrote: post #3

Björk and Laurie Anderson are my two favorite artists who have a feel of both nature and technology in harmony, but there's an artist who preceeds both that captures the feeling best for me: Richard Brautigan in the 60's All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace I like to think (and the sooner the better!) of a cybernetic meadow where mammals and computers live together in mutually programming harmony like pure wa…

Could the title be perhaps the inspiration for the "Self Models of Loving Grace" presentation by Joscha Bach in last year's CCC? https://media.ccc.de/v/38c3-self-models-of-loving-grace

It was certainly the inspiration for the Adam Curtis mini-series of the same name.

This presentation sounds interesting. Thanks for the link.

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by quesera »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #23
ascorbic wrote: post #5

Ah, an excuse to share Björk's legendary video about how TVs work! You shouldn't let poets lie to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y

Yes, but did you see the video about her getting shocked from the TV during those takes? Björk ELECTROCUTED by her TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgMjfRglUk

Note that this is not real.

No Guðmundsdóttirs were harmed in the making of the foregoing video, although I'm sure she would be charming and adorable while sustaining a minor electrical shock.

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by thinker5555 »

midnitewarrior wrote: post #23
ascorbic wrote: post #5

Ah, an excuse to share Björk's legendary video about how TVs work! You shouldn't let poets lie to you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75WFTHpOw8Y

Yes, but did you see the video about her getting shocked from the TV during those takes? Björk ELECTROCUTED by her TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgMjfRglUk

Just make sure you watch it all the way to the end. Or at least pay attention to the date in the title.

Re: Björk on nature and technology (2016)

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Post by midnitewarrior »

quesera wrote: post #26
midnitewarrior wrote: post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, but did you see the video about her getting shocked from the TV during those takes? Björk ELECTROCUTED by her TV - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNgMjfRglUk

Note that this is not real. No Guðmundsdóttirs were harmed in the making of the foregoing video, although I'm sure she would be charming and adorable while sustaining a minor electrical shock.

When I stumbled upon this months ago I was entirely taken in by it, as every time I see the video with the back of the TV off, I wonder how she didn't get shocked. I had a really good laugh when the video was done.
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