Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry):
V. Bühlmann:
"Stars, Meteors, Atomic Time and the Question of Novelty in Architecture";
Keynote Lecture: B-Pro Prospectives Lecture Series Spring 2021,
https://vimeo.com/511235179 (invited);
2021-02-04.
English abstract:
Stars, Meteors, Atomic Time, and the Question of "Novelty" in Architecture
Computation is currently understood mainly in relation to the control of processes, or a latent capacity (to either form or material) for engendering novelty. This lecture will attend to the current interests in 'novelty´ in architecture through the optics of a silent promise for a kind of 'epiphania' (Greek term for a shining forth, a sudden stepping into appearance, and in distinction to what is usually called 'phenomenon'). Novelty is such an interesting theme today because it harbours the possibility for the making of an appearance that were stripped of all subjectivism and anthropocentrism. It is this aspect about novelty and computation which makes it interesting to turn to a largely forgotten link between time and number: 'computus' was the Medieval Latin term for calendar-making (Arno Borst, 1990). How do we 'order´ time today, and how can we think about the relation between architecture and time - via computation - in terms of what I want to call 'Atomic Time'?
German abstract:
Stars, Meteors, Atomic Time, and the Question of "Novelty" in Architecture
Computation is currently understood mainly in relation to the control of processes, or a latent capacity (to either form or material) for engendering novelty. This lecture will attend to the current interests in 'novelty´ in architecture through the optics of a silent promise for a kind of 'epiphania' (Greek term for a shining forth, a sudden stepping into appearance, and in distinction to what is usually called 'phenomenon'). Novelty is such an interesting theme today because it harbours the possibility for the making of an appearance that were stripped of all subjectivism and anthropocentrism. It is this aspect about novelty and computation which makes it interesting to turn to a largely forgotten link between time and number: 'computus' was the Medieval Latin term for calendar-making (Arno Borst, 1990). How do we 'order´ time today, and how can we think about the relation between architecture and time - via computation - in terms of what I want to call 'Atomic Time'?
Keywords:
Computus and Computation, Time and Architecture, Novelty, Arts, Anthropocentrism, Epiphania, Quantum Optics, Data
Electronic version of the publication:
https://vimeo.com/511235179
Created from the Publication Database of the Vienna University of Technology.