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Explorations of the Monad

The sensation of looking through a telescope into the vastness of the night might also be experienced under the light of the microscope. The microscope functions as a portal to the sub-universe of the micro, of organised forms hidden in the larger terms of "more complex" organisms or elements.

According to the philosopher Leibniz, everything that exists is derived from an initial indivisible substance called monad, which by its qualities lacks figure, extension, beginning or end. Constant contraction and collision of this substance or energy, reacting with each other, creates compound substances which are what we know as reality.

The book offers a magnified look at microscopic life, revealing a hidden world and inviting to reflect on the complexity of life at its tiniest level. Through structures found under the microscope, the idea of monad is explored by speculating on its shape, texture and colours. The images were taken with the aid of the microscope and extracted from samples of different water found in Weimar including ponds around Ilm park and hidden fountains.

Images are created to tell stories
But we can make images have a memory of their own.
What happens when we use a scientific image and generate a narrative with them, a narrative in intimacy.
The scientific image becomes the poetic

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-'''''Water landscapes microscopic photography'''''
+== '''Explorations of the Monad''' ==
-Take samples of different kinds of water - pond, rain, river
+[[File:46C916BD-ED61-4F85-BE0E-54E3D8C310B7.jpg|600px]]
-Create a fanzine/artbook made out of photos taken with the microscope,
-I will show the abstraction in shapes and geometry found in a tiny water drop.
+The sensation of looking through a telescope into the vastness of the night might also be experienced under the light of the microscope. The microscope functions as a portal to the sub-universe of the micro, of organised forms hidden in the larger terms of "more complex" organisms or elements.
+According to the philosopher Leibniz, everything that exists is derived from an initial indivisible substance called monad, which by its qualities lacks figure, extension, beginning or end. Constant contraction and collision of this substance or energy, reacting with each other, creates compound substances which are what we know as reality.
-'''''Symbiotic music'''''
+The book offers a magnified look at microscopic life, revealing a hidden world and inviting to reflect on the complexity of life at its tiniest level. Through structures found under the microscope, the idea of monad is explored by speculating on its shape, texture and colours. The images were taken with the aid of the microscope and extracted from samples of different water found in Weimar including ponds around Ilm park and hidden fountains.
-Sample sound made out of physarum policephalum and afterwards make music with it, as if it was another member of the band
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-- another idea is make a full band out of organisms. each organism has a specific sound and it sounds depending of the electricity
+<blockquote>Images are created to tell stories
-.Grow Physarum Policephalum
+But we can make images have a memory of their own.
-.Connect it to Arduino and have data
+What happens when we use a scientific image and generate a narrative with them, a narrative in intimacy.
-.Transform real life data to sound
+The scientific image becomes the poetic </blockquote>
-.Create a symbiotic set to perform with the Physarum
-PROBLEM:: I hurt the slime mould while doing it if it is Live music
-'''NEW IDEA::''' capture signal from physarum, transform it to sound and put the speakers in some place where physarum can be growing, (dark places of a forest), ampliphaying and making noticiable the organism for humans.
-<blockquote>'''Empathy box'''</blockquote>This project is based on the "Empathy box" concept of the book ''Do Androids dream with electronic sheeps?'' from Philip k. Dick. In the book the empahy box is an object with a monitor and two handles. And when you hold it by the handles you enter to a dimenssion where you connect with other persons that are conected at the same time sharing an experience between all the users. This experience is based on the feelings that they are experiencing, so they are sharing their feelings, even if it is a good or a bad feeling (somehow comunist way of sharing feelings). In the book it is part of a religious discipline called Mercerism. I see a comparisson here with social media, seeing it as a totality where we share and store/archive feelings. On the other hand, micellium is known for being the connection of the forest, it connects the forest through the ground, where it grows helping with the "comunication" between different species and organisms. Information is exchanged between organisms both within and between kingdoms and species. The final product will be a simulation of this empathy box made out of micelium and connected to an arduino that captures the electricity, datificating it and transform it in some way to sound or image. <blockquote>Followers of Mercerism grasp the handles of an electrically powered “empathy box,” while watching a monitor that displays seemingly meaningless patterns until the handles are grasped. After a short interval, the user is transported to the world of Wilbur Mercer, where they immerse their mind in an experience shared with everyone who is currently wearing an empathy box. Users of empathy boxes, when using it, relive firsthand Mercer's eternal rise and feel how the stones hit them, just as they hit Mercer. Those in the empathic boxes resent Mercer's rise, they feel Mercer's suffering, emotions are shared among all users.</blockquote><blockquote>https://www.meer.com/es/69988-las-plantas-se-comunican-mediante-una-red-formada-por-hongos >>"Mycorrhizal fungi can unite the roots of different host plants, forming mycorrhizal networks. In mycorrhizal networks in forests, trees are nodes and interconnected fungal hyphae are links. The topology is similar to that of neural networks in the human brain."
-</blockquote>1.Create a mold with the shape of a box with two handles.
-.Grow micelium inside
-.Connect micelium with Arduino to catch the energy and transform signals
-.