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Killing (the power of) Time
Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes



                               Christian Heller / @plomlompom
                                                   #paraflows10
                                           2010-09-11 / Vienna
outline
●   preservation of self

●   reconstruction of physical environments

●   flattening and postmodernization of history

●   cosmological limits to information storage and
    reconstruction
1/4
preservation of self
“Aubrey de Grey” by Jacob Boetter
 http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/66759727/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
http                   “Ab
http :/ /c r               uS
    ://w eativec Licens imbel
          ww.                          ”/M
              flick ommon e:               rs L
                   r.co      s.or              ogic
                       m/ p       g/lic
                            hoto       e
                                 s/m nses/b
                                      rs_l
                                          ogic y/2.0/d
                                              /304 eed
                                                   370 .en
                                                       587
                                                          5
2/4
  reconstruction of
physical environments
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracewong/93631410 by Tommy Wong
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
“Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
“36 Views of Mount Fuji”
Katsushika Hokusai
(1826)
(HBO, 2005)
“Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
Layar
Layar
3/4
  flattening and
postmodernization
     of history
“IMG_7130” (Dead Sea Scrolls) / Neil Rickards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilrickards/4582886490/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
“The Parthenon” / L. Richard Martin Jr. / http://www.flickr.com/photos/bevrichardmartin/4795431266/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
4/4
  cosmological limits
to information storage
  and reconstruction
“Démon (Musée du Quai Branly)” / Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/4489831614/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
“Seven Year Microwave Sky Image” / http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/101080/index.html
The Flammarion Woodcut
Killing (the Power of) Time. Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes.
Killing (the Power of) Time. Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes.

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Killing (the Power of) Time. Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes.

  • 1. Killing (the power of) Time Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes Christian Heller / @plomlompom #paraflows10 2010-09-11 / Vienna
  • 2. outline ● preservation of self ● reconstruction of physical environments ● flattening and postmodernization of history ● cosmological limits to information storage and reconstruction
  • 4.
  • 5.
  • 6.
  • 7. “Aubrey de Grey” by Jacob Boetter http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/66759727/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
  • 8. http “Ab http :/ /c r uS ://w eativec Licens imbel ww. ”/M flick ommon e: rs L r.co s.or ogic m/ p g/lic hoto e s/m nses/b rs_l ogic y/2.0/d /304 eed 370 .en 587 5
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  • 13. 2/4 reconstruction of physical environments
  • 14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracewong/93631410 by Tommy Wong License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
  • 15.
  • 16. “Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
  • 17. “36 Views of Mount Fuji” Katsushika Hokusai (1826)
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  • 24. “Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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  • 30. Layar
  • 31. Layar
  • 32. 3/4 flattening and postmodernization of history
  • 33. “IMG_7130” (Dead Sea Scrolls) / Neil Rickards http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilrickards/4582886490/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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  • 37. “The Parthenon” / L. Richard Martin Jr. / http://www.flickr.com/photos/bevrichardmartin/4795431266/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en
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  • 40. 4/4 cosmological limits to information storage and reconstruction
  • 41. “Démon (Musée du Quai Branly)” / Jean-Pierre Dalbéra http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/4489831614/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/
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  • 46. “Seven Year Microwave Sky Image” / http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/101080/index.html