Jessica Angel Exhibition
AC Institute
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“The ‘Strange Loop’ phenomenon occurs whenever, by moving upwards (or downwards) through levels of some hierarchical system, we unexpectedly find ourselves right back where we started.”
-Douglas Hofstadter
‘That which is Below corresponds to that which is Above, and that which is Above corresponds to that which is Below, to accomplish the miracle of the One Thing.’ Thus, whatever happens on any level of reality (physical, emotional, or mental) also happens on every other level.
-”The Emerald Tablet of Hermes Trismegistus”
The solar system can easily be paralleled with the “basic” unit of matter, the atom. Operations of a colossal city are analogous to the miniature calculations of a computer. Phenomena of any system occur every instant, simultaneously, on small and large scales. I am interested in exploring these patterns and parallel realities, this duality between the vast and the minute. The deeper into the minute one goes, the closer one gets to understanding the large and vice versa.
I have chosen two specific analogies to embody the idea of the minute and the vast as equivalents 1) the relationship between the outer space and the digital information space and 2) the similarity between urban planning and computer integrated circuits.
To work around this dichotomy I will create an immersive installation that takes over the southern room of the AC Institute. I plan to “invert” these two ideas representing the “large” in a small scale and the “minute” in an outsized scale, emphasizing the concept of the strange loop and the cyclic patterns. The installation will make reference to the micro world of computers in relation with outer space phenomena.
-Jessica Angel
The installation will enable forms of collaboration among sciences, philosophy, music, art and sound design. Six sessions will be held during the exhibition period where guests will host lectures, performances and interventions around the ideas addressed in this project.
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Schedule
from December 12, 2013 to February 22, 2014
Opening Reception on 2013-12-12 from 18:00 to 20:00