Ngā Manawataki o te Taiao: Quantum physics, digital aesthetics and embodied knowledge.
Through imaging technologies such as electron microscopes, quantum physics has been slowly proving to itself that all particles in the universe are deeply entangled. Now, the curious situation exists where Western science has ‘validated’ what mātauranga Māori has known and preserved for thousands of years. A close analogy for the unseen movements of quanta is mauri, while the structure these quanta form with other particles, emerges in wairua. Tracing the connections between quanta, nano particles, mauri and wairua, this talk reflects upon threads within media art, physics, medicine, data and posthuman design, to weave a new path forward between Western and Indigenous science, philosophy and cosmology.
Finding the interconnections within the ecological infrastructures these three artists’ work traverses
Sarah Arnold presents a journey through her connection to whenua and families in Waimea South
Commemorating ~25 years history of emoji, the original set is re-created in form of digital images
and Nelson Marlborough Institute of Technology (NMIT) will see an international and multidisciplinary gathering engage across the expanded field of digital media practice and how it interfaces with social and civic activity.
2022 ADA Symposium Programme details – Friday 23rd – Sunday 25th September, 2022