Marika Ika Wato CE/7
The Middle Ages are surprisingly consistent. Despite the numerous variations and modifications of the leading themes, this era’ design is easy to grasp into the framework of classification. Furthermore, the architecture and design characteristic for The Middle Ages cannot be confused with any other stylistics. The structural homogeneity of the era, numbering ten centuries, gives the impression as if time floated then in another, slower rhythm.
CO-Existentialism Part 1 The Golden Path: Harmonious Balanced Middle in Cosmo(s)cene analyzed the triptych of Jheronimus Bosch The Garden of Earthen Delights as evolutional phases of human mankind. CO-Existen-tialism Part 2 continues the thoughts of evolutional development of human mankind. Conclusion of CO-Existentialism part 1: we need positive drive of CO-Existence of biodiversity and multiracial &-cultural togetherness in revival of vital cooperation(s): Enlightenment by Lightness and Openness. The need of developing a cosmo(s)cene and conscious cosmopolitan society is essential to evolve. Human mankind has to obey global limits to survive in dignity to restore the worldwide balance of cycles of life-supporting systems in co-existence: life-style and philosophy called ECO-Existentialism[1]as an unfolding evolution of Human Mankind.
New technologies, open-source platforms, machinery and tools, which are developed and processed by the users, co-inherence between ‘digitalism’ and ‘analogism’, digital and post-digital art - that’s some of the topics to which the international event PATCHlab in Krakow, Poland is dedicated. The second edition of the event took place in October 2013 and was dedicated to contemporary digital art forms, where world of science and art meets to focus on new trends and opportunities in digital, audiovisual art created with new means of communication.
Jan Głowacki CE/7
In times of product worship. The worship of conformism. The dictatorships of the media kingdom of images without content. Our contemporary culture, science and politics seems to do well with the company built on the foundations of profitability, earnings and economic fundamentals. And worse, on the opportunistic corporatism.