LITRO Magazine US - Art & Technology - Winter 2019 - Spring 2020

“...ART ACROSS THE GLOBE IS BEING INFLUENCED MORE AND MORE BY TECHNOLOGY; OR IS IT THAT WE ARE NOW CATCHING UP WITH THOSE ARTISTS WHO HAVE USED TECHNOLOGY IN THEIR WORK FOR MANY YEARS...”

“...CASCADE FOUND THE VEIN ON HIS FOREARM AND HE GUIDED THE NEEDLE ONTO THE RED SPOT ON HIS VISION...”

“...THERE WAS NO WAY OF ACCURATELY ANALYSING EXPRESSION AND GESTURE, PERSPIRATION AND EYE DILATION, ALL OF THE USUAL SIGNPOSTS...”

“...AUGMENTED REALITY IN THESE WORKS IS A FRUSTRATING REMINDER OF THIS REALITY. IT IS A FORM OF ENTERTAINMENT THAT YOU PAY FOR, BUT CAN NEVER TOUCH – AND NEVER TRULY POSSESS...”

“...IT’S PERHAPS TEMPTING TO THINK THAT THESE ABILITIES ARE A RAREFIED HUMAN QUALITY –SOMETHING REQUIRED OF PEOPLE NAVIGATING COMPLEX SOCIAL ENVIRONMENTS, BUT HARDLY A REQUIREMENT FOR AN ARTIFICIAL SYSTEM...”

“...DO WE LEARN TO CONSTRUCT STORIES ABOUT OTHERS, OR ARE WE BORN WITH THE ABILITY TO DO SO?...”

“...THE NUMBER 714 IS THE RANDOM NUMBER FROM WHICH THAT PARTICULAR DRAWING PROCESS STARTED...”

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“...ONE OF THE MAIN DESCRIPTORS OF VISUAL SNOW SYMPTOMS IS SEEING SOMETHING THAT LOOKS LIKE TV STATIC, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY ONLY SOMETHING SOMEONE COULD DESCRIBE FROM THE LATTER END OF THE 20TH CENTURY...”

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“...EBIZIE’S WORK WITH A NEUROSCIENTIST, ED BRACEY, INTO NEURAL PATHWAYS INSPIRED ITS LABYRINTHINE DESIGN...”

“...REFLECTOGRAMS PICK UP ON THE CARBON SIGNATURES OF THE DRAWINGS SO THAT YOU CAN SEE THE GRAPHITE WITHOUT THE OVERLYING COAT OF PAINT...”

“...LEONARDO CAN BE CREDITED WITH HAVING INVENTED THE ANCESTOR OF BOTH THE HANDGLIDER AND THE HELICOPTER. HE ALSO HE INVENTED WHAT IS CALLED AN ORNITHOPTER, A MACHINE BASED ON THE WORKING OF BIRD WINGS...”

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