JSAI Technical Report, Type 2 SIG
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An Interpretation of "The Mechanism of Meaning" of ARAKAWA+GINS (4) - Knowledge to See and Appreciate Lights Embodied by the Bioscleave House
Kimiaki TOKUMARU
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2012 Volume 2012 Issue SKL-13 Pages 02-

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Since 1960s, ARAKAWA Shusaku (1936-2010), one of the most outstanding and Avant-Garde contemporary artists and natural philosophers in the 20th Century, and Madeline GINS (1941-) have been working on the most complex cognitive issue, the artificial creation of human consciousness through the clarification of mechanism of meanings. They created architectural pieces and made exhibitions such as "The Mechanism of Meaning" (1963-1971, 1978), "Constructing the Perceiver - ARAKAWA: Experimental Works" (1991), "Ryoanji Temple in Nagi" (1994~), "The Park of Reversible Destiny - YORO" (1995~), "Reversible Destiny - We Have Decided Not to Die" (1997), "The Reversible Destiny Loft - Mitaka"(2005~), "Bioscleave House"(2008~). These are experiments to artificially generate human consciousness through interactions between human body with displaced gravity-center and surrounding colorful and non-flat architectural environments. The author visited the last and, in his evaluation, the master-piece, the Bioscleave House, in April-May 2012 by the courtesy of the Reversible Destiny Foundation, and is going to report his experiences in consciousness modification, i.e. the generation of memories to feel "good-old", and the acquisition of procedural memories to see and appreciate lights.

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