a journey, not a destination

The use of Superficiality

This is not to make the apology for superficiality - my aim is rather to understand its correct use in everyday human survival.

Why should one need superficiality? I don't know the full answer, but here are some pointers.

According to Arthur Koestler (1), the most-cited authority on creativity, every creative act involves bisociation, a process that brings together and combines previously unrelated ideas. He contrasts bisociation with association, saying that association refers to previously established connections among ideas but that bisociation involves making entirely new connections among ideas.

Koestler’s definition addresses all forms of creativity, whether in art, science or humor.

Interpassivity face to face

Here are some thoughts on the subject of interpassivity, which was for me as a 'Jeu de mots' (anagram), a first attempt at describing a growing gut feeling on the fallacies of the Multimedia thought.
I had introduced this term nearly at random (more exactly: by bisociation* ) to investigate my own new ways of looking at documentary filmaking and installations. The whole creative proces took root while working with my good old friend Martin Le Blaireau on many of these projects. In fact Martin was not only the acting producer on many of projects but also a driving inspiration.
Anyhow, as it appeared later on, the concept of interpassivity stemmed from much further back. The acclaimed author Slavoj Zizek explains below.

But first is a quote from researcher Laetitia Wilson called ‘Interactivity or interpassivity: a question of agency in digital play’.

Wilson examines Interpassivity in digital art and interface avatars. This bring more light on what Play is - on what gaming can be and other seemingly ludicrous activities can mean.

* more on the term bisociation in the section 'What is typical visualcuriosity', this can be accessed from the home page)