{"id":338,"date":"2007-03-11T21:12:51","date_gmt":"2007-03-11T20:12:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lumen.nu\/rekveld\/wp\/?page_id=338"},"modified":"2009-04-07T22:10:08","modified_gmt":"2009-04-07T21:10:08","slug":"lecture-2-the-dome-of-the-sky","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.joostrekveld.net\/?page_id=338","title":{"rendered":"lecture 3: the dome of the sky"},"content":{"rendered":"

– introduction: the metaphor of the blind man with walking sticks (Descartes)<\/p>\n

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\nblind man from “La Dioptrique” by Ren\u00e9 Descartes (1637), and an impression of the limit of our visual world by Jacob von Uexk\u00fcll (1934).<\/em><\/p>\n

– visual perception as an activity guided by concepts<\/p>\n

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\ngrouping principles from Gestalt Psychology<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nthe Ames illusion (1946)<\/em><\/p>\n

– vision as an adaptive system<\/p>\n

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\nexperiments with inverting goggles by Erismann (1930)<\/em><\/p>\n

– sensory substitution<\/p>\n

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\nvisual perception via tactile projection by Bach-y-Rita (1969)<\/em><\/p>\n

– the emergence of the subjective image<\/p>\n

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\nportraits of Joseph Plateau and Michel Eug\u00e8ne Chevreul (ca. 1830)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nimpressionist painting by Alfred Sisley: “La Seine \u00e0 Suresnes” (1877)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nPaul C\u00e9zanne, “Le Jardin aux Lauves” (1906)<\/em><\/p>\n

– thought forms and optical mindstates<\/p>\n

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\nentoptic images as seen by Jan Evangelista Purkyne (ca. 1820)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nthoughtform 27: “Sudden Fright”, by Charles Leadbeater and Annie Besant (1902)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nWassily Kandinsky, “Some Circles” (1926)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nBridget Riley, “Cataract II” (1967)<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nThomas Wilfred composing lumia projections in 1923<\/em><\/p>\n

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\nstill from Jordan Belsons “Samadhi” (1967)<\/em><\/p>\n

– Stan Brakhage and ‘The Untutored Eye’<\/p>\n

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further reading:<\/p>\n