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GMU:Thinking in tanks II

2020-11-01T15:31:44Z

Moritz.hanfgarn: /* Students */

[[:Category:Werkmodul|Werkmodul]] [[:Category:Fachmodul|Fachmodul]]

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Lecturer: [[Julian Chollet]] & [[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Bastian_Buegler|Bastian Buegler]]
 

Credits: 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 

Dates:
03.11. – 02.02. every Tuesday (15:15 - 16:45) 
Venue: Usually online (optional meetings in the park) 

 

'''FIRST MEETING Tuesday 03.11. 15:15 - 16:45 in the Ilmpark, Weimar (hopefully)'''

==Abstract==

Our contemporary political landscape as well as public debate is increasingly dominated by extreme positions. Opinions and assumptions are echoed through (social) media, loose their connection to reality and transform into collective imaginations of more or less homogeneous peer groups. All those groups have their own values, a canon of guiding principles, their specific ingroup language and a common externalized enemy.

Over the course of the semester, every participant will develop a fictional character based on real-world ideologies and analyze their inherent thought patterns. Using a diverse set of methodologies (e.g. roleplay) we will then identify the intellectual and emotional traps of those paradigms, with the objective to overcome them.
The concept of this course is experimental and will be further developed together with the participants.

Participation by individuals who are not enrolled in university is highly encouraged. Please register by sending an email to julian@mikrobiomik.org as soon as possible (limited space).

==Students==
*[[GMU:Thinking_in_tanks_II/punkartoffel|Noeme]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Lisa_Richter|Lisa Richter]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Dean_Ruddock|Dean Ruddock]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Dominik_Kämmer|Dominik Kämmer]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Moritz_Hanfgarn|Moritz Hanfgarn]]

 

'''WARNING!!! Literature and media recommendations may be highly controversial and from dubious sources ''' (content can be added by all members of Bauhaus-University)

==Finished projects from last semester==
Rojin 
https://cloud.uni-weimar.de/s/xzDeqL9o3cA24i2#pdfviewer

Yasemin 
https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/File:YaseminYagci_thinkingInTheTanks.pdf

==Wiki-pages from last semesters Participants==

*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Lisa_Richter|Lisa Richter]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Maximilian_Goetz|Maximilian Goetz]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Karoline_Brueske|Karoline Brueske]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Rojin_Safa|Rojin Safa]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Chou_Fang-Sheng|Chou Fang-Sheng]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Samuel_Flach|Samuel Flach]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Yasemin_Yagci|Yasemin Yagci]]
*[[GMU:Thinking_In_Tanks/Dean_Ruddock|Dean Ruddock]]

==Books==
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==Articles==

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==Videos==
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[[Category:WS20]][[Category:Julian Chollet]]

GMU:If the organism will not come to me, I will go to the organism/Moritz Walerian Caspar Hanfgarn

2020-06-11T08:07:47Z

Moritz.hanfgarn:

'''WHO AM I?
'''

This question will probably be part of this entire project. I will try to always reflect it for the duration of it, since it is part of the relation between me and physarum. I never really had a strong connection to biology or interest in in non-human lifeforms until I started to realize, that there exists a world of sophisticated balance and perfection beyond our human perception, not visible to our plain view. My background consists of sound and music, as well as a big interest in connections and interfaces between humans and technology. Maybe, this second aspect will help me connecting to physarum.

'''WHY PHYSARUM?
'''

It is quite a little wonder, physarum polycefallum. I am not really interested in its behavior in a scientific sense, since I cannot distribute any meaningful content to contemporary discussions on the organism. I am simply no biologist. My strength has always been rather the reflection of myself aswell as the interpretation of different belief systems in different environments, I guess. Yet, I am trying to adapt biological methods & considerations since it is necessary for the interactions between me and physarum.
Physarum is an organism that revokes our human understanding of intelligence, but we still interpret it as such behavior. There, for me lies the first and maybe most important question regarding my own role in this project: what am I projecting on this organism? What belief system am I trapped in?

'''METHOD:
'''

I will try to capture the scientific methods I am applying to experiment with the procedures of maintaining physarum alive by photographies and thoughts on the process. But the main purpose of this continuous update should be questions and, maybe, answers regarding my relation to physarum.

____________________________________________________________

'''A collection of questions and impressions:
'''

''What is hierarchy? And how is it established? How did we, humans establish it?
''

''Where is the place for humans in biodiversity // food chain // symbiosis?
''

''Why do we assign human intelligence to any other behavior?
''

''Can we even imagine non-human intelligence?
''

''How should we treat microbiological life?
''

''Could I develop an environment where PP can make its own decisions or be free of my choices?
''

''What could its perception of time look like? Is there maybe an interesting perspective hidden?
''

''What makes it so successful in an evolutionary sense? Will it outlive me?
''

''How has my iconography of individuality changed by the characteristics of PP? What would individuality mean to PP?'''

____________________________________________________________

'''Week 1-4:
'''
So far, my biggest problem has been the development of spores & mold. Therefore, I try to maintain a rhythm of subculturing every three days by taking a small sample of PP and ‘planting’ it onto a new petri dish.

The cooking of the medium has gone well so far. I realized that a thicker basis of gelatin medium will lead to a faster growing of the organism, since it is better hydrated. I made a little experiment with food coloring the medium which had no detectable impact on PP.
Additionally I feed it daily with a moderate amount of oat (about 1g for the ∅ 60mm & about 3g for the ∅ 150mm dishes on the first day, increasing it at 50% every following day).

I keep it in a drawer away from any daylight, since I want to maintain a certrain state of PP’s life cylcle.

I figured out, that I am not really interested in any popular experiments like letting PP solving a ‘maze’. To me it arouses the semblance of a circus performance or letting it perform a stunt, but I feel that PP is not responsible for my entertainment. I do not want to criticize such experiments in general, but it rather has a significance for biological research than my artistic approach. So far, I try to keep it in the state in which it is best to work with until I can grasp a hint of a concept.

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2020-06-11T08:06:22Z

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GMU:If the organism will not come to me, I will go to the organism/Moritz Walerian Caspar Hanfgarn

2020-06-10T21:22:31Z

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2020-06-10T21:11:45Z

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GMU:If the organism will not come to me, I will go to the organism/Moritz Walerian Caspar Hanfgarn

2020-06-10T21:04:06Z

Moritz.hanfgarn:

'''WHO AM I?
'''

This question will probably be part of this entire project. I will try to always reflect it for the duration of it, since it is part of the relation between me and physarum. I never really had a strong connection to biology or interest in in non-human lifeforms until I started to realize, that there exists a world of sophisticated balance and perfection beyond our human perception, not visible to our plain view. My background consists of sound and music, as well as a big interest in connections and interfaces between humans and technology. Maybe, this second aspect will help me connecting to physarum.

'''WHY PHYSARUM?
'''

It is quite a little wonder, physarum polycefallum. I am not really interested in its behavior in a scientific sense, since I cannot distribute any meaningful content to contemporary discussions on the organism. I am simply no biologist. My strength has always been rather the reflection of myself aswell as the interpretation of different belief systems in different environments, I guess. Yet, I am trying to adapt biological methods & considerations since it is necessary for the interactions between me and physarum.
Physarum is an organism that revokes our human understanding of intelligence, but we still interpret it as such behavior. There, for me lies the first and maybe most important question regarding my own role in this project: what am I projecting on this organism? What belief system am I trapped in?

'''METHOD:
'''

I will try to capture the scientific methods I am applying to experiment with the procedures of maintaining physarum alive by photographies and thoughts on the process. But the main purpose of this continuous update should be questions and, maybe, answers regarding my relation to physarum.

____________________________________________________________

'''Here I am collecting questions and impressions:
'''

''What is hierarchy? And how is it established? How did we, humans establish it?
''

''Where is the place for humans in biodiversity // food chain // symbiosis?
''

''Why do we assign human intelligence to any other behavior?
''

''Can we even imagine non-human intelligence?
''

''How should we treat microbiological life?
''

''Could I develop an environment where PP can make its own decisions or be free of my choices?
''

''What could its perception of time look like? Is there maybe an interesting perspective hidden?
''

''What makes it so successful in an evolutionary sense? Will it outlive me?
''

''How has my iconography of individuality changed by the characteristics of PP? What would individuality mean to PP?'''

____________________________________________________________

'''Week 1-4:
'''
So far, my biggest problem has been the development of spores & mold. Therefore, I try to maintain a rhythm of subculturing every three days by taking a small sample of PP and ‘planting’ it onto a new petri dish.

The cooking of the medium has gone well so far. I realized that a thicker basis of gelatin medium will lead to a faster growing of the organism, since it is better hydrated. I made a little experiment with food coloring the medium which had no detectable impact on PP.
Additionally I feed it daily with a moderate amount of oat (about 1g for the ∅ 60mm & about 3g for the ∅ 150mm dishes on the first day, increasing it at 50% every following day).

I keep it in a drawer away from any daylight, since I want to maintain a certrain state of PP’s life cylcle.

I figured out, that I am not really interested in any popular experiments like letting PP solving a ‘maze’. To me it arouses the semblance of a circus performance or letting it perform a stunt, but I feel that PP is not responsible for my entertainment. I do not want to criticize such experiments in general, but it rather has a significance for biological research than my artistic approach. So far, I try to keep it in the state in which it is best to work with until I can grasp a hint of a concept.

GMU:If the organism will not come to me, I will go to the organism/Moritz Walerian Caspar Hanfgarn

2020-06-10T17:57:27Z

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'''WHO AM I?
'''

This question will probably be part of this entire project. I will try to always reflect it for the duration of it, since it is part of the relation between me and physarum. I never really had a strong connection to biology or interest in in non-human lifeforms until I started to realize, that there exists a world of sophisticated balance and perfection beyond our human perception, not visible to our plain view. My background consists of sound and music, as well as a big interest in connections and interfaces between humans and technology. Maybe, this second aspect will help me connecting to physarum.

'''WHY PHYSARUM?
'''

It is quite a little wonder, physarum polycefallum. I am not really interested in its behavior in a scientific sense, since I cannot distribute any meaningful content to contemporary discussions on the organism. I am simply no biologist. My strength has always been rather the reflection of myself aswell as the interpretation of different belief systems in different environments, I guess. Yet, I am trying to adapt biological methods & considerations since it is necessary for the interactions between me and physarum.
Physarum is an organism that revokes our human understanding of intelligence, but we still interpret it as such behavior. There, for me lies the first and maybe most important question regarding my own role in this project: what am I projecting on this organism? What belief system am I trapped in?

'''METHOD:
'''

I will try to capture the scientific methods I am applying to experiment with the procedures of maintaining physarum alive by photographies and thoughts on the process. But the main purpose of this continuous update should be questions and, maybe, answers regarding my relation to physarum.

____________________________________________________________

'''Here I am collecting questions and impressions:
'''

''What is hierarchy? And how is it established? How did we, humans establish it?
''

''Where is the place for humans in biodiversity // food chain // symbiosis?
''

''Why do we assign human intelligence to any other behavior?
''

''Can we even imagine non-human intelligence?
''

''How should we treat microbiological life?
''

''Could I develop an environment where PP can make its own decisions or be free of my choices?
''

''What could its perception of time look like? Is there maybe an interesting perspective hidden?
''

''What makes it so successful in an evolutionary sense? Will it outlive me?
''

''How has my iconography of individuality changed by the characteristics of PP? What would individuality mean to PP?'''

____________________________________________________________

'''Week 1-4:
'''
So far, my biggest problem has been the development of spores & mold. Therefore, I try to maintain a rhythm of subculturing every three days by taking a small sample of PP and ‘planting’ it onto a new petri dish.

The cooking of the medium has gone well so far. I realized that a thicker basis of gelatin medium will lead to a faster growing of the organism, since it is better hydrated. I made a little experiment with food coloring the medium which had no detectable impact on PP.
Additionally I feed it daily with a moderate amount of oat (about 1g for the ∅ 60mm & about 3g for the ∅ 150mm dishes on the first day, increasing it at 50% every following day).

I keep it in a drawer away from any daylight, since I want to maintain a certrain state of PP’s life cylcle.

I figured out, that I am not really interested in any popular experiments like letting PP solving a ‘maze’. It arouses the semblance of a circus performance or letting it perform a stunt, but I feel that PP is not responsible for my entertainment. I do not want to criticize such experiments in general, but it rather has a significance for biological research than my artistic approach. So far, I try to keep it in the state in which it is best to work with until I figure out a hint of a concept.

GMU:If the organism will not come to me, I will go to the organism

2020-05-14T08:25:27Z

Moritz.hanfgarn: /* Students */

{{#ev:vimeo|https://vimeo.com/413902881|600}}
''Lecturer:'' [[:Category:Mindaugas Gapševičius|Mindaugas Gapševičius]] 
''Tutor:'' Antje Danz 
''Credits:'' 6 [[ECTS]], 4 [[SWS]] 
''Date:'' Thursdays 09:15-12:30 
''Venue:'' [[Marienstraße 7b]], [[GMU:Bio-lab|Biolab]] (Room 202) 
''First meeting:'' Thursday, 7 May 2020; 09:15-12:30 

 

The theme of the course is a reference to the well known biblical saying about a mountain, which, if not moved would invite to move oneself. The saying means openness to whatever input, and ability to adjust to the way things are. In the upcoming course, we will study interactive settings between organisms and ourselves, build situations for organisms to move the way we want. Still, to force organisms to move the way we want would not necessarily become truth, therefore, the final goal of the course is rather to understand the interactive settings between different types of organisms, including ourselves.

While working in our homes we will have a focus on two organisms: a slime mold physarum polycefallum, and a flagellate euglena gracilis. Students will be provided with organisms, and tools to develop their ideas. Students with specific needs will be directed to available methods and resources.

No special skills are required to participate in the course. Participation at the Big Blue Button Webinar (see below)

==Please Note==
*This class is limited to students from BfA/MfA MKG, VK, FK, Media Architechture 
*First meeting is reserved for QA and technical tests, not mandatory

==Registration to the course==
Please send a motivation letter through the Bison platform or to mindaugas.gapsevicius[@]uni-weimar.de

==Big Blue Button Webinar==
*https://meeting.uni-weimar.de/b/min-r2r-y33

==Tools and Toolkits==
Students will be provided with video tutorials and toolkits containing tools. Available 5 toolkits / each.

===Euglena gracilis===
* various glassware (6 units)
* Euglena gracilis
* Chemicals
* mini scale
* small pipette

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===Physarum polycephalum===
* Petri dishes (5 units)
* 3d Labyrinth
* agar-agar
* living physarum polycephalum
* dried physarum polycephalum
* Digital microskope

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==Syllabus==
*07.05.2020 - QA / testing BBB platform
*14.05.2020 - [[/Introduction]] to the framework, tools, and organisms, checking related projects, dividing into the groups
*21.05.2020 - no class (holiday).
*28.05.2020 - checking video materials, cooking medium for the organisms
*04.06.2020 - inspecting organisms, maze experiment (physarum) / clock experiment (euglena)
*11.06.2020 - Timelapse (physarum) / clock experiment (euglena)
*18.06.2020 - Timelapse (physarum) / clock experiment (euglena)
*25.06 - presentation of individual ideas (midterm presentation)
*02.07 - individual work
*09.07 - individual work
*16.07 - individual work
*23.07 - project presentation and wrap up

==Students==
*Megane Degas
*Moritz Walerian Caspar Hanfgarn
*Maya Anna Vieth
*Funda Zeynep Aygüler
*Ann-Kristin Jakubek
*[[/Melina Johanna Vesely]]

==Related student projects==
===Physarum Polycephalum===
*[https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:I,_Organism,_and_Feedback_Loops/Fernanda_Caicedo Writing system for Non-Human species by Fernanda Caicedo]
*[https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:I,_Organism,_and_Feedback_Loops/Antje_Danz Farewell PP by Antje Danz]

===Euglena Gracilis===
*[https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Habitats_SS18/Leoni_Fischer Euglena clock by Leoni Fischer]
*[https://www.uni-weimar.de/kunst-und-gestaltung/wiki/GMU:Board_Games_for_Humans_and_Nonhumans/Nastaran_Sahraei Bio boardgame with Euglena by Nastaran Sahraei]

== Grading ==
The outcome of the course is an interactive setting between humans and organisms. The successful completion of the course is regular participation in the BBB Webinar and a project documented in the GMU wiki. The documentation may contain text, video, images, sketches, sound, and other digital formats.

*20 % Theory
*50 % Individual project
*30 % Documentation including 20% of updates in Wiki

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