| #1526628 in Books | The MIT Press | 2013-03-08 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.69 x6.00l,1.44 | File type: PDF | 392 pages | ||||The thrill of this volume lies in its sustained pursuit of the problem of chance, randomness, and noncomputability as core dynamics in digital media. Its brilliantly heterodox take on computation allows Contagious Architecture to develop a groundbreak
In Contagious Architecture, Luciana Parisi offers a philosophical inquiry into the status of the algorithm in architectural and interaction design. Her thesis is that algorithmic computation is not simply an abstract mathematical tool but constitutes a mode of thought in its own right, in that its operation extends into forms of abstraction that lie beyond direct human cognition and control. These include modes of infinity, contingency, and indeterminacy, as w...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Contagious Architecture: Computation, Aesthetics, and Space (Technologies of Lived Abstraction) | Luciana Parisi. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
