EtherAxis: Difference between revisions

From XPUB & Lens-Based wiki
 
(80 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 31: Line 31:
==Introduction==
==Introduction==


The Narrative of EtherAxis is based around the idea that there is a multitude of other possible worlds floating in the Ether*, the in-between space we cannot sense or grasp. The Gameboard is the center of a navigation tool in order to find locations in which there are bridgepoints to these worlds, where we are able to make contact. These locations will have to be found by the players during the gameplay. With the help of ''The Device'', we are able to channel the invisible waves of the Ether, the wireless ways of communicating and sharing information between the worlds.
The Narrative of EtherAxis is based around the idea that there is a multitude of other possible worlds floating in the Ether*, the in-between space we cannot sense or grasp. The Gameboard is the center of a navigation tool in order to find locations in which there are bridgepoints to these worlds, where we are able to make contact. These locations will have to be found by the players during the gameplay. With the help of ''[[EtherAxis#The_Device|The Device]]'', we are able to channel the invisible waves of the Ether, the wireless ways of communicating and sharing information between the worlds.


language of space + numbers.


'''
Myth of the Ether'''
“Like matter itself, socio-political realities are constantly in motion, katalysing, crystallising, boiling. Therefore, each landscape is represented by a symbol inspired by, but not restricted to, alchemical concepts and processes. Although they are independent realities, they all derive from the ether, the vibrating, hyperdimensional quantum field that allows shifting between them. Since we cannot perceive the ether directly, it manifests in the form of landscapes that we can travel through.”
We are bound to the horizontal axis. The material plane, and then there's the vertical axis leading to the skies. And everything that fills the space in between is the ether. We cannot see, but we sometimes can sense its matter, the waves and electricity it is made up of.


[[File:Etherax5.png|thumb|400px|center|EtherAxis Game board, photographed by Emilia Tapprest]]
[[File:Etherax5.png|thumb|400px|center|EtherAxis Game board, photographed by Emilia Tapprest]]
[[File:Vitriol.jpg|thumb|400px|center|Visit the interior of the earth, and by rectifying what you find there, you will discover the hidden stone]]


''*meaning of ether''
''*meaning of ether''
Line 54: Line 64:
devices have the capacities of capturing, orienting, determining, intercepting, shape, control, ensure gestures, ensure conducted, ensure opinions [G. Agamben]
devices have the capacities of capturing, orienting, determining, intercepting, shape, control, ensure gestures, ensure conducted, ensure opinions [G. Agamben]


At the root of each device there is a desire and the subectivity of this desire constitutes the power of the device
At the root of each device there is a desire and the subjectivity of this desire constitutes the power of the device
our desire -> futurebuilding
our desire -> future building


device as -> speculative tool for positive feedbacks [F. Polak]
device as -> speculative tool for positive feedbacks [F. Polak]
Line 77: Line 87:


4 worlds - post powerism
4 worlds - post powerism
fantasy allegories of real world conflicts
'''as parallel possible realities, not in past/present/future'''
''post powerism''
Each reality is represented from an ancient symbol of alchemy, hacked to uncover their original meanings
The human understanding of alchemy is shaped by human-driven events: they are mostly wrong, that's why we have to talk about original meanings of alchemy.
Incapacity from human perspective to see the multiple diffractive meanings of what humans name "alchemy"
they are indipendent realities '''but''' the conjunction points are the different radio frequencies where wireless protocols and sincronized locations creates bridged points to share infos between the realities
====1====
1 Smart Shop
Realm of the Sensor
Can sense subtle changes in their environment, sensitive, aware
[mercury]
(~) Mercury Queer : {Mercury} + {tangible} + {intangible} + {salt} + {sulfur} + {*the spectrum in between both states*}
<br><br>
Conflict around queer acceptance. self expression.
Mercury
diffractive
shapeshifting
no determined shape


as parallel possible realities, not in past/present/future
[[File:Smartshop.jpeg|thumb|400px|center|Location 1 Realm of the Sensor]]
post powerism


====1 XENO====
'''Character:
biohacking // smart connections to other realms like fungi
The Sensor'''
fungi like websockets


WebSocket is a computer communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single TCP connection. The WebSocket protocol was standardized by the IETF as RFC 6455 in 2011, and the WebSocket API in Web IDL is being standardized by the W3C.
(was queer mercury, realm is smart shop)


fungi are a bio communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single animal-animal connection.
Characteristics: sensitive, adapts to movement, reinvents themselves constantly
body modification


====2 COVALENT BONDS====
Skills: able to shift their perception and adapt to new spaces
 
Natural Habitat: stimulating, bright seas of light and colours
 
“Wait, I think there is something here! I am sensing something!”
 
====2====
2 Empty Boxing Studio
Realm of the Synchronizer
Uses own body as a vessel to channel feedback loops
Embodied movement to receive messages
[covalent bonds]
 
Coexistence: {melting/digesting} + {amalgamation} + {covalent bonds} COVALE
COVALENT BONDS
coexistence
coexistence
zhouwei network
project gecko


====3 SILICIO====
[[File:Synchronizer.jpeg|thumb|400px|center|Location 2: Realm of the Synchronizer]]
AI
 
Tech
'''Character:
automation
The Synchronizer'''
 
(was covalent bonds, realm is empty building)
 
Characteristics: enjoys forming bonds with others
 
Skills: embodied movement, miming
 
Natural Habitat: empty, open spaces
 
“We stand together, in constant motion yet strong as ever.”
 
====3====
3 Source (water statue)
Realm of the Energizer (Energy/power source)
 
XENO
the myth of pain
 
network without hierachy = anarchy
distributed network of people
explicit on political system
 
[[File:Energizer.jpeg|thumb|400px|center|Location 3: Realm of the Energizer]]
 
'''Character:
The Energizer'''
 
(was xeno, realm is water with hooded figure)
 
Characteristics: creates momentum and direction, enjoys friction
 
Skills: their voice has a special frequency allowing them to speak to the ether
 
Natural Habitat: Close to water
 
“Follow me! We can make it! This way!”
 
====4====
4 Polypore
Realm of the Transmitter
Holds the information of the network.
Connected, intelligent, practical
 
 
smart connections to other realms like fungi
funghi are a bio communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single animal-animal connection.
 
human not an obsolete entity, but upgraded humans ft cyber stuff and viceversa
human not an obsolete entity, but upgraded humans ft cyber stuff and viceversa
different kind of brains/computers, stuff that we cannot get the essence froim cause the prtocols and bio-architecure are completely different
different kind of brains/computers, stuff that we cannot get the essence froim cause the prtocols and bio-architecure are completely different
Line 104: Line 199:
internet of beings
internet of beings
build society from the same technologies could be ok the porblems are the protocols/purposes/goals
build society from the same technologies could be ok the porblems are the protocols/purposes/goals
There is a legend that says Funix brought the The Device from this world to ours.


There is a legend that says Funix brought the The Device from this world to ours.
[[File:Polypore.jpeg|thumb|400px|center|Location 4: Realm of the Transmitter]]
 
'''Character:
The Transmitter'''
 
(was more than human, realm is fungus)
 
Characteristics: well connected, intelligent, technology affinity
 
Skills: sharing information across networks


====4 MERCURY====
Natural Habitat: vast, pulsating networks of information
diffractive
shapeshifting
no determined shape
anarchist power
network without hierachy
distributed network of people
explicit on political system


Sasa: tells people about shapeshifting
“Someone told me about this! Let me share this information with you.”


===Protagonists===
===Protagonists===
Agents of Chaos:
Agents of Chaos:


Derk Over
====[https://www.instagram.com/jessiedepressiequeen/ Derk Over]====
Maze Controller


Sasa Hara
====[https://www.instagram.com/instagore/ Sasa Hara]====
Shapeshifter, Seer


Federico Poni
====Federico Poni====
Funix, mad italian hackerman, originating from one of the worlds, bringing the Device to our world.


===Locations===
===Locations===
====Sickhouse====
====Sickhouse (center, start and finish)====
 
The installation is set up in two parts, divided by a semi-translucent wall.
The players start on the front side of the wall, where they get their characters assigned.
When they return, they are invited behind the wall, representing the liminal realm, where the game board is located.
 
====Smart Shop====
====Smart Shop====
====Training Station====
====Training Station====
the neopythes are trained in a secret training location where they get introduced to the program and learn to movements needed to unlock the bridge points of within the ether. the players have been recruited and are being introduced to the objective. the people inside the training hall are from different worlds, the training centre is in a crossover field. different characters tell you different things about their worlds. players have to give some coins here in order to receive a special tool they need in a next location. the ground is covered in sand symbols of the different worlds, the different characters from each world gather to their matching symbol. the training is movement based. there is a soundscape. the building is empty and what happens inside is very secret. the different ancient methods of channelling electromagnetic waves are linked to the storyline of the training. there may be different movements connected to different wireless communication tools. some people gathered there are having a discussion.
🧩
====Bike Parking====
====Bike Parking====
database of messages from a lot of the different worlds floating in the ether,
players need to contribute a voice message from our world in order for others to make contact with this world, hear about it.
🧩
====Mushroom====
====Mushroom====
Ancient communications w/ mushroom:
Ancient communications w/ mushroom:
Line 140: Line 258:
mushroom as beacon!
mushroom as beacon!


in radio stuff, beacons send a fixed message  
🧩 in radio stuff, beacons send a fixed message  


like weather info, viability, practical stuff
like weather info, viability, practical stuff


mushrooms send their message through waves at the same frequencies of our bluetooth range
mushrooms send their message through waves at the same frequencies of our bluetooth range
mushroom in this world is using the same frequencies as our bluetooth frequencies, an interconnected information sharing between funghi and humans through waves.
===Handbook===
by Funix
intro
====wireless communication====
==Gameplay==
==Gameplay==
===Chapter 1: Arrival===
===Chapter 1: Arrival===
Line 151: Line 278:


Sickhouse:
Sickhouse:
25 mins
15/20 mins
Character building based on the players digital possession.
Character building based on the players digital possession.
Players show their phones in order to receive character card and matching props.
'''Players show their phones in order to receive character card and matching props.'''
characters get assigned 1 of 4 character types.
characters get assigned 1 of 4 character types.


Player objective collect bridge cards and bring them to the game board.
Player objective collect bridge cards and bring them to the game board.
They receive their navigation tool and leave to find their first location.
They receive their navigation tool and leave to find their first location.
There will be a reading based on the phones of the players. Reading the radio waves around them to determined which player gets assigned which character/role


===Chapter 2: Take a Leap in the Dark===
===Chapter 2: Take a Leap in the Dark===
City:
City:
45 mins
40 mins
They go into the city in order to find the bridgepoints and learn about the different worlds.
They go into the city in order to find the bridge points and learn about the different worlds.
The training space is the main space with a performance hinting on the crossover of mulitple spaces in the same building.
 
4 Locations, 4 Lessons, 4 numbers.
Smart Shop + Trader Lesson
Training Station + Mover Lesson
Bike Parking + Navigator Lesson
Mushroom + Scientist Lesson


4 Locations, 4 questions, 8 numbers.


===Chapter 3: Return===
===Chapter 3: Return===
Line 191: Line 314:


===pre-game===
===pre-game===
====Visual Language and Communication Methods====
====Visual Language and Communication Methods====
Symbols cosmology
Symbols cosmology
Line 207: Line 332:
===in-game===
===in-game===
Documentation of actual Gameplay.
Documentation of actual Gameplay.
timeslots online, Sunday 28th November
12:30
13:00
14:30
15:00
16:30
17:00
timeslots online, Sunday 5th December tickets
12:30
13:00
14:30
15:00
16:30
17:00


===post-game===
===post-game===
Line 243: Line 398:


==Collaborators==
==Collaborators==
EtherAxis is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Camilo García A., Emilia Tapprest, Erik Peters, Federico Poni, Louisa Teichmann & Victor Evink, as part of the Hamburger Community of Live & Art trajectory of Roodkapje. Joined by Derk Over and Sasa Hara from Queer Arcana.
 
==Further Reading==
==Further Reading==
Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe
Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe

Latest revision as of 23:50, 23 November 2021

28th November & 5th December 2021. Sickhouse, Enschede. The Overkill Festival

About

EtherAxis is an interactive game installation and reflection tool aiming to challenge the inner paradigms that shape our perception of realities. The physical relic that forms the base for this game shape-shifts in different contexts. ‍ The structure of the gameboard emphasises four main axes, each connected to multiple ancient symbols of alchemy, hacked to uncover their original meanings. In this constellation of four interlaced geographic grids, the dreamer wanders through bridging fields on a spatiotemporal axis. Throughout the Overkill, EtherAxis lures you into the streets to find its messages hidden in plain sight, stepping over to the worlds floating in the ether.

EtherAxis is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Camilo García A., Emilia Tapprest, Erik Peters, Federico Poni, Louisa Teichmann & Victor Evink, as part of the Hamburger Community of Live & Art trajectory of Roodkapje, with performances by Queer Arcana.

Introduction

The Narrative of EtherAxis is based around the idea that there is a multitude of other possible worlds floating in the Ether*, the in-between space we cannot sense or grasp. The Gameboard is the center of a navigation tool in order to find locations in which there are bridgepoints to these worlds, where we are able to make contact. These locations will have to be found by the players during the gameplay. With the help of The Device, we are able to channel the invisible waves of the Ether, the wireless ways of communicating and sharing information between the worlds.

language of space + numbers.

Myth of the Ether

“Like matter itself, socio-political realities are constantly in motion, katalysing, crystallising, boiling. Therefore, each landscape is represented by a symbol inspired by, but not restricted to, alchemical concepts and processes. Although they are independent realities, they all derive from the ether, the vibrating, hyperdimensional quantum field that allows shifting between them. Since we cannot perceive the ether directly, it manifests in the form of landscapes that we can travel through.”

We are bound to the horizontal axis. The material plane, and then there's the vertical axis leading to the skies. And everything that fills the space in between is the ether. We cannot see, but we sometimes can sense its matter, the waves and electricity it is made up of.

EtherAxis Game board, photographed by Emilia Tapprest
Visit the interior of the earth, and by rectifying what you find there, you will discover the hidden stone


*meaning of ether 1 : a liquid that burns easily, that is used to turn solid substances into liquid

or less commonly aether \ ˈē- thər \ : a medium that in the wave theory of light permeates all space and transmits transverse waves

(2) An invisible medium through which all light, heat and electromagnetic waves propagate. Pronounced "ee-ther" with the "th" as in the word "thought," ether was postulated from the 1600s to the 1800s. The word inspired the name Ethernet.

Game Narrative

The Device

https://hub.xpub.nl/etheraxis/


an entity + devices = subjectivities

devices have the capacities of capturing, orienting, determining, intercepting, shape, control, ensure gestures, ensure conducted, ensure opinions [G. Agamben]

At the root of each device there is a desire and the subjectivity of this desire constitutes the power of the device our desire -> future building

device as -> speculative tool for positive feedbacks [F. Polak]


The Device is a device built with different components aimed to send and receive knowledge

The Device communicates through the ether, via radio waves, with esoteric and exotic encryption systems, with multidimensional protocols

The Device speaks the language of the ancients, subverting its original essence

The Device is always looking for beacons to navigate through waves' ocean

The Device translates signals from different potentially realities

The Device uses multiple protocols, the most are unknown and incomprehensible for our species

The Device is a part of the ecosystem and is looking for also other potentially ecosystems

Four Worlds

4 worlds - post powerism fantasy allegories of real world conflicts

as parallel possible realities, not in past/present/future post powerism

Each reality is represented from an ancient symbol of alchemy, hacked to uncover their original meanings The human understanding of alchemy is shaped by human-driven events: they are mostly wrong, that's why we have to talk about original meanings of alchemy. Incapacity from human perspective to see the multiple diffractive meanings of what humans name "alchemy"

they are indipendent realities but the conjunction points are the different radio frequencies where wireless protocols and sincronized locations creates bridged points to share infos between the realities


1

1 Smart Shop Realm of the Sensor

Can sense subtle changes in their environment, sensitive, aware

[mercury]


(~) Mercury Queer : {Mercury} + {tangible} + {intangible} + {salt} + {sulfur} + {*the spectrum in between both states*}

Conflict around queer acceptance. self expression. Mercury diffractive shapeshifting no determined shape

Location 1 Realm of the Sensor

Character: The Sensor

(was queer mercury, realm is smart shop)

Characteristics: sensitive, adapts to movement, reinvents themselves constantly

Skills: able to shift their perception and adapt to new spaces

Natural Habitat: stimulating, bright seas of light and colours

“Wait, I think there is something here! I am sensing something!”

2

2 Empty Boxing Studio Realm of the Synchronizer Uses own body as a vessel to channel feedback loops Embodied movement to receive messages [covalent bonds]

Coexistence: {melting/digesting} + {amalgamation} + {covalent bonds} COVALE COVALENT BONDS coexistence

Location 2: Realm of the Synchronizer

Character: The Synchronizer

(was covalent bonds, realm is empty building)

Characteristics: enjoys forming bonds with others

Skills: embodied movement, miming

Natural Habitat: empty, open spaces

“We stand together, in constant motion yet strong as ever.”

3

3 Source (water statue) Realm of the Energizer (Energy/power source)

XENO the myth of pain

network without hierachy = anarchy distributed network of people explicit on political system

Location 3: Realm of the Energizer

Character: The Energizer

(was xeno, realm is water with hooded figure)

Characteristics: creates momentum and direction, enjoys friction

Skills: their voice has a special frequency allowing them to speak to the ether

Natural Habitat: Close to water

“Follow me! We can make it! This way!”

4

4 Polypore Realm of the Transmitter Holds the information of the network. Connected, intelligent, practical


smart connections to other realms like fungi funghi are a bio communications protocol, providing full-duplex communication channels over a single animal-animal connection.

human not an obsolete entity, but upgraded humans ft cyber stuff and viceversa different kind of brains/computers, stuff that we cannot get the essence froim cause the prtocols and bio-architecure are completely different from Internet of Things to bioNetwork of Entities internet of beings build society from the same technologies could be ok the porblems are the protocols/purposes/goals There is a legend that says Funix brought the The Device from this world to ours.

Location 4: Realm of the Transmitter

Character: The Transmitter

(was more than human, realm is fungus)

Characteristics: well connected, intelligent, technology affinity

Skills: sharing information across networks

Natural Habitat: vast, pulsating networks of information

“Someone told me about this! Let me share this information with you.”

Protagonists

Agents of Chaos:

Derk Over

Maze Controller

Sasa Hara

Shapeshifter, Seer

Federico Poni

Funix, mad italian hackerman, originating from one of the worlds, bringing the Device to our world.

Locations

Sickhouse (center, start and finish)

The installation is set up in two parts, divided by a semi-translucent wall. The players start on the front side of the wall, where they get their characters assigned. When they return, they are invited behind the wall, representing the liminal realm, where the game board is located.

Smart Shop

Training Station

the neopythes are trained in a secret training location where they get introduced to the program and learn to movements needed to unlock the bridge points of within the ether. the players have been recruited and are being introduced to the objective. the people inside the training hall are from different worlds, the training centre is in a crossover field. different characters tell you different things about their worlds. players have to give some coins here in order to receive a special tool they need in a next location. the ground is covered in sand symbols of the different worlds, the different characters from each world gather to their matching symbol. the training is movement based. there is a soundscape. the building is empty and what happens inside is very secret. the different ancient methods of channelling electromagnetic waves are linked to the storyline of the training. there may be different movements connected to different wireless communication tools. some people gathered there are having a discussion.

🧩

Bike Parking

database of messages from a lot of the different worlds floating in the ether, players need to contribute a voice message from our world in order for others to make contact with this world, hear about it.

🧩

Mushroom

Ancient communications w/ mushroom:

bluetooth but idk ow to write it, is note necessary cause this is not the technology, this is the name of the technology, the technology itself has a proper essence which is killed by the name-attribute / the mushroom has been kinda infected from another possible-float-in-ether-world and it can use that technology. mastering the waves, the mushroom transform themselves in multi dimensional bridges: the beacon of data is The Device, catching those waves getting a parallel connection exchange from the ether-in-power-world. which ether-world is in contact with you in that moment? one? more? they are not infinite but they are a multitude - the mushroom are a metaphor of networking but also a metonimic.


mushroom as beacon!

🧩 in radio stuff, beacons send a fixed message

like weather info, viability, practical stuff

mushrooms send their message through waves at the same frequencies of our bluetooth range

mushroom in this world is using the same frequencies as our bluetooth frequencies, an interconnected information sharing between funghi and humans through waves.

Handbook

by Funix intro

wireless communication

Gameplay

Chapter 1: Arrival

Gameplay in stages: total time per group: 1 1/2 h

Sickhouse: 15/20 mins Character building based on the players digital possession. Players show their phones in order to receive character card and matching props. characters get assigned 1 of 4 character types.

Player objective collect bridge cards and bring them to the game board. They receive their navigation tool and leave to find their first location.

There will be a reading based on the phones of the players. Reading the radio waves around them to determined which player gets assigned which character/role

Chapter 2: Take a Leap in the Dark

City: 40 mins They go into the city in order to find the bridge points and learn about the different worlds.

4 Locations, 4 questions, 8 numbers.

Chapter 3: Return

[20 min, back at Sickhouse]

They come back with collected code which unlocks modular poem in the end. Collective world reading based on poem.

neophytes ready for the worldbuilding in the liminal realm


sound over bluetooth bluetooth speaker something that transmits life sounds or obsolete radio channels -> locate where sounds are coming from at edge of range

bluetooth radio frequency

pre-game

Visual Language and Communication Methods

Symbols cosmology


1. More than human: {silicon+water} + {crucible} {sublimation} / amorphous structure silician SYLICIO

2. Coexistence: {melting/digesting} + {amalgamation} + {covalent bonds}COVALE

3. XENO: New Elements : {imagination} + {imagination}* + {imagination}**

4. (~) Mercury Queer : {Mercury} + {tangible} + {intangible} + {salt} + {sulfur} + {*the spectrum in between both states*}

Play Tests

Thursday, 18th November at Roodkapje

in-game

Documentation of actual Gameplay.

timeslots online, Sunday 28th November


12:30

13:00

14:30

15:00

16:30

17:00

timeslots online, Sunday 5th December tickets


12:30

13:00

14:30

15:00

16:30

17:00

post-game

Analysis

Bibliography

Books

This is not a Game ~ Dave Szulborski

The Case Against Reality ~ Donald Hoffman

The Age of Surveillance Capitalism ~ Shoshana Zuboff

Space Time Play http://www.spacetimeplay.org/

Tactical Tech https://ourdataourselves.tacticaltech.org/posts/inside-the-influence-industry/

Articles

http://aaaan.net/blast-theory-2/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Location-based_game

https://www.playtoearn.online/category/blockchain-gaming/

https://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/geofencing

Games

Blast Theory: Can you see me now? 2001. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Can_You_See_Me_Now%3F

Tomo Kihara: Escape the Smart City, 2018.

Roos Groothuizen: I want to delete it all, but not now. 2021.

Collaborators

EtherAxis is the result of an ongoing collaboration between Camilo García A., Emilia Tapprest, Erik Peters, Federico Poni, Louisa Teichmann & Victor Evink, as part of the Hamburger Community of Live & Art trajectory of Roodkapje. Joined by Derk Over and Sasa Hara from Queer Arcana.

Further Reading

Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe

Mazes & Monsters by Rona Jaffe


Retrieved from "https://pzwiki.wdka.nl/mw-mediadesign/index.php?title=EtherAxis&oldid=204537"