Dream Space Ep 8: Es Devlin
Oct 16, 2023
Award-winning artist and set designer Es Devlin builds a world where humans share a language with endangered butterflies and birds. The podcast explores immersive sculptural experiences, the power of senses, and the fusion of intelligence between humans, other species, and algorithms. It also delves into aesthetics, perception, different forms of seeing, the redefinition of wealth in a world of abundance, and the potential shift in consciousness through quantum computing and AI.
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Meaning Over Metrics
- Modern systems emphasise metrics and efficiency at the expense of rooted meaning and place.
- Devlin predicts AI and quantum advances will intensify the search for meaning and place-rootedness.
Use Theatre As Rehearsal For Belonging
- Treat audiences as rehearsal communities that co-create meaning through shared presence and sensory experience.
- Use our existing senses and communal rituals to reconnect rather than relying on gadgets.
Algorithms As Continuations Of Life
- In Devlin's dream world small electronic devices vanish while algorithms become continuations of biospheric intelligence.
- Humans are dethroned as sole sovereigns of intelligence and algorithms fuse with indigenous knowledge.