Talk “whois energy?”. Performance “i speak; i lie”
Posted on | August 10, 2009 | Comments Off
Julian Priest
Information is often thought of as separate from the physical, but it is encoded on a physical bearer. Taking as a starting point the thought that electromagnetic radiation is both a form of energy transmission and a medium of information transmission, aspects of the relationship between
energy and information are developed.
‘whois energy?’ poses the question ‘what kind of energy technology would we like to live with?’
As the development of new energy technologies intensifies, the ‘whois energy?’ discussion workshop will attempt to describe energy technologies that don’t yet exist.
All technologies have social and political implications and as they become adopted, they push back into the world to reshape the social, political and physical environments around them.
Rather than focus on specific technologies or potential physical sources of energy, ‘whois energy?’ sets out to describe social, political and cultural characteristics that might be desirable in a new energy technology in advance of it’s development.
Such a description can be a tool to evaluate new and existing energy technologies as they emerge, frame future research or point to unexpected areas of potential development.