Killing (the power of) TimeArchiving selves, cities, histories and universes

Christian Heller / @plomlompom#paraflows10

2010-09-11 / Vienna

outline

● preservation of self

● reconstruction of physical environments

● flattening and postmodernization of history

● cosmological limits to information storage and reconstruction

1/4preservation of self

“Aubrey de Grey” by Jacob Boetterhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/66759727/

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2/4reconstruction of

physical environments

http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracewong/93631410 by Tommy WongLicense: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

“Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schrammhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

“36 Views of Mount Fuji”Katsushika Hokusai(1826)

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“Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schrammhttp://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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3/4flattening and

postmodernizationof history

“IMG_7130” (Dead Sea Scrolls) / Neil Rickardshttp://www.flickr.com/photos/neilrickards/4582886490/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

“The Parthenon” / L. Richard Martin Jr. / http://www.flickr.com/photos/bevrichardmartin/4795431266/ License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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