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“Anyone who has not been shocked by quantum physics has not understood it” Niels Bohr

This project represents a model of the probability cloud for one electron. The probability of locating the electron as a particle on the actual location is represented with the lines that are projected from the certain point - location. The length of the line represents probability value for the electron being on that actual location.

The idea for the parametric model of an atom comes from the first philosophic thought that the entire universe has one origin. Through 2500 years of the history of science, man is contemplating the origin of the Universe, and looking for the information that explains nature.

The probability cloud is mathematical description of where the electron in an atom is most likely to be found, which means the model shows the spatial distribution of electron.

“The nature of electrons seems odd. Seemingly they exist in different places at different points in time, but it is impossible to say where the electron will be at a given time. At time t1 it is at point A, then at time t2 it is at point B, yet without moving from A to B. It seems to appear in different places without describing a trajectory. Therefore, even if t1 and A can be pinpointed, it is impossible to derive t2 and B from this measurement.” qoute from http://www.friesian.com/quanta.htm

“In other words: There seems to be no causal relation between any two positions. The concept of causality cannot be applied to what is observed. In case of the electrons of an atom, the closest we can get to describing the electron’s position is by giving a number for the probability of it being at a particular place.” qoute from http://www.friesian.com/quanta.htm

The strangest thing about the standard Copenhagen interpretation of the quantum world is that it is the act of observing a system that forces it to select one of its options, which then becomes real. …
What’s worse, as soon as we stop looking at the electron, or whatever we are looking at, it immediately splits up into a new array of ghost particles, each pursuing their own path of probabilities through the quantum world. Nothing is real unless we look at it, and it ceases to be real as soon as we stop looking. (In Search of Schrodinger’s Cat, John Gribbin, 1984).

project & images by Klara Klaric

I highly recommend Lev Manovich.

I like to think about the human need to think linearly. And I wonder is it symptomatic that data base is just becoming the biggest thing in our social life.

I also remember reading a book written by Dostojevski in the 19-th century where he asks you (at 20-th page) to go on the 80-th page read to the end of the chapter and come back.
No wonder that Einstein said that he learned more from Dostojevski than from Gauss.

What is so attractive in the cheap plastic flower?

There was something about buying the full beg of those. Kitch is always interesting when you take it out of the context.
Once I bought a full bag of those I start to play with them and place them randomly all around my house. I also put some in my car. It was a funny way to decorate environment. That is how I discovered a certain aesthetic in them and start fearing that I will lose this special feeling abut them. So I decided to keep them forever.
Scans are always the way to capture the reality of on object.
Here there are, cheep plastic flowers scanned and animated.
You can enjoy their dance for FREE!

While I was pondering what the convergence in media is I realized that this trend is actually happening to me?

In a last couple of moths I have been researching VJ-ing. Some people are still very surprised when they hear about this but quite a few is very well informed and do not find this a new thing.

VJ- ing is visual DJ-ing; people say it like this but I don’t like this definition.
VJ-ing considers choosing a video or image that you find appropriate to music that DJ is playing and than projecting this image on the video projector.
When and why to play a certain image (video) is a meter of personal judgment.
This is good because it makes this job very creative.

I really like this stuff. I find this act genuine and in a way it reminds me on the days when I was passionately painting.
I am also curios to test myself in this discipline and I am just about to do this on 12-th of June in Loop.
This is the web site about the festival ELECTUNDRA 2005 a href>

If you are also interesting in the VJ-ing, some useful sites are in my link section.

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I am a person that lived through two thirds of my life without a mobile phone, and I do clearly remember the idea and the “big talk” about the phone that is not based on a home line but on tapersonal identity. The idea seemed amazing: you carry your wireless phone and people can call you - wherever you are.
Because you don’t have to make and receive phone calls only at home or office, you are becoming available for everybody everywhere.

Today, the mobile phone is a symbol of urban life. It is not about being available and being able to communicate at any time from any place; it’s much more than that. Mobile phones have turned into devices that inform and direct us; it’s a computer, radio, music player, Internet browser, advertising display and soon a television.
The development of wireless technology didn’t only reflect on the vast usage of this device, but also started to build the standards in the media production. In general, it is bringing about a new field in media production and new aesthetic – ethic.
What can be seen on the “small” screen is now a matter of global industry development. The power is obviously going to be in the hands of those who are owners of the signal.
Still, one day it might be easier to see a video report about a certain company on your mobile screen than using computer and Internet to visit their web site. As I write about this, it is presumably already happening. We are witnessing the power of the wireless.
Undoubtedly, we are going to consume mobile technology more and more and as we couldn’t predict the present situation, we can not be sure to which extent mobile technology will affect our social and private lives in the future.

Let’s notice how this wireless power affects people’s behavior in a social environment. Considering how much attention a person is giving to this special device, I am wondering what can be more private (important) than a mobile ? How many times have you seen or taken part in a scene such as this:

A couple is walking down Fitzroy st. in St Kilda. I recognize him and I see he has a girlfriend now.
He is holding her hand as she is walking from his right side. But in his left hand is the mobile phone and he is talking to somebody else.
The girl is not part of this conversation. Although she keeps her hand in his and walks along with him, she is looking somewhere in front, into the distance. I guess she is trying to make her physical presence less noticeable, trying to give him a sort of privacy while he is on the phone.

Hypothetically, did she or did she not take part in this conversation? She heard the whole conversation and it is now information that she owns, want that or not. What to do with this information is an issue to discuss.
The moment somebody you are talking to answers their phone you are “on hold”. Also, you can’t take this as an impolite gesture, since nobody knew the mobile was going to ring and on the other hand you might get a call every moment.
Politeness in such circumstances is a matter of your individual judgment and I would really like to see someone publishing a manual with a title like as: “ The culture of using a mobile phone in social environment -manners & tactics”.

An article from MX news, Melbourne,18/03/05

The power of SEND

Person A and person B are sms-ing about person C. They are criticizing person C’s behavior on a certain occasion.
These messages are turning into an interesting discussion. At last, person A manages to put their opinion along with the explanation of where that opinion is coming from in the form of one standard sms length.
Then, driven by a whole issue, person A picks up the contact number of person C and sends this message.
After pressing “Yes” it was too late. The message has gone; there is no un-do.
I was discussing this later with person A and we both agreed that it turned out quite good, almost like it was not an accident.

Living an urban life doesn’t give us an option to see a mobile phone as a matter of choice. There are a very small number of people that manage to function in contemporary society without a mobile phone. I can only say that these people must have some special organizational skills.
I personally have an ambivalent relationship to my mobile. Sometimes I just can not imagine going through the day without it, but there are moments when I’d rather choose to be “unavailable”.

When you decide to travel out of the city the number of phone calls reduce as you go further toward remotes landscapes, and when you get far enough so there is no signal and your phone is “dead”, you kind of feel “quite alive”.