Findings
Collecting data
The conditioning conceptualised for prototyping R1RA, can provide insight into simultaneity of communication under a variety of circumstances. The data will be collected by the control system of the network and fed into its database. This information will be later used in prototyping more detailed versions of R1RA, e.g. in secluded locations.
Understanding the role of rhythm and simultaneity
Pursuing the study of rhythmic properties of perceptual apparatus seems to be of importance in consideration of creating simulations of R1RA and possibly other, more probable alternative realities. This subject is what I would be interested in exploring in my future research.
(post-thesis)
What if we saw what we weren’t suppored to see due to blinking? What the effects on our perceiving, co-perceiving and hence co-creating of the external reality might be if we were not blinking and saw 30% more of images than we do now? In what ways does our vision effects our co-creating our external reality? How would these yet unknown effects behave over multiplicity of subjects? And what if images are replaced? And what if they are exchanged?
Understanding (im)probability of a natural R1RA
By the inconceivable amount of agents of expectations, the project entails the unforeseen duration of network operation. Much in a spirit of devotion, this project is an artistic waiting for the speculated causalities to happen. The utopistic attempt to facilitate a catharsis moment where we might begin to see traces of effects of the R1RA network is an endeavour for multiple life times of multiple specialists in multiple fields. The future findings about the amount of blinks in relation to their circumstances could be used in calculating real-life probability of R1RA scenario. This could be done through application of quantum cognition. The theory of quantum mechanics keeps enabling acceleration of many fields. One of its recent hybrids, could be applied in analysis of probability of the R1RA scenario happening. Quantum cognition is “a new research program that uses mathematical principles from quantum theory as a framework and a coherent set of formal tools for explaining puzzling empirical findings in psychology including human cognition, including judgment and decision making, concepts, reasoning, memory, and perception.”
Conclusions
Above I outlined a selection of coincidental overlappings of scientific findings in rhythmic functioning of our perceptual apparatus from the perspectives of psychology, cognitive neuroscience and neurophysiology.
Framing them as a set of conditions for an utopistic sci-fi scenario, provides a space of multiple restrictions filled with rearranged validated facts about of visual perception. This space can potentially feed further experimental research in simulation of alternative realities such as R1RA and prototyping conditions for presently little-known effects of trans-realities on visual perception of external stimuli.
Mapping of the inter-connections between expectations and rhythm across the spectrum of their physiological conductors, were a way to formulate an alternative view of perceptual illusions and communicate to design community the curiosity about the potentials of their uses. Here this topic is explained further.
Further findings and analysis of cross-calculations of location and multiplicative speed of blinks in relation to their simultaneity could be potentially used in how we can embed unnatural expectations.
Prospective social and experimental uses of the network can allow me as an artist to give R1RA an environment to incubate, be orchestrated and observed.