简介："ErkkiKurenniemiisoneofthegreatunsungpioneersoftheelectronicage,amanwhosecareerencompassesasurprisinglynaturalblendofmusic,film,computersandrobotics,andexplorestheinterrelationshipsbetweenart,natureandtechnology. AleadingfigureintheSixtiesavant-gardeinmusicandfilminFinland,KurenniemibuilthislegendaryDIMIsynthesizersinthelate60's,andprobablycreatedthefirstdigitalsynthesizerintheworld.In1973hecreatedthefirstcommerciallymanufacturedandmarketedmicrocomputer-twoyearsbeforetheAmericanMITSAltair8800. THEFUTUREISNOTWHATITUSEDTOBEshowsmanyofKurenniemi'sinnovativecreations,never-before-seenarchivalmaterialfromtheearlyyearsofelectronicart,andexcerptsfromhisownunfinishedexperimentalshortfilms.ButthecoreofthefilmiswhatKurenniemiisdoingtoday,themostsignificantofallhisprojects:thetaskofcollectingeverything. TodayKurenniemiisdevotedtotheobsessive,evenmanic,efforttorecordhisownlife,preservingallhisthoughtsandobservations,trivialobjects,andaconstantstreamofimages,continuallyrecordinganaudiodiary,makingvideotapes,andshooting20,000photographsayear. Thisaccumulatingmassofdocumentationisthenregularlyfedintoacomputer,storingtherecordofhisexistence,hismindandconsciousnessindigitalbytes,thuscreatingareconstructionofhislife,a"virtualpersona,"tobepremieredinJuly,2048. Perhapsfulfillingsomesortofquestforimmortality,Kurenniemi'sprojectcanbeseenasthelogicalextensionofthenotionofmergingmanandmachine,oftechnologicallyreconstructingthehumansoul."…