简介：Weliveinapost-opticworld.Humanvisionisdecentralizedas(sole)baseforknowledgeproductiontomakeroomforthenonhuman(machines,animals,plants).Yet,ourworldviewisbasedonopticalinformation(“seeingisbelieving”!)andourvisualcultureleansheavilyonoldhabits:affirmingthehumanspectrumasthenorm,celebratingtheindexicalqualitiesoftheimage.Thepost-optic,asCarolynL.Kanecoinsit,isanextensionàndachallengeofvisionrootedinoptics.It'sthroughalgorithmicimagerythatwegaintheabilitytoseebeyondourownvisuallimits.Thisexpansionofperceptionallowsustostepbeyondahuman-centricviewpointtoembracewavelengthsvisibletomachinesandotherspecies.Oneofthemostvividexamplesofthispos-opticoralgorithmicrealmistheuseofdigitalinfraredtechnology.Ittranscodesinvisibledataintoourvisibleworld,expandingourvisualterritory.Incontextssuchasmilitarystrategiesandfacialrecognition,digitalinfraredservesnotonlytomaketheinvisiblevisible,butalsotoguidedecision-makingprocesses,silentlyparticipatingintheinvisibleconversationthatshapesourworld.Thememeticrelationshipoftheopticalworlddoesn’texistinthepost-optic;therelationshipbetweentherealworldanditsrepresentationisconstantlyshapedbydataandalgorithmicprocesses.Digitalinfraredandultravioletimagesactasconduits,offeringusreinterpretationsofanunseenuniverse.Thepost-opticinvitesustoexpandourparametersofnormalityandopensdoorstotheextrasensory.Itcancontributetoasharedandinterconnectedrealitythatfostersinteractionsbetweenallentities-betheymachines,humansorotherentities. InthisvideoIinvestigatethepossibilitiesofashared,inclusivetimespacebyexploringvisualrealmsthatareinvisibletothe(human)nakedeye,butcanbeseenbymachinesandanimals.Leveragingtechnology’sabilitytore-imagine,boundariesareslowlyshiftingbetweenhumanandnature.Normsarechallengedintheclose-upsofflesh-liketrees,blood-likemountainstreamsandcyborg-humans.Anultra-soundscapeaccompaniesanongoingconversationwithChatGPT.(MartineStig)…