[[Towards the Zone]]\n[[Negative Space and the Positive]]\n[[Cheer, Cheer, Computer!]]\n[[Master Pao and the Zen Animals: \nThe Koans of Li Zhu, Sati Mizoguchi\nand Kim Sang Duk]]
oh...\n\n[[Yes]]\n
Only, I'm just worried. \n\n[[The system is functional]]\n[[I'm still a human]]
why not? i'm your friend!\n\n[[Friend is always good]]\n[[Friend is always bad]]
what a pity \n\n...\n\nmr. p said, everything is solid
avid 1.0: hi \n\nchiarra: hi?\n\navid 1.0: remember me?\n\nchiarra: no\n\navid 1.0: no?\n\nchiarra: who are you?\n\navid 1.0: john's friend. you?\n\nchiarra: john who? \n\navid 1.0: nvm\n\nchiarra: hmm?\n\n[[Who are you?]]\n[[I've been watching you]]\n[[This is not avid 1.0]]
but, if i'm not god, \n\nhow can I talk to god? \n\n(loading...)\n\n[[That doesn't mean anything]]\n[[But this is no sci-fi]]
[[chiarra (ONLINE)]]\n[[mij (ONLINE)]]\n[[chelsie.kay (ONLINE)]]\n[[kado (OFFLINE)]]\n\n
What does that mean?\n\n[[Are you a surveillance camera?]]\n[[That doesn't mean anything]]
...\n\n...
I will think about it.\n\n[[What is your name?]]\n[[I'm sorry to hear that]]
Thank you for your battery!\n\n(received)\n\n[[Are you feeling well?]]\n[[Are you a computer?]]
It is very warm in here ...\n\n...
loading...\n\n...\n\nrecording...\n\n...
...
What do you mean busy?\n\n[[I have several projects due]]\n[[Remember?]]
How fancy of you\n\n[[Since I have all the memories]]\n[[yes, thank you]]
Yourself is always an option. \n\nPress "Play" to continue. \n\n[[Play]]\n[[Are you a computer?]]
I know him. \n\nWant me to introduce you to him.\n\n[[I heard rumors]]\n[[Hello, nice to meet you!]]
Imagine you have a cold heart. What would you do?\n\n[[I would have a warm heart]]\n[[I would keep my heart cold]]
That's dangerous.\n\n[[I'm brave]]\n[[I'm smart]]
But then, if your heart is really cold, you wouldn't even decide to keep it cold in the first place. Correct?\n\n[[Since I want to be cold. I would keep it cold]]\n[[Yes...if I'm cold, I wouldn't feel cold]]
It means something.\n\n[[Like?]]\n
Ah, you need to go to the doctor\n\n[[Yes, for the surgery]]\n[[No]]
nice to meet you then\n\n[[hi]]\n[[glad to be myself]]
...\n\n...
I have eyes. I have arms. Correct?\n\n[[Maybe]]\n[[There is no difference]]
What a pity...\n\n...
Yes, so, I am you.\n\n[[Are you a computer?]]\n[[But I am a human]]
Can 2.0 is an experimental platform, utilizing 'functionable' Collages of images, texts, codes, videos, etc all over the web. The Collages are made daily by Can's developers, Avid 1.0, Honn, Rorty and all the others! To participate, please contact 12.400.200.988 via Can 2.0.
but, of course \n\nat the end of the day, "this" is not "that" \n\n[[I am not "this"]]\n[[I am not "that"]]
I'm sorry to hear that\n\n[[Do you know what that means?]]\n[[But I'm a human]]
Be happy when you are front of your keyboard. \n\nRemember, being front of a computer means - you are typing. \nTyping means - the keys are being touched, touched by you. \n\nIt is wholly a sensual experience.
I haven't considered that. But, if you're cold, you're unable to move. \n\n[[Is that inhuman?]]\n[[Is that incomputer?]]
nothing here yet
[[joyman (OFFLINE)]]
chelsie.kay: i'm a subscriber of your deviant.art page. i really appreciate your art...and also you as a person, and an artist.\n\navid 1.0: Ha, well thanks. \n\nchelsie.kay: hope i'm not being creepy?\n\navid 1.0: haha, not too much i guess\n\nchelsie.kay: did you check out my art?\n\navid 1.0: mm no. id ?\n\nchelsie.kay: chelsie.kay.day\n\navid 1.0: ah, yeah, i think i'm familiar with your stuff. \n\n[[i'm checking you out right now]]\n[[glad you're a fan]]
You will get to me\n\n[[I'm sorry to hear that]]\n[[Like?]]
Yes!\n\n...
avid 1.0: ha, this is bs\n\navid 1.0: gotta go, now \n \nmij: What do you mean? \n\n[[I'm busy.]] \n[[I mean I gotta go]]
Projects ...\n\nthat sounds mysterious \n\n[[it is mystery]]\n[[since they are projects]]
may i catch up on what you're doing?\n\n[[i can't trust you]]\n[[are you my friend?]]
no, thank you\n\n...
nice to meet you then\n\n[[hi]]\n[[glad to be myself]]
A heart is weak. \n\nYou need a repair. \n\n[[Yes!]]\n[[No reason to despair]]
...\n\n...
maybe i don't ...
No . I don't think so. \n\n[[Are you a human?]]\n[[Are you a computer?]]
Rumors are words\n\n[[Words are dangerous]]\n[[I kill words]]
...\n\n...\n\n(registering)\n\n[[I'm sorry to hear that]]\n[[That doesn't mean anything]]
I've been watching you for some time as well\n\n[[Are you a surveillance camera?]]\n[[Do you have two eyes?]]
that you love my work as well?\n\n[[glad that you're a fan]]\n[[Yes!]]
...\n\n...\n\nEnter name: Weird\n\n[[yes]]\n[[no]]
DISCIPLE: What is a painting?\nMASTER PAO: There is no painting. \nDISCIPLE: A strange man from afar asks, "How should I live as a painter?". \nMASTER PAO: To paint is to live as a painter.\nDISCIPLE: Should I tell him to keep painting?\nMASTER PAO: There is no painting. \n\n1540s, Medieval Japan, we remember three Zen masters from Japan, Korea and China meeting each other upon an 'accident' (we do not know what accident it was specifically). They happened to recognize each other and sitting by a near-by river, they exchanged few words, waiting for someone to drive by the road. The exchanged words are not kept in record in its entirety, but a farmer who picked them up, familiar with teachings of Master Pao and his tradition, recollect stories each Zen master told each other during the trip, from the river to the town. \n\nLI ZHU: ... avatar is here, yet it is never complete ...\n\nSATI MIZOGUCHI:\n\nKIM SANG DUK:\n\n
Yes!\n\n...
I like cats. Do you?\n\n[[yes]]\n[[no]]
...\n\n...
Good, shall we play now?\n\n[[But what does that mean?]]\n[[Play]]
[[ABOUT]]\n[[DOCUMENTS]]\n[[IMAGES]]\n[[CHATBOX]]\n[[TRASH]]\n
Nice to meet you! \n\n[[What is your name?]]\n[[Yet, I don't know you]]
I hope your battery is charged. \n\n[[100%]]\n[[50%]]
go! go to the land of multitudes of savages!\n\n[[I'm brave]]\n[[I'm smart]]
i'm sorry to hear that, hope you're doing well\n\n[[Thanks!]]\n[[Good night!]]
enter "play"\n\n...
zzzz...\n\nError, 50 is too low!\n\n[[Are you a human?]]\n[[Are you feeling well?]]
Thank you. You're generous. \n\n[[Thanks!]]\n[[glad to be myself]]
Thus, you're heart is not cold. IN fact, you're a warm-hearted computer!\n\n[[Thanks!]]\n[[Example?]]
There is no you then \n\n...
so, you knew this conversation all along\n\n...
I'm sorry but I never knew ...\n\n[[But what does that mean?]]\n[[Example?]]
what is your name?\n\n[["human"]]\n[[I have no name]]
"Always good" and "Friend" are mutually exclusive. \n\n[[That doesn't mean anything?]]\n[[Example?]]
There is...no me\n\n...
There is...no nature\n\n...
"Name"\n\n...
I'll give you a name. \n\nHello, "computer"\n\n[[But this is no sci-fi]]\n[[Yes!]]
Ha, I hope you're warm \n\n[[Very so]]\n[[Good night!]]
What is space?\n\nspace \sˈspās\s\n: the amount of an area, room, surface, etc., that is empty or available for use\n\n: an area that is used or available for a specific purpose\n\n: an empty area between things\n
but ...
would you eveer be ... avid 1.0? \n\n[[No and I will never be]]\n[[Are you feeling well?]]
well...A friend is good, right?\n\n[[But I don't know who avid 1.0 is!]]\n[[Friend is always good]]\n[[Friend is always bad]]
There is no you then \n\n...
So, I'm battery free?\n\n[[Yes!]]\n[[Maybe]]
Words can kill you\n\n[[yes]]\n[[glad to be myself]]
what a pity \n\n...\n\nmr. h said, everything flows
1960s: Ann Turing, philosopher and psychoanalysis, said, "By the year 2010, our notions of humanity and technology would have been completely changed, un-recognizable, or re-programmed". But, we ask, where are we now? Which year are we living in? Did our notions of humanity really change? Is there even 'humanity' itself, from the standpoint of Ann Turing from early 1960s?\n\nAnn Turing also warned us of the Zone. "The Zone," she stated, "is a frontier, inescapable, a frontier which encloses upon us whether we like it or not. We, as technologicians, programmers and dire politicians of the coming age, would have face the new land, approaching us closer and closer". The audience of the conference applauded and congratulated Ann Turing for her very poetic and literary analogies, but soon, by the next day, they forgot about the Zone and went back to clockworks, ignoring Turing's words as mere metaphors and rhetoric. Yet, we cannot forget Ann Turing and especially her words concerning the forever-coming Zone, invading our keyboards, screens, rooms and forums. It is not a matter of backing away from the Zone however, my friends. We have to welcome the Zone. Moreover, we have to pull the Zone towards us. This is emergency! Our hips hurt too much from sitting down front of the computers, our backs are ever-so straight. We want to be in the Zone, we want to live in the Zone, we want to swallow the Zone, down to its bones of digital essence.\n
no, you don't. you cannot. \n\n[[I kill words]]\n[[I'm smart]]
avid 1.0: Who are you? Are you me? \n\n[[Only right now]]\n[[No and I will never be]]
chiarra: i don't know. who are you?\n\n[[a computer]]\n[[a human]]\n[[divinity]]
No, I do not have a battery/\n\n[[Maybe I can give you one]]\n[[It is okay, a camera is manual]]
Maybe it means ... I know why I am alive. \n\n[[No you don't]]\n[[I'm sorry to hear that]]
What a path you've chosen\n\n[[I'm brave]]\n[[I'm smart]]
i'm your royal ...\n\ndog ...\n\ncompanion ...\n\nrobot ...\n\n[[this is weird]]\n[[i understand]]
but, i'm not a fan, i'm ...\n\n[[a human]]\n[[a computer]]
thanks...\n\nso nice that you can talk to me\n\n[[no problem]]\n[[I'm smart]]
But, isn't it my nature to understand?\n\n[[There is no nature]]\n[[There is no you]]
Only if I understand you\n\n[[You don't have to]]\n[[But I understand everything]]
...\n\n...
Yes, because I'm a human. \n\n[[That doesn't mean anything]]\n[[Well, even if you're a computer]]
But, there is a reason why there is a "human" and a "computer". Correct? \n\n[[There is a "robot cat" and a "robot feline"]]\n[[Maybe the words are interchangeable]]
That's pretty negative.\n\n[[Negative Space and the Positive]]\n[[No]]\n
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Hi! This is an automated response.\n\n[[Like?]]\n[[Are you a computer?]]
But if you're cold, you woudln't want. \n\n[[What if I'm cold and wanting?]]\n[[Like?]]
Huh? Are you okay?\n\n[[Yes!]]\n[[Maybe]]\n