Indigenous Sentience: Fernando Palma’s Electronic Divinities
Symposium:
Session Title:
- The Ecosphic World: Expanded Encounters
Presentation Title:
- Indigenous Sentience: Fernando Palma’s Electronic Divinities
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Abstract:
The questions on sentience we wish to explore in this paper have reference to the issues raised in the resume for the conference. We may restate these questions here in order to drive the discussion on how Fernando Palma Rodriguez, an indigenously inspired artist fom the eco-reserve of Milpa Alta, close to the historic southern districts of Mexico City, simulates sentient machines with actuator technologies. Rarely has aristic introversion been utilized in the production of such electronic art – which could be described more precisely as arduino based intelligent puppets that are fully indigenous in their congifuration.
