ElixirDistillersTanjaVujinović

ElixirDistillersisaprojectdealingwiththeconstructionofthetechnological“other”byemployingvariousanthropomorphicandabstractagents.Fromancientmythologicalcreaturestoagentsthatenableustosimulateintelligenceinvirtualdomains,theseemergentcreaturescycleacrossreal,utopian,anddystopianrealms.TheworksexaminevariousrolesoftechnologicalagentsrangingfromTaoistImmortals,TelesphorousandsimilarentitiesfromGreekmythology,dwarfs,automatons,avatarsandrobotsall theway tocontemporaryAIcreations throughwhichweattempttoimitatecharacteristicsofhumanconsciousness.

ConceptualObjectsAandBappearingintheprojectareinspiredbythehistoryofanthropomorphizationandare,asSherryTurklewouldsay,“objects-to-think-with”.ObjectArepresentsourstrivingtowardsthecreationofasyntheticbeing,whileObjectBstandsforthehumanbeingintransition–arobomorphicbeing,acyborg-becoming-a-thing.Throughouthistory, thequest forbothaphilosophical/spiritualoractual“elixirof life”motivatedandbroughtaboutcountlessexperimentsandworksinproto-scientificcontextandphilosophy,religionandmythology.

Within the installationcalledSpiritusAgens,whichbelongs to theElixirDistillersproject,alcohol runsthroughObjectA,whichcontainscharcoalparticles,andthendropsintothecontainerthatpreservestheotherobject–ObjectB,whichisimmersedintheprocessedalcoholic“quintessence”.UsingMorsecode,

ObjectBemits"asignalof life", intheformofthestatement“Iamstillalive”,borrowedfromfamousconceptualartistOnKawarawhousedthismaximaspartofhisartpractice.Thisinstallationisposingthequestion“Howwillfuturetechnologiesdealwiththeprocessofnaturalageingofthehumanbody,andmightalcohol(oranyoftheothercountlesssubstancesthathavebeenreadilyavailable)holdthekeytomodifyingsuchprocesses,suchastheinnovativeapplicationoftheirnanoparticlesintohumanDNA?”ThelegendaryandeccentricscientistNikolaTesla,famousforhisinventionsandnumerousforecastsofthedevelopmentsoffuturetechnologies,notedinoneofhisinterviewsthatalcoholis,inaway,anelixiroflife.Manyalchemists,theforerunnersofcontemporaryscientists,usedtoassignallkindsofpropertiestoalcoholandconsidereditasthe“quintessenceof life”,especially if itwasdistilledseventimes.TheexactprocedureforproducingthismythicalsubstanceisdescribedinTheBookofQuintessencefromthe14thcentury.Medicinalalchemiststriedtoextractandisolatethissubstancetobeabletouseitintheproductionofmedicaments–onaccountofitscosmicpurity,this“quintessence”wassupposedtocurealldiseases.Aquavita,orthewateroflife,anarchaicandgenericnameforalltypesofalcoholdistillates,originatedintheMiddleAgeswhenitwasusedasatreatmentforthebubonicplague.Nowadays,alcoholissynthesisedinvariousformsandusedinthefoodindustry,inmedicineandinvariousfieldsofresearch.Innatureitappearsasaby-productoffermentationandmetabolicprocessesinmicroscopicorganisms.Tracesofalcoholhaveevenbeenfoundoutsideofthesolarsystem,infarawaystar-formingregionsoftheuniverse.

Another installationdevelopedaspartof theproject,ElixirMachine isan installationcontainingbothphysicalandvirtualcomponents.Thephysicalinstallationisanapparatusforthedeliveryofpreviouslypreparedelixir.Multiplesubstancescollectedovertimeduetotheirhealthenhancingpropertiesweresteepedinsolutionsofalcohol,andsmallquantitiesofthesearefurtherdilutedwithintheinstallationandpurifiedbypassingthroughObjectsAandB,onlytobedispersedintotheairthroughanevaporator.Componentsoftheelixiraresomeofthemostusedherbalandmineralsubstancesinfolk,alternative,homeopathicandallopathicmedicine,andsimilartohomeopathicpreparationofremedies,verysmallamountsofthesubstancesareusedanddilutednumeroustimes.Alsoplacedonthemachine,thecamera"transfers"visitorsintoavirtualspace,wheretheirpresenceleavesatraceintheinstallation’sdatabase

intheformofauniquegeometricobject.TheaccompanyingElixirStationdisplayselementsthatwentintotheresearchanddevelopmentofthewholeproject.

GardenoftheElixirPillisanotherinstallationbelongingtothisprojectwithinwhichphysicalandvirtualworldsoverlap.Botsseemtobeorganisingtheirgardenandre-thinkingthenatureof theirexistence.AccordingtoTaoistphilosophy,theultimateelixir,thatofimmortality,isacreationarisingfromacomplexphysical, spiritual and philosophical practice evolving throughout history. Installation entails manycorrespondingelementsthatmakeupforthesmalluniverseinspiredbytheChinese“scholar’sgarden”,zen gardens and the practices of internal and external Taoist alchemy.

Thephysical installationconsistsofanthropomorphicandabstractagents,the“fountainofyouth”and“treeoflife”andcontainspillsandconcoctionsmadeofsubstancessignificantforhistoricalalchemicalpractices.Thevirtualsegmentof thegardenbrings forth“higher” formsofobjects thatgeneratenewcontentbasedonthelegendarybookTaoTeChing.Animism,omnipresentineasternmythologiesandpopularcultures,offersanalternativeunderstandingofartificialintelligenceagentsasautonomousbeings,potentialcarriersofconsciousness,orasartificialpersonalitiesworthyofrespect.ElixirThementioningofElixirimmediatelyechoesthemythicaloriginoftheworditself–originallyderivedfromthe7thcenturyArabicnameformiracle,itisalwaysarichmetaphorthatre-emergesthroughoutworldreligions,mythologies,popularcultureandfairytales.Throughouthistory,whetherplacedwithinplantormineralmatteror tied to aphysical origin in a treeor awell, for example, therehavebeenmanyinstancesofthequestfortheultimatemedicalelixirorpanacea–fromvariousformsofelixirsthatwerepreparedbymonksdeepwithinnumerousmonasteriesandtheroyalapothecariesinChinathathousedvariousnearlyinaccessibleherbal,mineralandanimalcomponentstoTheriac,originallyformulatedbythe Greeks in the 1st century AD whose recipe changed over time and included dozens of steepedelements.OthersuchhistoricalpotionsrangefromTarWater,WaterofAnise,Mithridatium,BlueMass,OxymelorJerusalemElixir(madeofpalmwine,aloeveragelandhemp),justtonameafew,ofwhichmanyincludedthepracticeofcollecting“TheWaterfromHeaven”tobeusedasamediumfordeliveryofthe elixir pill. Thequest for healing ranges from realistic tomythological.Oneof themost importantfeaturesintheTaoistworld-viewisthebeliefinphysicalimmortality.Thedevelopmentofan“elixirpill”inTaoisticpracticeshasmaturedthroughtheages,frompreparationofvariousmedicamentsbacktotheinternaldevelopmentofspiritualandphysicalpracticesandaconduitofhumanlifecalledNeidan;thisisbelievedtooffertheopen-endedsystemforsupremedevelopmentofthespiritualandphysicalbody.Thehumanbodybecomesafurnace,throughwhichoneworksoninternalcultivationand“producesitsowninternalpills”or“spiritualelixir”.Dependingonthedosage,theelixirormedicamenthasfrequentlyoscillatedbetweenpoisonandremedy.Anotherapproachthatappearsinhomeopathyandsimilarproto-sciencephenomena,whichextendtosomeinstancesofcontemporaryscience,istheusageofthemethodoftreatingadiseasewiththeverysubstance that was believed to have provoked it. The contemporary research, life-extension andbiohacking scene is nowadays burgeoning, with new treatments, drugs and food supplements beinginventedonadailybasisthroughthehelpofthelatesttechnologies.GardenCentraltoherpractice,theauthoremploysvariousformsofanthropomorphicagentsinordertoexploretherelationshipbetweenbody,mindandtechnology.Withinthisinstallationtheagentsareplacedwithinthesettingofasymbolicalgarden,wheretheyserveasournegotiatorswithinthephilosophicallypoeticalrethinkingofthecurrenttechnologicalrolesofsuchagents.The gardens of Chinawere always builtwithmultiple intentions of providing sanctuaries, segmentedsceneriesmeanttobedevelopedduringmeditativewalksandcreationofsignificantspotsforobservationofminutedetails.Representingthecrossroadsofnatureandculture,theyexplorethenaturalworldandstrivetoprovideuswiththeframeworkfordeepeningourplacementandroleintheuniverseaccordingtotheTaoistprinciplesofbasicelements,lawsofnever-endingchange,energycirculationandphasesoflife.Whetherwithintheparks,floatingislands,forestsormountainpalaceswithinclouds,questsforthe

utopianparadiseandhomeoftheImmortalsallseemtorepresenttheconstantidealofthephilosophicalquestforwisdomandconductofhealthylife.Carefulplacementofelementsinvolvesrelationsofrocksto water, islands, bridges and plants that are cultivated natural models holding many poetic storiesinvolving immortal fruits, elixirs or the simple enjoyment of ephemeral and recurring events. Thisparticularinstallationtakestheideaofsuchagardenasamodelofvariouscosmogonicmetaphorsandstretchesthisideatoincludeagentsofartificialintelligenceasactorswithinthem.Easternphilosophiesand popular beliefs do allow for such thinking to occur, as it is being reflected in, for example,understandingrobotsascreatureswhohavesouls.RandomnessAlgorithmsofrandomnessfunctionasstructuralrhythmsoftheworldandareoftenreproducedandusedasaseedrhythminbuildingvirtualenvironments.TaoTeChingistheessentialTaoisttextattributedtothe legendary thinker Lao Tzu whose origin is still unresolved, as there are three main stories thatsupposedly define who this mythical person was. Signifying themovement from the creation of theexternalelixirpilltowardstheinternalrethinkingandmeditationinChinesephilosophyandproto-science,thetextbookwas,throughoutthehistory,usedasthescaffoldinginthesearchformeaning,simplicity,beauty,mindfulness,andtruth.Withinthe installation,byrecombiningthisessentialmaterial intotheconversationofthethreeinstancesofthevirtualmind,wefacethesegmentsandnewstructuresfromthistext,re-generatedthroughtheusageoftheMarkovChainalgorithm.

Theexhibition ispartof themulti-yearprojectAnthropomorphicMachines,whichwascreatedonthetwentiethanniversaryofTanjaVujinović’sartisticpractice.Itcoversthemonographandexhibitionseries,whicharepartiallyretrospectiveincharacter,andthroughthenewinstallationsonelixirssummarizesthekeythematicelementsdefiningherworks.Installations:GardenoftheElixirPill,SpiritusAgens,ElixirMachineandElixirStation(objects,generativesoftwareapplications,electronics)Author:TanjaVujinovićProduction:Ultramono,2018Co-producer:MMCKIBLAMultimediaCentreKIBLA,MariborCo-organization:KapelicaGallery/KersnikovaInstituteExecutiveproducers:TanjaVujinović,JanKušej(Ultramono)ProductionandPRassistance:UrškaCominoSoftware,electronics,objects:TanjaVujinović,MilošRoglić,BorutSavski,StefanDoepner,PeroKolobarić,RomanBevc,Bevecd.o.o.TheprojectwasrealisedwiththehelpoftheCulturalDepartmentoftheCityMunicipalityofLjubljanaandMZKSloveniaProjectconsultants:JanKušej,LenartKrajnc,DerekSnyder,UrškaDremelj,StefanDoepner,BorutSavski,JelenaGuga,MilošRoglić,MajaKodre,TomažSmrtnik,AleksanderRečnik,AlešRode,MajaBerločnik,KAPJasa(SašaIskrić,JanezVizjak)GenerativesegmentoftheinstallationGardenoftheElixirPillusesthetextofLaoTzu’sTaoTeChingtranslatedbyTimChilcott,2005(www.tclt.org.uk)InstallationSpiritusAgensusesatext-to-MorsecodetranslatordevelopedbyStephenC.Phillips,https://morsecode.scphillips.com/translator.htmlTheElixirStationalbumcontainsacollectionofquotesfrom"TheBookofNineElixirs”,whichwastranslatedbyFabrizioPregadio(http://www.goldenelixir.com/press/occ_02_nine_elixirs.html)andSamuelHahnemann’swork"MateriaMedicaPura."

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