Visualising Matter and Cosmologies: A Transhistorical Example

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2011-10-31

arxiv.org/abs/1110.6772v1

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11 pages, 2 figures. Column 7, New Imaging: Transdisciplinary strategies for art beyond the new media, ed. by Su Baker, Melani

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We propose a connection between the visualisation of cosmic matter and structure formation in the Cartesian tradition and that used by contemporary astrophysics. More precisely, we identify cosmological simulations of large scale structure in the Universe with the system of vortices in Descartes physics. This connection operates at different levels of the images: their representational purpose; the theoretical systems behind their use; and, finally, their function and materiality as visual productions. A skilled use of image analysis is necessary to stress the continuities and peculiarities between different epochs and disciplines.

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