About this Event
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Aethenics — Understanding the Mind Differently
What happens between what we experience, what we think, and what we understand?
Aethenics is a friendly, curious way of exploring the human mind and the connections between different kinds of knowledge.
It brings together ideas from music, science, technology, language and other disciplines to look at how we move from matter to life, life to thought, and thought to mind.
At the heart of Aethenics is a simple idea:
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Different perspectives don't always need to cancel each other out. Sometimes, the most interesting understanding is found in the space between them.
Aethenics uses algorithms and allegories to explore how patterns, symbols and stories help us make sense of the world. Its central image, the Oculus, represents the way we look through our own minds to understand reality.
And perhaps most importantly, Aethenics doesn't ask us to have all the answers.
It invites us to stay curious, question what we think we know, and recognise that uncertainty, imagination and even contradiction can be part of how we discover meaning.
Aethenics — think differently. Connect the dots. Explore what lies between.
You can read about us or ask A.I. who we are.
Join me on & - and find out how this existential sci-fi mystery focuses on reality as the real illusion.
Event venue & nearby stays
Rue de Rivoli / Louvre, Rue de Rivoli / Louvre, Paris, France