Complexity thinking is all the rage — in the arts and sciences. Yet, there are two different strands of thinking about complexity, which are often confounded. The first comes from cybernetics, focussing on control in complex situations. The second is ecological, aiming at sustainable participation in a reality beyond control. Their difference rests on a fundamental distinction: is complexity rooted in feedback regulation or collective co-creation? While feedback remains mechanistic, co-creation generates new spaces of possibilities. We need it to understand life and its evolution. And it empowers us to rewrite our future, to escape our mechanistic cage without abandoning scientific rigor. In this paper, we illustrate how we implement these powerful yet abstract principles through our artistic and philosophical practice.

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Living beings must continuously regenerate themselves and judge what’s important to continue living. Artificial intelligence does not and cannot.

Join us for an exploratory seminar investigating the spaces where nature and urban environments intersect. Together, we will examine the moments when nature disrupts our everyday routines, creates une...

Join us for an exploratory seminar investigating the spaces where nature and urban environments intersect. Together, we will examine the moments when nature disrupts our everyday routines, creates une...

Text : Johannes Jaeger Artwork : Marcus Neustetter

Science is the best way to produce facts about reality. The best, at least, that limited human beings have devised so far. Yet, not even scientists quite seem to understand how scientific knowledge is...