Deep Media
by Adam Robbert
Excerpt:
Crucial to this reading of media ecology is that all relations between organisms are composed by actual entities modifying and displacing other actual entities. In other words, medial connections effect the sensory apparatus of the organism performing the modification, but they also impact the conditions of all surrounding organisms. In this way notions such as “environment,” “climate,” and “atmosphere” need to be re-thought as kinds of media that transform both the conditions of possibility for an organism, and the sensory enactments of those conditions made by that organism.
Adam, I’m curious to know what this excerpt is from. It’s related to what I’ve been writing about in my book, The Media Ecosystem. I’d be interested to read more.
Hi Antonio. This is from a new essay that I’m working on that’s in its early stages. However, many of these ideas are expansions of my MA thesis and an essay I wrote for the journal Thinking Nature. The Thinking Nature essay should be out soon and elaborates on these ideas. Would love to hear more about what you’re working on.