Mechanisms Common to Disparate Phenomena: #59

27 November, 1961. Yoshisuke Ueda discovers deterministic chaos through his computing systems while the Cold War is at its peak. It's a ground-breaking interaction between man and machine, an interaction that fascinates Dutch researcher and artist Joost Rekveld, who has dedicated his life and work to uncover what humans can learn from dialogues with machines - machines that mankind has constructed. In a form of media archeology, Rekveld investigates material engagement with devices from forgotten corners in the history of science and technology. The outcomes of the investigations often take the shape of abstract films that function like alien phenomenologies.