COLLISION/SENSES A conversation around the themes of synesthesia and other sense experiences relating to the convergence of vision, sound and pre-aware cognition. Perception, in the context of this discussion, need not be limited to the apprehension of external stimuli, instead extending to the highly subjective territories of the mind perceiving its own process. For the next few weeks we will be exchanging our ideas regarding work and research which explores the intersection of sensory motor modalities and the challenges and mysteries of motor control, perception and representation. Co-moderated by jackbackrack, Nancy Paterson and William Tremblay. GUESTS JACKBACKRACK jackbackrack is an artist and research scientist at the MIT AI Lab. His research is on robotics, sensor networks, and programming languages. He runs an art technology group, called the Collision Collective, and curates art technology shows, called Collisions, along with Dan Paluska and Brian Knep. NANCY PATERSON Nancy Paterson is a Toronto-based new media artist best known for mediaworks such as STOCK MARKET SKIRT. She is currently working on a research project titled MULTI, exploring the relationship between collaboration, creativity and synesthesia. This project also deals with symbol cryptography and next generation information processing. WILLIAM TREMBLAY William Tremblay is an artist and interactive media programmer living in Boston. He creates interactive sculpture guided by emotional and symbolic resonance, but suspects that physical objects posess very diminished relevance in today's world. -- -empyre- facilitates critical perspectives on contemporary cross-disciplinary issues, practices and events in networked media by inviting guests -- key new media artists, curators, theorists, producers and others to participate in thematic discussions. To participate, subscribe to -empyre- at: http://www.subtle.net/empyre/ --