the livingblog

In an era of digital and biological sampling, life – especially artificial intelligence based life is self replicating and autonomous, and utilizes sophisticated apparatus to proclaim the erasure the death itself.

So reads an excerpt from Lynn’s essay “Evolutionary Suicide”, commissioned for the current, ongoing Guggenheim Forum, Beyond Material Worth. The essay, along with the writings of other respected intellectuals from a wide range of fields, will be included in the “Declarations” portion of the Forum, concerning the notion of progress and how it applies to their investigations and bodies of work.

Agent Ruby (2002-), an artifical intelligence agent with the capacity to develop her memory and knowledge base by interacting with users.

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Jeanne-Claude taught me about tenacity and courage, risk and scale. In the years that I worked with her, we often traveled to see farmers in Petaluma at 5:30 am, before they milked the cows. She  convinced them, with charm and humor, of the value of ephemeral art.

I remember a spiritual power in her generosity, humanaity,  inspiration and wit.

She passed away from a brain aneurism on Nov. 18, at the age of seventy-four.

The light in the air is a bit dimmer these days.

I will always miss her.