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<!DOCTYPE html> <html lang="en"> <head> <meta charset="utf-8"> <title>Spacious Spatiality</title> <meta content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" name="viewport"> <meta content="" name="keywords"> <meta content="" name="description">  <script src="https://kit.fontawesome.com/df9b89ac6c.js" crossorigin="anonymous"></script>  <link href="img/tabicon.jpg" rel="icon">  <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-5129T5Q5F7"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-5129T5Q5F7'); </script>  <link rel="preconnect" href="https://fonts.gstatic.com"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Belleza&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Quattrocento+Sans&display=swap" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Open+Sans:300,300i,400,400i,700,700i|Montserrat:300,400,500,700" rel="stylesheet">  <link href="lib/bootstrap/css/bootstrap.min.css" rel="stylesheet">  <link href="lib/font-awesome/css/font-awesome.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="lib/animate/animate.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="lib/ionicons/css/ionicons.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="lib/owlcarousel/assets/owl.carousel.min.css" rel="stylesheet"> <link href="lib/lightbox/css/lightbox.min.css" rel="stylesheet">  <link href="css/style.css" rel="stylesheet">  </head> <body>  <header id="header" style="background-color:black">  <div class="container-fluid">  <div id="logo" class="pull-left"> <h1 align="left" style="font-size:150%; font-weight:100; letter-spacing:10px"> <a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality" class="scrollto"> <nobr style="font-size:100%"> SPACIOUS </nobr> <nobr style="font-weight:800">  <b style="letter-spacing:3px"> </b>SPATIALITY </nobr> </a> </h1> </div>   <nav id="nav-menu-container">  <ul class="nav-menu"> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality">Home</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/sessions.html">Sessions</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#gallery">Gallery</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#logisticstop">Logistics</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#fieldguide">Field Guide</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#participants">Participants</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#workshoptop">Workshop</a></li> <li><a href="https://semf.org.es/spatiality/index.html#abouttop">About</a></li> </ul> </nav> </div> </header> </br></br></br></br>  <section id="questions"> <div class="container"> <header class="section-header"> <h3>QUESTIONS AND DISCIPLINES</h3> <p></p> </header>  <div class="row questions-cols"> <div class="col-md-3 wow fadeInUp"> </div> <p id="Q1"></p> <div class="col-md-6 wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay="0.2s"> <div class="questions-col"> <div class="img"> <img src="img/questions/World.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid"> <div class="icon"><i class="fas fa-globe"></i></div> </div> <h2 class="title">Is the world fundamentally spatial?</h2> <p align="center"> <nobr>Cosmology</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Philosophy of Science</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Computer Simulation</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Mathematical Physics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Metaphysics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Metrology</nobr> </p> </div> </div> <p> </br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Is space made of space? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Can space emerge from non-spatial entities? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Are there metrological frameworks that can probe the continuous vs discrete nature of physical reality? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Are metaphysical propositions such as the simulation hypothesis incompatible with a fundamentally spatial (continuous, smooth, non-atomic…) observed physical reality? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Is the experience of time fundamentally spatial?</br></br></br></br> </div>  <div class="row questions-cols"> <div class="col-md-3 wow fadeInUp"> </div> <p id="Q2"></p> <div class="col-md-6 wow fadeInUp"> <div class="questions-col"> <div class="img"> <img src="img/questions/Art.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid"> <div class="icon"><i class="fas fa-palette"></i></div> </div> <h2 class="title">What is the role of space in art?</h2> <p align="center"> <nobr>3D Modelling</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Visual Arts</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>History of Art</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Aesthetics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Architecture</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Creativity</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Cultural Analysis</nobr> </p> </div> </div> <p> </br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp How do visual artists, sculptors, modellers and architects conceptualize space in order to articulate their compositions? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp How is the concept of dimension explored and exploited in audiovisual arts? Particularly, what are suggestive artistic interpretations of the notion of non-integer dimension, i.e. fractals, and higher dimensions, i.e. 4D hyperspace?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Are there any overarching patterns in the diverse dimensionality of media for audiovisual arts, i.e. flat shapes on 2D surface (canvas, screen…), implied 3D shapes on 2D surface, 3D objects composed on top of a 2D surface, 3D objects in space (sculpture, building…), virtual reality, etc.?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What formal or mathematical aspects of space, such as topological properties, curvature, torsion, etc., may be relevant for artistic creation? </br></br></br></br> </div>  <div class="row questions-cols"> <div class="col-md-3 wow fadeInUp"> </div> <p id="Q3"></p> <div class="col-md-6 wow fadeInUp"> <div class="questions-col"> <div class="img"> <img src="img/questions/Formal.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid"> <div class="icon"><i class="fas fa-cube"></i></div> </div> <h2 class="title">How formally special is our notion of space?</h2> <p align="center"> <nobr>Topology</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>History of Mathematics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Differential Geometry</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Philosophy of Mathematics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Category Theory</nobr> </p> </div> </div> <p> </br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What is space?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp How mathematically special is the 3-dimensional Euclidean space that accurately captures our perceived spatial experience?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Are there foundations of mathematics that take spatial concepts as primitive?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Can generalized notions of space, such as non-euclidean geometries or topologically non-trivial manifolds, provide effective models for the natural sciences? </br></br></br></br> </div>  <div class="row questions-cols"> <div class="col-md-3 wow fadeInUp"> </div> <p id="Q4"></p> <div class="col-md-6 wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay="0.2s"> <div class="questions-col"> <div class="img"> <img src="img/questions/Cognition.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid"> <div class="icon"><i class="fas fa-brain"></i></div> </div> <h2>What cognitive systems process spatial information?</h2> <p align="center"> <nobr>Spatial Cognition</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Artificial Neural Networks</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Animal Cognition</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Plant Cognition</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Information Theory</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Swarm Cognition</nobr> </p> </div> </div> <p> </br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What general informational structures can support spatial processing? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Many systems of varying nature seem to process spatial information in some capacity. Is there evidence of minimal structural requirements linked to this ability?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What adaptive systems select for spatial information in their evolutionary histories?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What perceptual channels are compatible with spatial notions such as location, relative position and distance? Visual and auditory perception in animals seem to fit well but what about other senses such as touch or smell?</br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp How does human spatial cognition develop in infancy and how do children experience, process and conceptualize space and geometry? To what extent are these cognitive abilities innate or acquired? </br></br></br></br> </div>  <div class="row questions-cols"> <div class="col-md-3 wow fadeInUp"> </div> <p id="Q5"></p> <div class="col-md-6 wow fadeInUp" data-wow-delay="0.1s"> <div class="questions-col"> <div class="img"> <img src="img/questions/Concept.jpg" alt="" class="img-fluid"> <div class="icon"><i class="fas fa-lightbulb"></i></div> </div> <h2 class="title">How can we abstract, extend or apply the concept of space?</h2> <p align="center"> <nobr>Foundations of Mathematics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Metamathematics</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Philosophy of Geometry</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Science of Science</nobr> &nbsp&nbsp <nobr>Mathematical Modelling</nobr> </p> </div> </div> <p> </br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What modes of thought are particularly suited to be articulated and conceptualized via spatial reasoning? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp What are the fundamental operational properties of space and related notions such as distance, location or symmetry? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp When is the extension or application of spatial ideas to a non-spatial context merely a metaphor or an accurate model? </br></br> <i style="color:#18A8BA" class="fa fa-asterisk"></i> &nbsp Are there examples of non-space-like concepts that may have similar abstraction power?</br></br></br></br> </div> </div> </section> </main>  <footer id="footer">  <div class="footer-top"> <div class="container"> <div class="row">  <div class="col-lg-6 col-md-6 footer-info">  <h3 align="left" style="font-size:150%; font-weight:100"> <a href="#intro" class="scrollto" style="font-size:100%; color:white"> <nobr> S P A C I O U S &nbsp </nobr> <nobr style="font-weight:800"> S P A T I A L I T Y </nobr> </a> </h3>  <p>An interdisciplinary meeting on the notions of space, shape and distance across art and science </br></br></p> </div>      <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-6 footer-contact"> <h4>Organizers</h4> <p> Carlos Zapata Carratalá &nbsp <a href="mailto:c.zapata.carratala@gmail.com" class="twitter"><i class="fa fa-envelope"></i></a> &nbsp <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/carlos-zapata-carratala-b068b51b4/" class="linkedin"><i class="fab fa-linkedin"></i></a> </br> Álvaro Moreno Vallori &nbsp <a href="https://linktr.ee/almova90" class="tree"><i class="fa fa-tree"></i></a> </br> Mundy Otto Reimer &nbsp <a href="https://twitter.com/HarmonicesMvndi" class="tree"><i class="fa fa-twitter"></i></a> &nbsp <a href="https://mundyreimer.github.io/" class="tree"><i class="fa fa-user"></i></a> &nbsp <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mundyreimer" class="linkedin"><i class="fab fa-linkedin"></i></a> </p> </div>   <div class="col-lg-3 col-md-6 footer-contact"> <h4>Credits</h4> <p> Website by Álvaro Moreno Vallori &nbsp <a href="https://linktr.ee/almova90" class="tree"><i class="fa fa-tree"></i></a></br> (Template by <a href="https://bootstrapmade.com/">BootstrapMade</a>) </p> </div>  </div> </div> </div>   <div class="container"> <div class="copyright"> <b>SEMF 2022</b> </div> <div class="credits">  Designed by <a href="https://bootstrapmade.com/">BootstrapMade</a> </div> </div>  </footer>   <a href="https://forms.gle/s8WqABoK9FaMVT5dA" target="_blank" class="floating-left-fixed"> <b class="btn-attend">ATTEND</b> </a>  <a href="#" class="floating-right"><i class="fa fa-chevron-up"></i></a>     <script src="lib/jquery/jquery.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/bootstrap/js/bootstrap.bundle.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/easing/easing.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/superfish/hoverIntent.js"></script> <script src="lib/superfish/superfish.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/wow/wow.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/waypoints/waypoints.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/counterup/counterup.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/owlcarousel/owl.carousel.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/isotope/isotope.pkgd.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/lightbox/js/lightbox.min.js"></script> <script src="lib/touchSwipe/jquery.touchSwipe.min.js"></script>  <script src="contactform/contactform.js"></script>  <script src="assets/js/util.js"></script>  <script src="assets/js/main.js"></script>  <script src="js/main.js"></script> </body> </html>

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