{"id":415,"date":"2011-05-08T12:24:03","date_gmt":"2011-05-08T11:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/shardpress\/?p=415"},"modified":"2011-05-08T12:24:03","modified_gmt":"2011-05-08T11:24:03","slug":"the-consciousness-engine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2011\/05\/08\/the-consciousness-engine\/","title":{"rendered":"The Consciousness Engine"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Consciousness Engine is now alive. Come and be part of the machine:<br \/>\n12-5, each Saturday &#038; Sunday in May, 2011<br \/>\nThe Old Market, Hove. UK<br \/>\n<a href=http:\/\/theoldmarket.com\/>http:\/\/theoldmarket.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"425\" height=\"350\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" marginheight=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" src=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=s_q&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=the+old+market,+hove,+uk&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=40.86791,56.513672&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=the+old+market,&amp;hnear=Brighton,+East+Sussex,+United+Kingdom&amp;ll=50.824576,-0.157467&amp;spn=0.007645,0.013797&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;cid=1544795226321504594&amp;output=embed\"><\/iframe><br \/><small><a href=\"http:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?f=q&amp;source=embed&amp;hl=en&amp;geocode=&amp;q=the+old+market,+hove,+uk&amp;aq=&amp;sll=37.0625,-95.677068&amp;sspn=40.86791,56.513672&amp;ie=UTF8&amp;hq=the+old+market,&amp;hnear=Brighton,+East+Sussex,+United+Kingdom&amp;ll=50.824576,-0.157467&amp;spn=0.007645,0.013797&amp;z=14&amp;iwloc=A&amp;cid=1544795226321504594\" style=\"color:#0000FF;text-align:left\">View Larger Map<\/a><\/small><br \/>\nyou can also:<br \/>\n<font size=+2>talk to god<br \/>\n07790 650 959 <\/font><br \/>\nThe Consciousness Engine by Sam Hewitt and Shardcore is a series of visual and digital art installations distributed throughout the hidden spaces of The Old Market in Hove. It is a three dimensional map of an emergent consciousness making discoveries about its own nature, not as a child learning for the first time, but as an adult looking beyond assumptions of what is possible. At the core lies a constantly evolving computer generated mind.<br \/>\nThe audience can explore this piece on their own terms and there are several opportunities to interact with and, for a time, become part of the exploration that the Engine is making into the nature of consciousness.<br \/>\nThe Consciousness Engine will be the fifth collaborative project between the artists Shardcore and Sam Hewitt, all of which have explored the search for truth: spiritual, scientific, collective and individual.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aoh.org.uk\/house-festival\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/fortunecatproductions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/03\/HOUSE_CMYK_BLOCK_S.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"HOUSE_CMYK_BLOCK_S\" width=\"102\" height=\"136\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-38\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Consciousness Engine is now alive. 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