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1. Killing (the power of) Time
Archiving selves, cities, histories and universes
Christian Heller / @plomlompom
#paraflows10
2010-09-11 / Vienna

2. outline
● preservation of self
● reconstruction of physical environments
● flattening and postmodernization of history
● cosmological limits to information storage and
reconstruction

3. 1/4
preservation of self

7. “Aubrey de Grey” by Jacob Boetter
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jakecaptive/66759727/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

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13. 2/4
reconstruction of
physical environments

14. http://www.flickr.com/photos/gracewong/93631410 by Tommy Wong
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

16. “Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

17. “36 Views of Mount Fuji”
Katsushika Hokusai
(1826)

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24. “Palast der Republik” / Lutz Schramm
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lutzschramm/375701104/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

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32. 3/4
flattening and
postmodernization
of history

33. “IMG_7130” (Dead Sea Scrolls) / Neil Rickards
http://www.flickr.com/photos/neilrickards/4582886490/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

37. “The Parthenon” / L. Richard Martin Jr. / http://www.flickr.com/photos/bevrichardmartin/4795431266/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/deed.en

40. 4/4
cosmological limits
to information storage
and reconstruction

41. “Démon (Musée du Quai Branly)” / Jean-Pierre Dalbéra
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dalbera/4489831614/
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

46. “Seven Year Microwave Sky Image” / http://wmap.gsfc.nasa.gov/media/101080/index.html

47. The Flammarion Woodcut