Tuesday, 4 March 2008

Our societies have a deep relationship with the notion of artificial natural. There are many examples showing how the human uses this notion and how the users are believing these fake truths. One of the main areas which is implemented into our societies and which is linked to this subject is cinema. People all around the world learn how to simulate and recreate feelings and actions in the most natural way possible: they are called actors. The ones that are talented will then often be recognised for their skills. People like you and me worship some of these comedians. And we respect them for fooling us each time we watch one of their performances. Things look really natural but a lot of effort is actually made to make moments "feel" natural. But technicians actually designed a whole process to seduce the viewer and his mind to let him fall into a confusion between real and unreal worlds.



Another example of our tolerance towards the artificial natural can be found in the concept of the Zoo. In this case artificial habitats are being created for the animals. But this might be a way to fool the human instead of the animal. The animal certainly understands that he is not in his natural habitat and would probably prefer to live in its original environment. However the human gets the illusion of the natural habitat being a faithful replica of nature and its freedom.


But in both cases this method is used to bring something positive to the user such as education and knowlege. However to reach this level of intelligence we are obliged to take the path of naïvety towards what we see and feel. We often go over this lack of realism because we want to simply enjoy a moment of entertainment. And entertainment is based on telling people stories but realism can make stories more effective. This is when the intervention of an artificial natural process is needed.

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