Introduction.
Spatial perception
in a net "work".
While using the Internet,
we are naturally keeping in mind the spatial
scales of this communication
media. The involvement of a "spatial"
awareness can not
be abandoned, while we are "pushing out" another
web page form the
World Wide Web, containing in it an information,
which has been produced
somewhere far away on another continent.
It is a phenomena
of the direct and flexible spatial communication,
the case, when not
you, who are proposed to use for the
communication this
or that geographical or topographic area, as in
the case, when you
are using the conventional media, but you,
yourself is making
your own choice and virtually "moving" through
different zones and
interacting with them.
While doing that,
you can, in a particular extent, choose as well the
quality and quantity
of information, which you are going to precept.
In any case, we ,
in most of the cases, are aware, how far away the
informational source
is, and where is placed a server, which contains
this particular data.
This spatial and
informational shift in perception of spatially
distanced objects
is being definitely recognized by our conscious or
at least, unconscious
mind. That means, at a particular extent, some
new perception reactions
are being switched on, and some
functional zones
of the brain are being activated.
And subconsciously,
the feeling of overcoming of a long distances is
being invoked. Receiving
text from the networks, hypothetically we
are moving on
a bigger distance,
then a distance to the bookshelf,
from which we could
have taken this or that book or magazine.
Definitely, it brings
particular impact on the neuron networks
of our brain and
nervous system operations.
Such perception scaling
is increasing due to the interaction
with hypothetical
macro cyberspace, from which
the information
is being received.
May be, "pulling"
of information out of the cyberspace includes the
efforts on its "overcoming."
In fact, particular involvement of
a spatial perception
might be supported by any other type of media
transmission.
In the case of Internet
communication,
the possibilities
of choice in virtual movement
and its trajectory
is switching on as well
the other type
of perceptional and reflective impulses.
Neuropsychological
aspects of spatial perception.
According to the
recent researches, the harmonious development of
spatial notions and
perceptions is specially important not only for the
collective cultural
growth, but as well, for the personal human's
development.
They are one of the
first, which we are receiving after our birth.
In the beginning
of our life we are existing outside the the collective
system of symbols
and language. Space and its elements are the main
areas for communicating
and overcoming.
It ia the first "communication"
with the outer world,
which is shaping
our character and the world vision.
Normative neuropathology
was associating the spatial and
imaginary perception
with the right brain activity, while the reflective
thinking processes
were associated with the actualization of the left
brain. The latest
theories and practical neuropsychological
experiments had proved,
that the right brain is constantly important
not only for the
imaginary perception of the information, but for the
reflecting
of it as well. It is specially important for "scaling" all type
the information
and not only the imaginary one.
Along with the imaginary
perception,
it also supports
the processes of its structuring and analyzing
of the structure,
the abilities for understanding the relations
between the structure
and its details, for ordering of the both
and so-called general
perception of the things and events.
Spatial notions and perceptions
are important not only for
the collective cultural grouth,
but as well for
the personalhuman 's development
.
They are one of the first,
which we are receiving after our birth.
In the beginning of our lifes
we are existing outside the the collective
system of symbols and language.
Space and its elements are
the main areas for communicating
and overcoming It ia the
first "communication" which
is shaping our character and
the world vision. According
to researches in the area
of psychoneurology spatial
perception changes according
to the type of the deseases.
The comparative analyses of
the drawings done by chidlren
with different neuropathologies
the images proves this.
Handicapt children with the
right- brain neuropathologies
are unable to organise the
space of a drawing, to put the objects
into order or to regulate
them .
Their drawings are disordered
and chaotical,or too symplifyed.
They are unable to reproduce
the egual forms,keep the wright
scale of the picture and its
details, to follow
the structure of an image.
The same symptoms are represented
in their behaviour
and movements through the
space.
That means, the
right brain also provides the abilities of
discriminating
between basic things and secondary.
Previously, it was
related to some rudimentary process in our neuron
system, as well,
as with some archaic background of the humanity,
something unnecessary
and dark. But in fact, the spatial perception
has been playing
an important part in the general formation of the
humane intelligence,
and as well its reflective functions.
Since the humane
pasts, spatial interaction and perception has been
supporting the most
important impulses, which were moving forward
the cultural development
of different civilizations.
Spatial notions
and perceptions in authentic cultures.
Spatial notions are
considered to be the basic humane notions
through the whole
civilization history. In most of authentic cultures
special traditional
methods have been worked out by many
generations, aiming
to protect symbolically, the humans from the
inner and outer destructive
forces and natural collimates. They were
based on the special
relationships with nature and on very precise
ways of perception
and organizing of the environment.
These ancient anti
entropy measures and methods are manifested in
the ancient cultural
artifacts of different traditions. Their decorative
elements were having
an additional symbolical functions, and were
aimed to harmonize
personal, collective and natural environments.
It was an evolutionary
developed symbolical language, which was
used for communicating
with the outer world and its elements.
It was not just the
language of "order", or the violent shaping
methods. May be,
more or less, it was the way and the language of
respectful communication
with the matter itself and
the method of
shaping the inner and outer environments,
according to
their own laws, structures, their ordered
and harmonized
aspects.
According to the
tradition, applied artists and architects, being in
correspondence with
such an essential environmental vision, were
associating their
work with the activity of the creative and ordering
universal forces.
May be, because of
this, the ancient cultural inheritance, especially its
artifacts, are so
attractive and inspiring, comparing to particular
de-humanized
and symbolic - less, in - significant artificial cultural
landscapes and objects
of the present time.
In spite of the fact,
that these ancient cultural visions were specifically
mythological, and
were not equipped too much by scientific and
technological methodologies
and tools, they were
connected, in a true way, with the essential
aspects of the evolutionary
developed matter and existence, with the
intuitive and perceptional
dimensions of the humane nature.
Inside and outside
the cyber -"space".
When we are inside
the virtual cyberspace, it does not mean, we are
interacting with
something imaginary or illusory. In most of the cases,
we are quite aware,
that through the WWW, we are interacting with
real distances, spaces
and lands.
In fact, with our
mind we are really "going through" the places and
lands. This network
spatial "cyber- exercising" can be used, as an
exercise of imaginary
moving through the space and corresponding
yourself, your own
individual environment with the global one. This
"exercise" might
stimulate particular brain zones, related to a spatial
perception, but the
success of such an exercise definitely depends on
the intentions and
personal qualities of the "user".
Such an extra involvement
into the active processes of spatial
perception during
the "net-work", is as well corresponded with our
neuron's network.
Both of the networks have similar structural
principles and the
basics of their organization.
For understanding
this, it is important to stress out,
that the processes
of distribution of energy and information
are basically organized
in a hierarchical order, essentially suitable
for this particular
system.
In any case, for
many of the modern recipients of information,
who in some
of the cases, are trapped by rather "private"
ways of spatial perception,
could be nice to have sometimes some
positive and concient
travels through the "world wide " space.
May be, it will happen
once,
that the activated
"rudimental" spatial perception, will be able to
solve, as well, some
actual problems of the present day.
This will happen,
if a modern way of concentration on the global
environment, or on
the "universal" one, in its attitudes will be really
resembling some of
the healthy ancient authentic cultural practices and
"world visions".
Spatial models
in authentic artifacts.
In general, the ways
of spatial perception in of authentic cultures was
different, than the
contemporary one.The correspondence with the
environment was specially
important, and respectful relation with it,
was one of the main
necessary things in the hard conditions of
existing inside the
natural environment.
That's why, most
of cultural artifacts, which were created during the
particular civilization
stages, have been shaped as a micro-cosmic
models, imitating
the universal space construction. They were
constructed as smaller
models of environment, in order to interact
with the global one.
These artifacts were
including, manifesting, resembling, the same with
outer environment,
structural principles, temporal and spatial
dimensions. These
principles and dimensions were included into the
ornamental decoration
and were supporting the inner concentration
of their owners and
"users" on the principles of order in the essential
construction of the
universe.
Such an artifact,
whether it was a pot, a musical instrument, dwelling
or a temple, icon
or a carpet, has been working itself, as a
communicative space,
as well as a spatial "harmonizing", ordering
agent and mediator,
which was invoking the feelings of harmony and
essential eternal
order of the outer world and existence.
The concentration
on the universal structures, was supposed to be
resonating with the
inner space of an individual, to welcome into his
life the same principles
of order and harmony. Along with this, to
prevent the outer
entropy of the natural forces, catastrophes inside
the natural environment,
and may be, to overcome the inner processes
of entropy inside
the humane mind.
Such rather ordinary
objects, which were symbolizing the ordered
and harmonized world,
functionally, could be compared to
a kind of symbolic
"computers", which have been helping their owners
to communicate and
to be in a correspondence with surrounding
natural environment
and the outer world.
It makes clear, why,
the ornamentation and decoration of particular
artifacts are so
similar in different areas and cultural traditions and,
why it has such an
obvious basic structural similarity.
If we will look at
some simple artifacts, decorated with the same
axes, crosses, circles,
rhythmic structures, spirals, squatters and
other so called "archetypal"
forms.
In fact, this structures
and ornaments were not so much having just
a decorative
function, but first of all, were intending to prevent
the negative influences
and the processes of entropy inside and
outside personal
and natural environment, in the mythological
interpretation,
to take away, contro
force or put into harmoniouce balance
the influences of
"evil forces".
Authentic cultural
predicates, modern art and technological
revolution in
the beginning of 20th century.
Abstract geometrical
structures in the basis of an ancient artifacts,
were inspiring the
pioneers of modernism, and, in fact, have pushed
forward the vanguard
movements in the beginning of the twentieth
century and inspired
the first abstractionists.
Sometimes, the routes
of abstractionist revolution and the reasons
for general change
of artistic spatial expression in early twentieths is
associated only with
the technological development. In fact,
it is not remembered
enough about some other important dominant
impulses, which have
been giving birth to contemporary culture.
This hidden force,
which was pushing forward vanguard movements,
paradoxically, were
contained within the authentic art inheritance,
ancient artifacts
and antiquities.
It is well known,
that early vanguard artists were collecting and
imitating authentic
artifacts, some were experimenting with shapes of
tribal objects, some,
- "deconstructing" traditional iconography and
applied art.
It is also known,
that this fashion has been widely spread in Europe
and in Russia, and
radically stimulated the art experiments of
Picasso, waked up
modernism's pioneers - Goncharova and
Larionov, and has
been one of the basic areas for experimenting for
such famous artists
as Malevich and Candinskyi.
"A search for the
structure" was one of the most important for
different cultural
and scientific areas of that period. It has been
manifested in the
the issues of structuralists and the research works
in the areas of linguistics,
anthropology and ethnography.
It was quite a general
cultural process, which was based on the
attempt to bring
to the modern awareness past time cultural
inheritance, and
at the same time, to withdraw from it.
The second, rather
formal neglecting part of this process was
achieved quite successfully,
and gave the birth to different radical
vanguards movements.
But the first - reflective
one, at that time,
it seems, has not
been completed enough.
Filtered and simplified
old cultural inheritance, has become the
basis for the new
modern visual culture. Lacking necessary
reflections, and
aesthetically dried, it had lost the main basic
traditional connotations
and symbolical meanings, which were
protecting and ordering
the life and development of the ancestors.
On the other hand,
an intensive concentration on the basic spatial
structures of the
authentic art, had helped, in the beginning the 20th
century, to break
through the traps of realistic forms and material
objects, and has
opened art and culture to new, multi-dimensional
perceptions.
The same cultural
tendencies have left their traces in mathematical
and logical fields
of science, and later, gave the birth to
the applied linguistics
and the computer sciences, had started the new
wave of technological
development, and advanced computer
technologies.
Unfortunately, till
nowadays, to a particular extent, some of these cultural
technological processes
are based on the same, pragmatically
simplified intentions
and "narrow", flat spatial/world visions and
perceptions.
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