What does CYBEREMPATHY mean to me?

CYBEREmpathy ISSUE 6/2013 The Code

Juri Czabanowski, What does CYBEREMPATHY mean to me?

www.CyberEmpathy.com

© Juri Czabanowski, What means CYBEREMPATHY to me? Nijmegen 2013

Abstract:

Definition Cyber

Cyber is related to or characteristic of the culture of computers,

information technology

(ICT), and virtual reality: ‘the cyber age’; abbreviation of cybernetics (1980)

Definition Empathy

Empathy is HUMAN EMOTION CAUSED BY REACTIONS OF LOADED

MOVEMENTS OF (MICRO-)ELECTRONICAL SIGNALS IN HUMAN

NERVOUS SYSTEM

p://www.cyberempathy.com/#!issue6article1/c1mvt

Definition(s) of CyberEmpathy (I, II, III, IV)

I . CYBEREMPATHY is the ABILITY AND POSSIBILITY REGISTRATED

BY SOCIAL MEDIA of INFORMATION COMMUNICATION

TECHNOLOGY(ICT) TO EXPRESS DEEP(EST) AND (MOST) ESSENTIAL

HUMAN MOVES, DRIVES OF (COM)PASSION OR THRIVES OF

Juri Czabanowski Ph. D. Juri Czabanowski (1961) is historian art-/architecture, writer, teacher and researcher, Ph.D.-thesis Human-Ecologically Minded Housing, TU/e 2006, office Urchitecton since 2007 ©Juri Czabanowski, Sustainability as human process of metamorphosis, Nijmegen 2012; If copy model(s) or text, please use copyright writer!

JURI CZABANOWSKI

What does CYBEREMPATHY mean to me? Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.




ENGAGEMENT IN LIFE CAUSED BY AETHERNAL E-MOTION1 OR

ELECTRO(NIC)-[MAGNETIC] MOVEMENT of LOADED IGNITION2 IN

SPACE

II. CyberEmpathy is the Expression of Phenomenon of Global and

Universal Zeitgeist (Time Spirit) inner and outer Periodical System of Space

(Zeitraum)

III. CyberEmpathy is spatial movement caused by electronic(-magnetic)

load (charge) expressed as emotional engagement to share WITH OTHERS

by communication-cooperation-coordination using TECHNIQUES of all

kind to COMMUNICATE INTO AETHER (unlimited (Cyber)Space, virtual

like Global Networks www) like Information-Communication-Technology

(ICT) to be interlinked in common virtual cyber (‘TOGAETHERNESS’*:

global and universal interconnection of messages in mediumAether3) with

final GOAL to attach sensitive INTER-ACTION or integral ‘CO-

EXISTENTIALISM’ with All our SURROUNDINGS (‘ENVIRONMENT-

ALL’ or Universal Mind*).

IV. CyberEmpathy as compassion of virtues, a harmonious balanced

inner-outer Existence, like open Third Eye of Enlightenment representing

the holistic cosmic Eye or Integral Observer!

(*’Environment-All’ of Cosmos or Universal Mind: total visible and

virtual space or Infinity)

CYBEREMPATHY:

INTERACTION & -CONNECTION BETWEEN CREATION-

MANKIND-TECHNIQUE-SPACE

1 E-Motion is Electric or Electronic Movement by impulse of charged particles (atoms). 2 Prof. Andrzej Głowacki and Mag. Marika Wata use the Polish word Zapał (Ignition, Inflammation, Spirit, Engagement etc.). 3 © Juri Czabanowski, Neologism Togaetherness is global interconnection of cybernetic messages in medium Aether the fifth essential element or quintessence, Nijmegen 2013




Fig. 1: Model of CyberEmpathy as holistic cosmic Eye(catcher) or Integral

ObserverThird Eye of Enlightenment: opening Compassion of Co-

existenceCopyright Juri Czabanowski, Model CyberEmpathy, Nijmegen

2013

CyberEmpathy in Art and SustainAbility Explanation of Essence of (I) MASTERPIECES of ART by CyberEmpathy

(I) CyberEmpathy as human expression in MASTERPIECES of

Art

1.Black Square 2.The Holy trinity 3. The Scream in reference to a Self-

portrait and a Composition

Ill.1: 1. Black Square, 2.The Holy trinity, 3. The Scream,

first version, 141 x 113 cm third version, 79x59 cm

79,5x79,5 cm

Impression of Triptych of three masterpieces of art in their measured

size by proportional comparison of their images.

Essence of Art by CyberEmpathy - Attempt of a personal rational

and emphatic explanation




Ill.2: Kazimir Malevich, Black Square on white frame, 79,5x79,5 cm. , 1915

(first version),Tretyakov Gallery Moscow

The Black Square: Pure Art4

Suprematism is an attempt to express universal art, spatial art, a worldview

out of space with a synergetic divergent and tunnel perspective: from the

Universe to our planet Earth! Suprematism could be seen as Malevich’s

answer to artistic statement of l’ art pour l’ art as l’ Art Pure/Pure Art.

Interesting nearly hundred years ago, 1915, Kazimir Malevich5 painted his

first attempt to express infinity by his Black Square (on white)! An

ultramodern and extreme vision of an icon in orthodox tradition: if you

can’t paint the image and presence of God or the Universe as the Holism

you can show the Absence of the Absolute, the Unmoved Mover by Plato;

Impossible to paint the Holiness or Holism like a Holy Spirit (“Ghost”) of

someone like the meaning of the icon concerns.

An exact observation of the original painting of Malevich ‘Black Square’ on

white frame(1915-version 6) reflects not an exact geometrical square but

hand-painted irregular square. Now it isn’t one black surface but an

impression of (inter)woven structures, celestial cosmic networks in

structure of sponge (see ill. 2b). They appeared after a while, a phenomenon

called crackles.

In this case the experience informs the painting wasn’t still finished. In-

form(ation)s: time as factor of essential progress of maturation helped to

painter in his artistic process! Malevich action to reform art and the

4 Historian of Art Juri Czabanowski, Malevich neologism Suprematism seen as Ukrain/Russian answer Pure Art/ l’Art Pure of western artistic statement l’art pour

pour l’art. 5 Kasimir Malewicz/Malevitsj (Kiev Ukraine 1878 -1935 Leningrad USSR) Both parents were Polish: Seweryn en Ludwika Malewicz. 6 Not really certain if Malevich first version is painted end 1915 just before exhibition of Suprematism in St. Petersburg, Russia.




meaning of art needed more time. His spontaneous and revolutionary

act(ion) to over-cover an existing painting equally with black paint should

have a chemical process of reaction by action: progressive new ideas of total

and extreme renewal contra the existing rules of academic art became an

aggressive fight on the surface itself. Old hidden existence react on the new

black skin as a killing act of choking. The underlaying painting took protest

for being conserved, hidden by a modern black jacket of leather. The price

of neglecting: the black Paint Square soon lost it adhesion on the surface. It

didn’t make contact with the canvas, the natural field or frame as pure layer

to retrieve the black paint. The go-between of the original painting became

the quarrel of a duel of fighting systems, the traditional old against the

progressive new.

This information makes this extra-ordinary painting even more exiting and

outstanding. It shows itself the nerves of a dying artificial system

Monarchism on the background and the scars of the revolution of

Modernism, the fight of systems that caused the beginning of the First

World War. This first version of the Black Square on a white frame/field

became history, art and history of art. It tells the story of The Portrait of

Dorian Grey by Oscar Wilde, the man who painted his self-portrait as an act

of being forever young, a devilish pact. He never would look older than his

portrait neglecting the natural expiration: a most familiar phenomenon in

our society of glamour. Oscar Wilde wrote a most exciting novel: please

read it!!!

Ill.2.a Cover of novel by Oscar Wilde Ill. 2: Malevich, Black Square on white

1890, frame, 1st version , 1915

Absolute Pure Art: Suprematism as Purism

A process of interaction with time and with space, cyberspace in time,

evolved the really meaning of one of the most extreme icons of modernism:




the ‘Black Square’ (1915 version) or the Presence of the Universe by the

absolute absence of all, the Big Nothing, unknown ‘Emptiness’, the Invisible

Greatness of the Universe. In process of progress it shows even more

obvious the real meaning of the (re)discovered Zeitgeist. The Time Spirit is

(re)present today in the (re)presentation of the painting in today’s

condition. Cyberspace in Time uncovered the hidden covered past: the

truth is showing it’s real face as surface. In article-writer’s opinion the

Black Square on white field reflects Malevich’ emotional reaction of the

cruelty of the first World War. A breaking Point in History of Mankind, a

turning point in the Evolution of human mankind: a worldwide revolution,

a protest against unequal human conditions and old fashioned

manners. Malevich expression of his nausea about this outstanding event.

S.M. Ivanitskiï wrote a contribution ‘Malevich in de Tretyakov Galerij’ in

the catalogue of exhibition Malevich at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in

1988 at page 40:“The art of painting isn’t anymore the goal but the medium

to create new artistic reality. It reminds at to word of the Russian literature

of these days “in itself enclosed” , which stood for the experiment and

search for new possibilities. The elementary most simplification in this

famous painting has to be seen as the base of the complicated: by giving the

meaning of the absolute , prime base of form and color to a square and

black on white field, create the opportunity for Malevich a new concept of

artistic space in his composition. The measurements of the white and the

black are as great that the white field of the canvas could be seen as space,

not in the sense of heaven or depth, but as infinite global space. As artist of

the 20th Century Malevich worked with cosmic categories. Denying of

emotions, strictly mathematical measurements, pure logic of relations and

rational organization of ‘basic elements’ without the ballast of reality are the

pillars of his suprematistic compositions with the breath of our rational

age.”7

Contemporary technology and knowledge of Cosmology offers an amazing

comparison to discover our cosmic Universe: a colored field/frame of the

Cosmos (ill.2d).

The ultimate way to express a view of the creating cosmic power of

‘Suprematism’ is to show the eternal emptiness of infinity without borders

and directions, even perspectives are missing as orientation in the Black

Space. To enlarge the impact of the Universe or universal Unity Malevich

show a limited black ‘Square’ in a white frame. This impression makes clear

there is more. This ‘square’ is only a slight idea of the bigger entity. With

7 S.M. Ivanitskiï, ‘Malevich in de Tretjakov Galerij’, Catalogue of Exhibition Malevich, 5-3-1989 - 29-5-1989 Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Amsterdam 1989, p. 40.




our limited knowledge of the existence of Black Holes Malevich Black

Square express a spread out space that sucks all Energy, all Color; an multi-

dimensional structure symbolized as a square black box of an incredible

secret, like a spirit of a holy icon, hidden without measurements covering a

potential of implosion. An impression of inner expression.

Ill. 2c: Malevich, Black Square without Ill. 2d: Photo: Crab-Mist after Supernova

frameBlack Box of Universal Space (Explosion of stars) Discovery of Universe:

opening the black box of Universe

Malevich Suprematism broke with all convention in art, like Russian

Revolution of 1917 broke with social convention. The ideology of the

community isn’t realized but destroyed by greed and power The wishful

thinking of the constructible (by Constructivism) or suprematistic (by

Suprematism) social worldview failed by superstitious behavior of the

Party-members and Lenin’s lust for power.

The painting Black Square on white frame applies as one of the Icons of

Modernism, the artistic of Second Industrial Revolution. Malevich was an

exponent of the First Agricultural Revolution (citizens in city in

impressionistic style, working class on fields in cubic-futuristic style)

earlier. Till now his Black Square express an idea of extreme modernism, a

turning point in art. Not an end, but a beginning of artistic statement.

Abstract Art and Abstract Expressionism as a Renaissance of purification.

Purification as Catharsis Original Written Word

Humanist Desiderius Erasmus Rotterdamus became a critical theologian to

return to the most original texts of the holy Bible, the Hebrew text of Torah




and Greek texts of St. Paul’s letters to Corinth. Since the first followers of

the rabbi of a new faith called Jesus of Nazareth, later as son of God and

Messiah known as Jesus Christ a lot of time was passed. Erasmus doubt

about the originality of the text of holy bible because of the endless copying

by less authorized and educated persons familiar with different languages,

theological and philosophical texts. Erasmus wanted to purify the Bible by

studying the most original texts in the original language without

translation. He studied Greek and Hebrew to control existing texts of the

Holy Book.8 In his book Moriae Encomium (Lof der Zotheid) Erasmus was

spotting with the decadence of the catholic church and priests who couldn’t

nearly speak Latin in Dutch called ‘jars-Latin’.9 Erasmus had criticized the

Christian Church from inside, he didn’t want to leave the mother church of

Rome.

Spoken Word as Beginning

‘Absolution’ like the Reformation of Maarten Luther’s statement to return

to the Word as the Beginning as reaction of catholic forgiveness. Instead of

the Christian (later Roman Catholic) Archbishop of Rome or Pope St. Peter

as the oldest illiterate disciple with the symbol of the key to open heavenly

porch St. Paul, the man of the word (letters) with the symbol of the Holy

Bible become the most important spiritual leader of protestant movement.

The Word, the Book, the Bible: all manifestations of information: written

knowledge. Writer Werner Gitt get to the point using book titles like In the

Beginning was Information10 . the speeches of Jesus Christ. Before in

Jewish and Christian faith God divided what already was to create order in

existing cosmic disorder (chaos). God should be seen as Order less as

Creator. Prof. dr. Ellen van Wolde, professor of Exegese of Old Testament

quoted in her inaugural speech ‘Terug naar het begin. Waarom Genesis 1.1

niet gaat over Gods schepping van de hemel en aarde’ the original text of

Genesis. There Hebrew word ‘bara’ means divide, not create!11 There was

already a lot before God made an order: water and water creatures. It

implicates that there is a time before the Ordening, in science the Theory of

Big Bang and the Chaos Theory.

Gutenburg’s discovery of the book press at Nürnburg would make this and

other knowledge accessibility to more civilians. The privilege of the spiritual

and worldly elite was broken.

8 Followed College lectures of Middeleeuwse Kerkgeschiedenis (History of Church in Middle Ages) by lector Prof. dr. Martin Spiertz, Catholic University of Nijmegen, 1988. 9 Desiderius Erasmus van Rotterdam, Moriae Encomium, 1st edition 1511. 10 Werner Gitt, In the Beginning was Information, Bielefeld 1997 and Did God Use Evolution? Bielefeld 1993. 11 Prof.dr. Ellen van Woude, Oratio, Radboud University Nijmegen, 9th of October 2009. Oratio as book in Valkhof Pers.




Icon of The Holy Trinity

Compare it with the sublime icon of Andrei Rublev of the Holy Trinity, the

holiness of the unity of the hole divided in three equal parts. Extremely

important is the division of proportion inside the hole composition. It is

divided in proportions and geometrical forms, the ‘divina proportione’ or

the Golden ratio. Rublev just as Malevich hid a lot of science of ancient and

middle aged science. Rublev’s composition is a masterpiece of hidden

Geometry as divine science of the Creator of the Holy Universe. The Icon is

a composition of symbolize references of ‘natural’ figures composed by

under-covered exactly positioned geometrical lines and figures, hidden for

outstanding observers, known by the Insiders, the spiritual and intellectual

elite.

This icon needed disguised symbolism because of the Presence of the most

holy of the holy believe, the Holy Icon (portrait) of the Lord himself

presented as God the lord, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit,

represented as three spiritual angels. They are in a silent moment

considering to bring the new holy message, the new testament, to Earth by

sending One part of the holy trinity to Earth. A message by a holy

messenger, an angel, in person of the Son of God Jesus Christ.

Christ became a human being, an outstanding example to learn to be a

worthy individual by regarding respect, loving your next as yourself, being

as becoming a follower, a Christian. Regarding the holy message as divine

intervention Christ’s life was mortal like ordinary man. Human

identification with Christ as excellent example of one of them enlarged the

desire to become a follower. Evangelists wrote the heavenly message down

in four gospels with some texts together known as the New Testament of

the Holy Bible. It is and describes the new covenant of God with people.

Rublev painted a passage of the Bible (Genesis book 18: Hospitality of

Abram; the strange visitors carry a walking stick as symbol of walkers, as

symbol of undercovered ‘Pilgrims’; they come to bring the message Sara

giving birth to a child as elderly parent; this visitation of three angels

(archangels Michael, Gabriel and Raphael?) announces in advance as omen

to archangel Gabriel who visit Maria, called Annunciation, bringing the

joyful message of the birth of Jesus) as an image without human

intervention. This old testament scene told in the Book Genesis previewed

the Annunciation and Visitation of the Birth of the Messiah Jesus by Virgin

Maria.




Rublev as spiritual monk had knowledge of disguised symbolism hidden by

Mystics. He had chosen to emphasize the biblical moment of this silent holy

conversation of holy trinity, a heavenly scene, as symbolic transmission on

earth showing the tree of Mamre (now Hebron, oak still exists: see ill. 4c)

where Abram and Sara lived. This painted tree (roots in earth and leaves in

air (heaven)) is the substitute of the covenant, the linking medium between

God the Father who send one part of holy trinity as his Son to mankind. The

holy Spirit interacts as ‘mental’ medium, ether, between Christ and his

Father.

In present time the Holy Spirit is transformed in social media like i-phones

who interlink people: togaetherness by aether as former fifth element

or quintessence. It explains the importance of the contemporary essence of

this social element by using cyberspace. ICT-workers to help at desk are

called Media-Evangelists, Google is the contemporary Gospel, internet a

new religion of faith in ICT and other technology like 3D-Machines. Poet

and writer Piotr Czerski calls new generation Web-kids in his manifest My,

dzieci sieci’ (‘We, children of network’).12

Cosmic order as composition

Rublev doesn’t represent God himself (an icon of God is after all impossible

in Christian religion). God is represented in the hidden Divine Plan of

geometry. In this icon-composition God is represented by three

androgynous angels as the version of the holy trinity by the unity of God the

Father, God the Son and God the holy Spirit. Like the Universe is the

Holiness of Wholeness of Holism the triangle of the trinity encloses a

hidden circle as symbol of geometrical perfection. The words of the prayer

of our Father in Heaven “In the name of…” are translated and transformed

in this icon as “in the representation of…” The proportial division of scaled

form(at)s, bringing limit(ation)s into endless size: divina proportione of

shapes by harmonious order of holons or atoms. Cosmic order and balance

reflects well-proportioned harmony (see ill. 3 and 4, 4 a).

12 Article Piotr Czerski, ‘My, dzieci sieci’, translated by Stijn Meurkens ‘Wij kinderen van het network’ in Dutch newspaper NRC-Next 2012.




Ill. 3: Andrei Rublev, icon of The Holy Trinity, about 1410, now Tretjakov

Gallery Moscowicon of the Holy Trinity in order of Monastery of Holy Trinity

At left the Father, symbol of truth, Universal. In the middle the Son

as path to reach the Father (truth) and at the right the Holy Spirit,

the faith, the mental believe to reach the truth. The unity of the trinity

stimulates happiness, the consciousness of harmony of all existence. We are

only able to live in happiness if we live in harmony, in balanced co-

existence with ourselves, our neighbors and natural and build

environment. The tree is symbol of convent, inter- and correlation between

past and future, earth and heaven. The development of agriculture in later

Middle Ages the first worldwide (R)Evolution.

*©Juri Czabanowski, definition Divina Conversazione (Celestial Talk):

conversation between celestial figures, Nijmegen 2013




The importance of icon

An icon of the portrait is the spiritual presence of the portrait, a substitute

of real physical presence of a person by an image, an icon, of this person.

The complexity of not knowing how God looks like and the ban to make a

version of God became a dispute during the existence of

Christianity. Hardliners of the Orthodox teaching, the iconoclasts refused to

picturing God. Christianity as monotheistic religion differentiated from

other religion like the cult of adoration of images by pictures or sculptures

of Gods. This adorations by became out of order, followers of

several polytheistic religions offered and sacrificed on ritual places human

beings, even children, in their believe to vote the gods conveniently in front

of the supernatural image. The ban of Christian religion was a protection of

offering people. One of the mean rules of Christianity regarded the love of

people as creation, a spitting image of the Creator. The followers of the new

by Christians had alternatives to show their admiration to God: substitute

of offers by animals or natural gifts. During the development of Christian

the need of ordinary and analphabetic people grow to have their

own images like icons and symbols like crucifixes as reflection and

recognition of their Christian identity.

The 3rd (Jewish and Orthodox) or 2nd (Catholic) commandment of the

Decalogue given to Moses13 was to prevent false idolatery: Thou shall not

make (carved/ graven) idols (of Gods) by yourself. Orthodox Christians

developed tradition of pictures of holy person as sitter: the Icon,

representation of the saint (again present, presence of spirit). The

discussion between (high)priests and later theologians raised if a picture,

icon or painting has to be seen as idol !

Scientists see this attitude as the result that in the beginning of Early

Christianity no or nearly no images in any way exist. A group mention that

Christian symbols and signs disappeared by destruction because of being

hidden (in carves, catacombs etc.) and forbidden believers (religionin-

development). Artists with Christian faith re-used already existing religious

symbols and figures (saints) like Greek shepherd Orpheus and Roman God

Apollo transformed in translated Jesus Christ with aureole or nimbus: the

good shepherd. These ‘Early Christian’ artists had to imitate because the

religion was new and in their tribal culture was nearly no tradition of

artificial production of religious themes.

Early Christian art has to be seen merely as reproduction of existing

religious or spiritual expressions.




Later risen schools like the Byzantine School of Icons. Copying of Bibles by

handwriting.

Ill. 4a: icon The Holy Trinity 4b: detail of tree 4c:

oak near Hebron (Mamre)

The similarity between the icon-tree and conserved oak

astonished!

Two David Stars

CONCERNING the inner and outer framework of the icon two inner

hexagrams appears (red one covers middle figure (Christ) with aura and

blue inner hexagram centers the message of the celebration of the

metamorphosis of gifted bread and wine symbolizing the sacrifice of Christ.

Rublev used two perspectives for his composition: one of divergent lines

which underline the spiritual atmosphere of an heavenly act (3 angels

around altar) and beyond this the scientific or central linear perspective

that exists on Earth.

A David Star composed out of two equilateral triangles symbolize the

balanced connection between heaven and earth, spirit and materia,

spiritual and material world.

Synchronicity: Continuum of ark Covenant

Rublev uses two three-frequencies at once: 1. the gesture of three angels as

Holy Trinity in Heaven (message of new covenant); 2. their appearance as

strangers visiting Abram and Sara at Mamre, announcing that Sara will be

mother at an age of 50 years (Genesis book 18: Hospitality of Abram); 13.

13 Moses leaded the Jews as slaves after a long period out of Egypt. Culture here was one of polytheism.




hidden message of sacrifice of Christ in symbol of Holy Grail full of blood

(sacrifice by crucifix). He shows the interlinked continuity of Christianity,

the red-blood line, by bringing some attributes as symbols together in one

framed space at first sight. The nearly sacrifice of offering only child Isaac

by patriarch Abram (announcement of Jesus offered by God the Father).

Historical research will learn that Rublev used several podia as special

space by several layers of perspective like in theatre. The central theme of

holy trinity is situated in two frequencies of time and located in space:

the preparation of divine intervention by heavenly creatures of holy trinity

in time- and spaceless heaven and focused on book Genesis of the visit of

three ‘visitors’ at home of Abram and Sara at place called Mamre in Sinai in

time of Patriarch Abram at time of high-culture of Sumerians and

destroying of their city Ur. Ur is Sumerian word for city at Mesopotamia

(land between two rivers); Ur is archetype of concentrated human

civilization. ‘Urban’ and ‘Urbanization’ are derived terms with significance

of early civilized forms of human living systems of organization.

Rublev formed the holy grail as geometrical pentagram, a figure that is

magical by alchemists, with hidden powers and energy (see ill. 5).

Ill. 5: detail of Rublev’s icon Holy Trinity: the Holy Grail as hidden

pentagram and gestures of Angels Holy Father and Holy Spirit

The scream by Edvard Munch

Following explanation of a personal interpretation of a famous painting is

the opposite ofwhat CyberEmpathy as potential can do. Look intense at one

of the masterpieces inhistory of art: Skrik by Edvard Munch. The word

‘Skrik’ is similar to the Dutch word‘schrik’ (English: afraid, fright).

Expressionism of an blocked mentally sick artist. Thisicon express his




nearly madness, expression of deep depression after losing his belovedsister

and mother in short time. His inability of sharing emotions caused this

‘scream’ ofintense loneliness, not heard by anyone. The environment

reflects exactly the innertrouble, the ominous despair in the psychedelic

colors and curves.

A scream of inner emotions, feelings as reflection out of space, using space

as forum, aplatform. The expression of an deep impression in symbolic and

expressional style.

Ill.6: Edvard Munch, Skrik (the Scream), 79 x 59 cm. 1893, 3rd version,

private collection Peter Olsen

Partly personal interpretation of The Scream

Despair without a sound (Scream of deaf-mute)- Threat- Deafening silence

The Symbolist and ‘Expressionist’ Munch (both at that period, even if

Expressionism as artistic style begins with ‘Les Fauves’ under Matisse in

Paris and ‘Die Brücke’ in Dresden in 1905) illustrated a person that wants

to express his feelings, but it looks impossible for this human being. It was

too overwhelming what he/she saw and heard, his/her senses are out of

order, out of control. The balance of life disappeared, he/she holds his/her

head like it is breaking. Incredible how many emotion this spectacle caused!

In any case outstanding pain that can’t be shared with others. The

loneliness feels incredible painful. The situation of the image arouses our

pity like pictures of some of shattered people in war-situations nowadays.

This icon of art shows a person in dismay as globally expressed recognition.

The ears have to be protected by hands as if the ears are exploded or to




avoid an incredible noise. No influence or more information can’t be shared

with outdoor space by this suffering person. It is an personal emotion of

existential despair. The other persons on the bridge at the painting are

without extreme gestures, they are relaxed. What did he/she see or hear,

what makes him/her so afraid? This completely different way of behavior,

the contrast is in many ways extremely expressed like warm and cold

colors, rectangular and extreme curved lines, silence and noise, inner

violence and pain and nearly killed under pressure.

The observer of this scene is immediately shocked. The figure looks spooky

like a living ghost floating on the bridge and the face reduced to a schedule.

A strange mixture of empathy and aversion reflects this being whose genus

is doubtful. There is a direct impulse to help by embrace and to avoid by the

signals. What to do as human being, as unknown spectator of a happening

with deep impact?

A deep impression has made this person nearly mad, nearly possible to hold

on. A cry without noise, an inner cry that moves the surrounding as a stone

dropped in water. This movement resonates by moving inner to outer rings,

a vibration of waves in the air.

Fact is that painting as activity was one way of lingering deep depression of

the artist. In Vienna Munch went to dr. Sigmund Freud for psycho-analytic

consults. Munch restored less or more. Later he draw and painted themes

of a joyful life with painful intermezzi of broken love-affair.

These three masterpieces of art show a composition which possesses a

tendency to explore, their issues don’t fit in their framework (like narrow

mindness). Only a cutout fragment of their real size is visible, a fractal of

their discovered essence. The importance of their topics distinguished,

feathering far beyond the scene. Their presence and deep impact

representing the Universe effect and influence the hole environment.

The same experience concerns personal confrontation in the research of

own limitation and concentration. How to express the research for balance

of lost control between of inner- and outerspace, disorder and order?




Ill.6: Edvard Munch, Skrik (the Scream), ill.7: Vincent van Gogh

3rd version Self-Portrait, 1890

The winding waves in Munch’s icon are similar to the portraits of Vincent

van Gogh (ill.7), who suffered of delusions. He wrote about his attacks of

delusion to his brother Theo. His maladjusted behavior was misunderstood

by many not aware of his suffering. His complex character not been seen as

a painter, an artist reaching for the purity in a world of keeping up

appearances.

His ‘hidden’ inner-life is many times reflected in the troubled curves around

him. Vibrated landscapes as if he observed his surrounding as a drunken

person after delirium tremens or a poisoning. Both are possible knowing his

constant lack of money and unhealthy lifestyle.

Van Gogh’s frenzy and impulsive passion, even compassion made the

explosion of colorful painting possible: disarmed and rampantly behavior,

disobedient to existing rules. Expressionism in art is to transfer the

message of the deeply dynamics of a person or his motives. The impact of

feelings are most deeply expressed in the movements called baroque,

romanticism and expressionism. Expressed emotion is one of the mean

themes. It ask and touch empathy of the betrayer! The curve or arabesque is

a powerful form to express dynamic, uncontrolled, even uncontrollable

movement. That’s the reason why rational artist avoid the curved line, it is a

symbol of uncontrolled life. Van Gogh is a prototype of a romantic

‘expressionist’ (post-impressionist).

He changed the way of looking at art, a rebellion of reformation being one

of the turning keys, a tipper to Modernism like Paul Cezanne, Paul Gauguin

and Claude Toulouse Lautrec.

Artist Piet Mondriaan developed to an abstract painter by reducing his

paintings as strictly compositions forms, an order of precisely balanced

lines partly filled with limited colors. Pure l’ art pour l’ art, artifacts in




abstraction. He avoided natural images, refused even the diagonal in his

compositions because they disordered the possibility to reach perfect

harmony. Denaturalization was an act of evolution in mankind, abstraction

a way to express the new Order. A new worldview of neo-plasticism: only

restricted geometrical figures and primary colors next to black and white

and grey. Green was extremely forbidden as color of abundance and

uncontrolled growth, impossible to pursuing balanced harmony. New Order

of Modernism and New Objectivity strictly avoid any natural reference,

shaping a manmade world, an acting mankind as strictly rulers in Universe

with a pure artificial creation.

Ill. 7: Vincent van Gogh, Self portrait ill.8: Piet Mondriaan, Composition in

red, blue, black, yellow and grey

Comparison of Art and Artist

At first sight the Self-portrait of Vincent van Gogh and the Composition of

Piet Mondriaan don’t have any similarity. There is no gentlemen’s

agreement between this two Dutch giants of international fame at first

sight. Only if you got the key in this case the key of history of art and artist,

otherwise you will divide this two masterpieces as completely other world

and worldviews. If we look at the ‘self-portraits’ as the result of two men

grown up in a world of strictly orders, in dogmas of Calvinists, we discover

their fight to express themselves. The strictly division diminish considering

they show their inner life to the outside world. Both express their basic

worldview as a way of life. Both men had extremely problems with human

relations, they lived an extremely restricted life, possessed to bring order in

their disordered world. Searching for control references as connection to

other natural life and growth are absent. Looking at the colors it is striking

how warm colors like red and orange are nearly lacked and cool colors are




excessive present. Van Gogh express his red-orange hair and position in a

winding world moved by curves in which he nearly disappears. Van Gogh

painted disharmony of his experienced surrounding and Mondriaan

researched to find a new order of nearly perfect harmony created by

himself, Mondriaan’s Universe. This ordered Composition is a mirror to his

soul, in fact his Self-portrait. A look through his face, positioning his

thoughts in his head as a reflection of his artistic process.

Summary

All paintings are witness of their lust for life and struggle to fit in their

existing society. Making compositions to uncover their position like Rublev,

Malevich and Munch. Not only for Munch was painting a healing therapy.

The same recipe of expression of painting helped Andrei Rublev and

Kazimir Malevich. Rublev faced a long period of depression. Malevich told

that the Black Square was a reflection of the dark emptiness he felt once

inside. A way of recovering inner and mental balance can be healed by

being active like being creative as painters. Action and reaction to solve the

causes of the problems. Reaching the painful point of a disordered function:

unbutton the Gordian knot by chopping!

II: Explanation of Essence of CyberEmpathy in

SustainAbilityThe Third Green Revolution by Information

(Cyber-)Communication-Technology (ICT)

Our survival is related to the way we will learn the use ourselves as entire

mankind and our built and natural environment with more respect. Taking

care for each other and life in general, sharing our planet and its space.

Learning abilities and possibilities to live in co-existence with all life-

supporting systems. Their natural biorhythm shows the inter-links of

evolved cooperation like eco-cycles on wide-spread areas on a long period.

Some species need a great habitat to survive. National parks and integral

connected natural biotopes are conditions to support wild-life in general.

Continuation and preservation next to protection are terms to stimulate

sustainable co-existence. In the Netherlands reintroduction of bigger wild

animals like Beaver, Otter and White-tailed Eagle succeeded. The Wolf is

spotted on the borderline of Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands. A

Plan like Ecologische Hoofdstructuur (Ecological Head Structure, EHS)

helped. Biodiversity and its preservation are keys to guarantee continuation




of species on natural based interaction. People could become more stewards

to protect Life on our bio-diverse planet as a result of natural evolution.

Climate change will make new fittings of life in general necessary. This big

challenge is a chance to show our empathy to humans, species and our

planet as mega-organism. To co-exist on Earth with help of intelligent

technique, smart machines in (cyber)space next to using our individual and

common sense(s) and surviving and inherited wisdom.

Fit-test: fittest

The fittest strugglers will survive! One of the key-result of Charles Darwin’s

research of life called Evolution. He found the key of life in a developing

process, in progress. An everlasting process of fitting between life and its

environment. Being, otherwise getting, fit is the best way to survive. To fit

in Darwin’s theory means to customize. In our hectic life with supersonic

speed and constant changes it is as much needed to have an out-standing

condition to survive: fitness! An updated Darwin’s quotation should be:

Survival of the Fittest by fitness: how to manage stress and order. Our

lifestyles in nearly all civilizations worldwide are constantly proved by

changes. In evolution it means we need to fit and be fit, more than ever

before to this accelerated development.

A Metamorphosis in total Reform(ation) by incredible many steps of

transitions, trans-formations of life-supporting systems are necessary to

survive in a New World Order-in-Progress. A phase of transition to a

sustainable society called SustainAble Project Activity

(SAPA) (instead of New Objectivity in last Century) or New

Necessity and a durable lifestyle called CO-Existentialism

withSustainers instead of (big) Containers.

Interesting fact is German translation I call ‘Neue Not-Wendigkeit’ (anstatt

Neue Sachlichkeit 1925). Translated it means we need a new

necessary Turn (‘Wende’)14 which fits good (‘Wendig-keit’)now. We

have to learn to be more flexible (‘wendig’) in times of emergence (‘Not’).

More than in last Century the new objectivity was needed, we need ways to

interact globally, making brilliant connections like evolution made in eco-

cycling systems. We have to stop stupid energy-dumping projects, but

stimulate active projects for Sustainability (SustainAble

14 Fritjof Capra wrote bestseller The Turning Point. He called alarm to the world that was destructive in many ways. Still we can learn because we still behave like fools wasting and exploiting our environment and people.




ProjectActivity).

Limit everlasting ‘new’!

Not necessary ‘new’ but different and better (sustainable) is needed to save

the world in a proper way for next generations. Architect Mies van der

Rohe’s translation of Peter Behrens „weniger ist mehr“ into English. His

‘less is more!’ became famous. I want to put it into perspective: ‘less is

more, more or less’ because only if you have enough to survive you will

agree! Many quotes are made by people who don’t have the slightest idea

what it means to have nearly nothing. People dying of hunger can’t bear

less. I prefer slogan: ‘better is more’, because still we life in a stupid

world of so called waste. Much money is made with principle of cradle to

cradle (C2C) by clever businessmen. They got highly produced, high tech

products for nearly nothing. Of course recycling and we-cycling are good

intensions without doubt. Many waste is no waste at all, there is no waste if

we will learn better to manage our lifestyle. Living in harmony with others,

and our environment: Co-Existentialism. Instead of inhuman Capitalism we

need a system of collective worldwide awareness, an ethical consciousness

of an ‘Economy of Enough’ to reach the ‘Wealth and Health of Plenty’. This

system of Capitalism has shown its face of vulture and greed. We live in a

systemic crisis (Hekkert 2008). Many still are in recession, the crises are

still keeping and going because some people even get more powerful and

richer than ever before!!!

Innovation-renovation and self-support

Next to call for innovation like new bio-based materials, products and

processes it is time for super-reuse by smart renovation and restore of

existing build environment. New life and functions for vacant buildings.

Movements like transition towns prepare to post-oil society by

introducingnew sustainable development and (re)using traditional

environmental life-methods which deal withlife-supporting ways of

consume and produce. People will become part-time ‘prosumers’

(Prof.Rotmans 2012, Transition Erasmus University Rotterdam), producing

consumers and consumingproducers being active to breed their food,

making their own energy-needs; in other words beingself-supporting at all.

Next to Sustainable Innovation (Moors 2013, Prof. of Geo Sciences,

University ofUtrecht) sustainable renovation and restore has to be regarded

(Czabanowski 2013).




Research of scientists will properly find new (in)stabile artificial elements

as addition to the periodicsystem of 92 elements existing on our planet.15

Not knowing if there will be an alternative elementto solve our global ask of

energy our knowledge to use with even quite more efficiency the

immensepotential of solar energy would be a enterprise of worldwide

common sense and essence.16

Summery

CyberEmpathy means a fantastic way to express what human beings moves,

what they want toshare by all kinds of communications with others in an

eternal space called cyber (vibration).Especially in our contemporary time

of social media there is a Zeitgeist of loaded tension in the air,in the aether

as 5th authentic element called quintessence (the 5th essence

that connectsthe existing four classical elements earth, wind,

water and fire known in Greek Antique) adesire to share in

togaetherness with others. We as world-citizens or cosmopolitans got

thepossibility and ability to communicate global and massively for the first

time in mankind. We stillhave to learn to express ourselves in a proper way

by using our five senses (and even more! Like Synesthesia for instance

Wassily Kandinsky) in combination with an immense account of

mediatechnology.Natural senses have to be developed next to artificial

techniques. The naturalWorldview of Creation has to be confronted with

the scientific Worldview and Technology andArtificial Artifacts to

synthesize a natural-scientific Worldview of Evolution as universal Process-

in-Progress. Once upon a time we will reach and use the synergy of the

synthesis between aecological ‘technotope’ and technical biotope. We

already live and work in a symbiotic societywhere disciplines and research

are interlinked.

Once more a look at the model of CyberEmpathy as a resume. Perhaps now

it makes evenmore sense. CO-Existentialism is a lifestyle and life-

consideration to give sense in life to live in coexistenceas mankind with

creation as an important essence. Togaetherness is stimulated byaether

using social media possible by ICT. A new behavior of awareness to take

care for people andenvironment as conscious cosmopolitans, open minded

multi-cultural stewards supporting polyculturesand biodiversity. Mankind

is more than ever forced to co-operate, is needed to beconnected as one

world community: Our Common Connextion as our common future 2.0!

15 Dmitri Mendeleev, Periodic System, 92 Elements on Planet Earth, 1869. 16 Fascination of Chemistry, BBC-serie 2010, seen on Arte TV 25th of July 2013, 21.50-22.40.




(Environment-All or Universal Open Mind: total virtual & visible

space or Infinity)

CYBEREMPATHY:

INTERACTION & -CONNECTION

BETWEEN CREATION-MANKIND-TECHNIQUE-

SPACE

Fig.1: Model of CyberEmpathy as holistic cosmic Eye(catcher) or Integral

ObserverThird Eye of Enlightenment: opening Compassion of Co-

existenceCopyright Juri Czabanowski, Nijmegen 2013

Explanation model of CyberEmpathy

The complexity of our high-developed consciousness lifestyle called CO-

Existentialism, will be unfolded in theAge of New Necessity of

Emergence. This lifestyle provides the condition to survive in Co-Existence,

thedynamic balance and (inter)action ( ) between Mankind and

Environment.

Togaetherness as interaction between Technique and Space. Between

mankind and technique, and space and creation exist

interconnections( ).




CyberEmpathy is the integral result of interaction and interconnection

between Man(kind), Technique (like Machine, ICT), Space and Creation.

CyberEmpathy expands like CO-Existentialism by Togaetherness.

Final summery

What does CYBEREMPATHY mean to me?

CYBEREMPATHY means balanced inter-active compassion with

Existence as Essence of Being,Restore of Balanced Co-

existentialism by Co-operation as (re)active flow-forms in

Meaning of Life!CyberEmpathy: Cyberspace as sponge of

compaction and shrinkage and universal cosmic timeMicro- and

Macrocosmos: Growth of cell and implosion and Explosion of

UniverseInteraction between Inner and Outer Ring (circle) of

Cell or Space

Ill.2: Kazimir Malevich, Black Square,. ill.8: Juri Czabanowski, Black Hole of

79,5x79,5 cm Universal Observer1915 Global Eye or Point in Zero (0):

(first version), Tretjakov Gallery Moscow The Begin or Expansion of the

Inner Ring. Nijmegen 2013

Ill.9: Juri Czabanowski, Restored Balance of universal Energy by Taoism: proper

EXCHANGE of Black Circle or Mirror of Expanding Space of Black Energy in




Universe (and Mass; F=m a, E=mc2) Similar to Ancient ‘stem cell’ (before splitting

by dividing/duplication /replication),And Discovery of Universe of Third Green

(R)Evolution of CO-Existentialism, a growing Co-operation of integral

Photosynthesis by Solar and alternative Energy supported by Cybernetic

Enlightenment of Conscious Worldcitizens, Nijmegen 2013

Dr. Juri Czabanowski, Historian of Art and Architecture, founder of

Urchitecton

Ph.D.-thesis about history of theory and practice of sustainable housing

called Humaan-Ecologisch Georiënteerde Woningbouw,

Architectuurhistorische studie (1945-2000), published as Bouwstenen 99,

October 2006.

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