“All time is all time. It does not change. It does not lend itself to warnings or explanations. It simply is. Take it moment by moment, and you will find that we are all, as I’ve said before, bugs in amber.”
― Slaughterhouse-Five
Inspiration:
In Kurt Vonnegut’s novel “Slaughterhouse-Five,” the protagonist, Billy Pilgrim, is abducted and learns the concept of time as understood by the Tralfamadorians, a race of extraterrestrial beings. The Tralfamadorians view time not as a linear sequence where events occur one after another but rather as a collection of all moments existing simultaneously. They see every moment of time as permanent and immutable; every event has always happened, is happening, and will always happen.
This perspective allows them to see the entirety of an individual’s life at once, much like viewing a mountain range from a distance—where one can see where the range starts, its peaks, and where it ends, all in a single glance. They do not experience moments in a sequential order but can focus on any moment they wish, essentially living in a state of eternal recurrence.
Project proposed:
I want to create a visualization of the IMA low res program as the Tralfamadorian time. I will use a checkers board with sensors attached to indicated different moments in time from our year in the program. Those moments will be projected onto a screen (a hologram if I can make it work).
A ChatGPT 4 rendering of a chess board with a human life
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