installation – lokal-int, biel/bienne

with joëlle bischof

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in this thought experiment, one fork is missing, but there are five wrong ones to really get to the bottom of the underlying reasoning. therefore, the question arises as to which problem is solved by digitization and which challenges it creates in its own right. a question that may not be asked if the aim is to minimise our own mental work. but this is precisely why this work uses digital technologies to highlight thought models and orientation patterns and, for once, not sweep problems under the carpet.

 

the dining philosophers poem refers to the phenomenon of concurrency in informatics, which is known as "the dining philosophers problem".