OBJ101321
2021
2021
“Cages”
OBJ101321 ( Peripheral Vision )
OBJ03XX21 ( Adieu ) +
OBJXXXXX Undated Sketch ( Hair Cage )
In Dialogue: Affinities and Rabbit holes:
The Panopticon
A photo of the Presidio Modelo, Cuba, 1926
Etching / Illustration of a prisoner in panopticon cell.
(Image sources unknown as of 022723)
Jeremy Bentham︎︎︎, Panopticon Writings
“Jeremy Bentham's ideas on how the greatest happiness principle should be applied were not always well-conceived. Bentham spent much of his time and fortune on designs for the Panopticon. The Panopticon ("all-seeing") was a prison. It was designed to allow round-the-clock surveillance of the inmates by their superintendent. Bentham's intention was humanitarian; but penitentiaries are not the best advertisement for a utilitarian ethic.
The greatest happiness principle dictates the construction, not of prisons, but the secular equivalent of Heaven-on-Earth. When harnessed to biotechnology, this utopian-sounding vision is feasible - albeit implausible. Yet the ideological obstacles to global happiness may prove greater than the practical challenges: the contemporary utilitarian project needs more visually compelling symbols than an image of discipline and punishment. On utilitarian grounds, the Panopticon is perhaps best forgotten.”
Taken from Utilitarianism︎︎︎
A website created by BLTC Research seemingly dedicated to collect and archive writings on the subject of Utilitarianism and relating to the ideas of Jeremy Bentham.
From pain to pleasure: Panopticon dreams and Pentagon Petal (PDF) ︎︎︎
Mixed media,
Graphite and ink on paper, 8.5”x11”
+ Digital media. Collage and type, 600 dpi
OBJ101321 ( Peripheral Vision )
OBJ03XX21 ( Adieu ) +
OBJXXXXX Undated Sketch ( Hair Cage )
In Dialogue: Affinities and Rabbit holes:
The Panopticon
A photo of the Presidio Modelo, Cuba, 1926
Etching / Illustration of a prisoner in panopticon cell.
(Image sources unknown as of 022723)
Jeremy Bentham︎︎︎, Panopticon Writings
“Jeremy Bentham's ideas on how the greatest happiness principle should be applied were not always well-conceived. Bentham spent much of his time and fortune on designs for the Panopticon. The Panopticon ("all-seeing") was a prison. It was designed to allow round-the-clock surveillance of the inmates by their superintendent. Bentham's intention was humanitarian; but penitentiaries are not the best advertisement for a utilitarian ethic.
The greatest happiness principle dictates the construction, not of prisons, but the secular equivalent of Heaven-on-Earth. When harnessed to biotechnology, this utopian-sounding vision is feasible - albeit implausible. Yet the ideological obstacles to global happiness may prove greater than the practical challenges: the contemporary utilitarian project needs more visually compelling symbols than an image of discipline and punishment. On utilitarian grounds, the Panopticon is perhaps best forgotten.”
Taken from Utilitarianism︎︎︎
A website created by BLTC Research seemingly dedicated to collect and archive writings on the subject of Utilitarianism and relating to the ideas of Jeremy Bentham.
︎︎︎ “BLTC RESEARCH was founded in 1995 to promote paradise-engineering. We are dedicated to an ambitious global technology project. BLTC seek to abolish the biological substrates of suffering. Not just in humans, but in all sentient life.”
From pain to pleasure: Panopticon dreams and Pentagon Petal (PDF) ︎︎︎
Mixed media,
Graphite and ink on paper, 8.5”x11”
+ Digital media. Collage and type, 600 dpi
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