POROSITY

first release on the 4m label

SHARING CREATIVity AT THE UOFG
first edition of the 4M project

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. “empty”) spaces in a material and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1. Porosity measures the space between. Sand isn’t porous from a distance, but on a microscopic level there is accessible space between the grains.

On a macro scale we can turn to the universe and look at the galaxies in our universe as grains of sand: from a distance, Boötes void seems accessible, yet the void space between galaxies is so vast that it’s incomprehensible for humans. In the digital world everything you see – the words you’re reading right now – is information that can be transmitted as a series of 0s and 1s.

Porosity or void fraction is a measure of the void (i.e. “empty”) spaces in a material and is a fraction of the volume of voids over the total volume, between 0 and 1. Porosity measures the space between. Sand isn’t porous from a distance, but on a microscopic level there is accessible space between the grains.

On a macro scale we can turn to the universe and look at the galaxies in our universe as grains of sand: from a distance, Boötes void seems accessible, yet the void space between galaxies is so vast that it’s incomprehensible for humans. In the digital world everything you see – the words you’re reading right now – is information that can be transmitted as a series of 0s and 1s.

Officially there is no room for speculation here: it’s either a 0 or a 1 and, but what could we imagine in the space between binary 0s and 1s? What could be possible?

Officially there is no room for speculation here: it’s either a 0 or a 1 and, but what could we imagine in the space between binary 0s and 1s? What could be possible?

The scope of porosity goes beyond visual, tactile materials like sponges and skin: the question is one of asking what exists in the nothing that is between things?
The scope of porosity goes beyond visual, tactile materials like sponges and skin: the question is one of asking what exists in the nothing that is between things?

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