The Story of the Sunset

How an artwork becomes a continuous learning processor: the case of the technological cyclops

One day around twilight at the Scheveningen beach, while the sun was setting in the horizon, we observed the number of people that reach out for their cameras to capture that precious moment. The colours, the warmth and the vanishing gleams on the sea are so alluring. In such a rapture, we cannot help ourselves, we need to seize the moment. The image captured however will never do justice to the magnitude of the scene. Yet, we insist on taking those pictures and even sharing them with the world, through our limitless connections.

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