# biome by josh keyes and miegakure cross dimensional inter-sections diorama: n. 1815-25; french equivalent to greek (h)órāma (horā- variant stem of horân to see look plus -ma noun suffix denoting the result of action) consider the conceptual links between software toy biome by knick knack the astounding art of josh keyes and the dimensional play of miegakure // video here one thing j.g. ballard and william s. burroughs share in common is 'cuts ups / medical anatomy': cross-dimensional scientifically fictional mind scans of a possible subject / through an idea-space generating surrealistic n-dimensional models - in this case artistic visualizations biome josh keys and miegakure // video here such fleeting miniature dioramas - garme vignettes of the imagination are often puzzling however ir very existence is contested; the breadth of ir potential meaning is not only strictly contingent on the depth and accuracy of the 's.f scan' used to illuminate / generate them but on the underlying claims to knowledge of the theories behind such strangely warholesque simulacral scans themselves equally oddly biome views itself as 'a minimalist digital zen garden for everyone'; what is this zen *sniff sniff* and who might this everyone be? ****update patch**: overland by finji garmes** adam saltsman's garme overland seems related to biome and miegakure what would be interesting would be to see how overland plays out as a tactical emergent process / system // republic of bob