A Sense of Relation

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From one or the other perspective 
When you make something you are also making the possibilities of alternative interpretations. They can be participatory interpretations, misinterpretations or counter-interpretations. 

 Keep in mind the unexpected element 

 Affordances:

 Potential variances
Things are not so solid with their edges and surfaces 
Instead things are more like events - edgeless and constantly changing and being negotiated 
Event = Happening 
Alan Kaprow staged 'Happenings' in 1950/60s
Claimed that anything can be a happening, getting the bus, brushing your teeth etc 
Made everyday events into a performance of art. Everything is invested with conscious meaning 

 Imminent (live) Performance Foregrounding 
Live-ness
The Contingent
The Unplanned
Active-Reactive
The Ephemeral (short-lived)
Grotesque/Visceral 

 Relational Forms
Performance art began in the 70s. Traditional art forms like painting and sculpture were displaced by live action, physical dynamism

 Everything is in a process of changing. In this way everything is animate 
Materially-scientifically, culturally 

 In context to your own work:
  • Making of open systems
  • Modes, landers and method of production 
  • Social participation with your work
  • The performance of and with your work

Seminar
We looked at an article 'Towards Relational Design' and annotated the document to see what we understood, found confusing or interesting points to then use in a group discussion. I re-read the text as I found it slightly overwhelming and then fully annotated with words I didn't understand and other sentences in the text. 

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