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ContributorsFrankhauser, Gerhard (Contributor) / Parpart, Arthur Kemble, 1903- (Contributor) / Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 (Creator) / American Philosophical Society (Publisher) / Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
Created1952-11-19
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Katsuma Dan reflects on his first meeting with Dr. Victor Heilbrunn at the University of Pennsylvania in December 1930. Recorded at the University of Washington, Friday Harbor group in 1978.
ContributorsDan, Katsuma (Creator)
Created1978
ContributorsFrankhauser, Gerhard (Contributor) / Parpart, Arthur Kemble, 1903- (Contributor) / Conklin, Edwin Grant, 1863-1952 (Creator) / American Philosophical Society (Publisher) / Arizona Board of Regents (Publisher)
Created1952-11-19
Description
Wittgenstein’s claim: anytime something is seen, it is necessarily seen as something, forms the philosophical foundation of this research. I synthesize theories and philosophies from Simondon, Maturana, Varela, Wittgenstein, Pye, Sennett, and Reddy in a research process I identify as a paradigm construction project. My personal studio practice of inventing experiential media systems is a key part of this research and illustrates, with practical examples, my philosophical arguments from a range of points of observation. I see media systems as technical objects, and see technical objects as structurally determined systems, in which the structure of the system determines its organization. I identify making, the process of determining structure, as a form of structural coupling and see structural coupling as a means of knowing material. I introduce my theory of conceptual plurifunctionality as an extension to Simondon’s theory. Aspects of materiality are presented as a means of seeing material and immaterial systems, including cultural systems. I seek to answer the questions: How is structure seen as determining the organization of systems, and making seen as a process in which the resulting structures of technical objects and the maker are co-determined? How might an understanding of structure and organization be applied to the invention of contemporary experiential media systems?
ContributorsLahey, Byron (Author) / Burleson, Winslow (Thesis advisor) / Xin Wei, Sha (Committee member) / Collins, Daniel (Committee member) / Paine, Garth (Committee member) / Arizona State University (Publisher)
Created2015