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A maker's mechanological paradigm: seeing experiential media systems as structurally determined
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?
Date Created
2015
Contributors
- Lahey, Byron (Author)
- Burleson, Winslow (Thesis advisor)
- Xin Wei, Sha (Committee member)
- Collins, Daniel (Committee member)
- Paine, Garth (Committee member)
- Arizona State University (Publisher)
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Genre
Extent
x, 203 pages : illustrations (some color)
Language
eng
Copyright Statement
In Copyright
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Peer-reviewed
No
Open Access
No
Handle
https://hdl.handle.net/2286/R.I.29920
Statement of Responsibility
by Byron Lahey
Description Source
Viewed on July 10, 2015
Level of coding
full
Note
thesis
Partial requirement for: Ph. D., Arizona State University, 2015
bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 187-196)
Field of study: Media arts and sciences
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- 2015-06-01 08:13:13
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- 2021-08-30 01:28:51
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