On a shelf
Styrofoam
Window bug
A presentation designed to stimulate object desire.
“For me, photography has become a way of attempting to make sense of the strange world that I see around me. I don’t ever expect to achieve that understanding, but the fact that I am trying comforts me.” – Mikhael Subotzky
Kindly feelings
Intended for benefit
Rather than profit
Once in power, they often hired gifted artists to portray them in flattering and benevolent poses.
“The conqueror is regarded with awe; the wise man commands our respect; but it is only the benevolent man that wins our affection.” – William Dean Howells
Find work
Better living conditions
One place to another
At the international level, no universally accepted definition for “migrant” exists.
“The art of reasoning consists of rightly ordering the steps which are necessary in order to reach a desired conclusion.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Spacial relativity
Navigate complexities
Concept of support
By focusing on essential features, we may overlook important details.
“The art of reasoning consists of rightly ordering the steps which are necessary in order to reach a desired conclusion.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Vibrant current
Randomness pulsates
Incessant becoming
The intellect seeks to impose order, carving up sensation into discrete units for practical purposes.
“The element of chance…is precisely what allows for the appearance of the new.” – Henri Bergson
All arranged
In a way
That suggests
We overcome obstacles and strive for creation.
“One should not wish to erase from life its wild and wicked features; one should know how to use them for advantage.” – Friedrich Nietzsche
Conversation murmur
Inebriating dance
Of consciousness
Hovering on the edge emphasizes the importance of intentionality, the way that our consciousness is always directed towards something.
“An idea is an inheritance complicated by private experience.” – F Scott Fitzgerald
Toy robot
Encased in
Transparent plastic
The mint robot can be understood as an actual entity existing within a complex of experiences.
“The actual world is a process of becoming, and… these becomings are not independent of one another. They require each other’s natures for the determination of their own natures.” – Alfred North Whitehead
Inert depictions
Negative space
Experience elements
The specific qualities we perceive are all constituted by our consciousness.
“Negative space is magical – create it, don’t just fill it up!” – Timothy Samara
Functional
Object
Transforms
Husserl, the father of phenomenology, emphasized the importance of bracketing out assumptions and returning to the essence of an object or experience through intentional consciousness.
“The creative act is not performed by the artist alone; the spectator brings the work in contact with the external world by deciphering and interpreting its inner qualifications and adding his own contribution to the creative act.” – Marcel Duchamp