Differential
Concrete stain
Aging
In this encounter, the object transcends its physical characteristics and becomes a lived experience.
“An event is the outcome of the past, so far as the past is relevant to the present. It is also the pregnant mother of the future” – Alfred North Whitehead
Bailey’s
Lunch
Breakfast
The tangible and the familiar are the ground on which experience derives.
“The traces left behind by the things of the past… are like fallen leaves, which the wind of history carries with it.” – Walter Benjamin
In the sticks
Much a tale
Of who you ask
Over this time period individuals put much effort into recreation.
“Croquet is a very old game, widely known and practised in France since the XI century under the name of ‘jeu de mail’. Borrowed by the British around 1300, it was modified over the centuries: the Scots made golf out of it, the Irish turned it into croquet.” – Anthoine Ravez
Convex security
Top of the pops
Exit stage
Til we meet again, may God bless you. Adios.
“…the image is one thing and the human being is another…it’s very hard to live up to an image. “ – Elvis Presley
Patent medicine
Temperance drink
Hobble-skirt design
The familiar fluted bottle is so curvy it once was called the “Mae West” bottle.
“The perfect liquid wrapper.” – Raymond Loewy
Disobey rules
Power to punish
Practical need
Imperfect laws are established to maintain order and promote social order.
“Justice is an artificial virtue, the invention of men, and founded entirely on the interests of society.” – David Hume
Present moment
Lived experience
Embodied subjectivity
Situated in time and space, we are not disembodied consciousnesses floating above the world.
“Time is not a thing, but a process.” – Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Rocolene
Eveready
Raytheon
A shelf functions as a portal to another domain.
“A place for everything, and everything in its place.” – Benjamin Franklin
Life force
Constantly evolving
Physical manifestation
The past is not fixed and immutable, but rather is constantly being recreated in the present moment.
“The past is not behind us, it is within us, it is the present becoming.” – Henri Bergson
Slow process
Bake and crack
Shape the land
Extreme temperatures, low humidity, and strong winds contribute to a high desert environment still capable of supporting vegetation.
“The desert is a natural extension of the inner silence of the body.” – Jean Baudrillard