abstract: 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? / Dissertation/Thesis / Doctoral Dissertation Media Arts and Sciences 2015
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:asu.edu/item:29920 |
| Date | January 2015 |
| Contributors | Lahey, Byron Robert (Author), Burleson, Winslow (Advisor), Xin Wei, Sha (Committee member), Collins, Daniel (Committee member), Paine, Garth (Committee member), Arizona State University (Publisher) |
| Source Sets | Arizona State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Doctoral Dissertation |
| Format | 214 pages |
| Rights | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/, All Rights Reserved |
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