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7/29/2019 Wunderkammer Objects and Meaning
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Andrea Peach
Stage 1
Contextual & Critical Studies
Wunderkammer:Objects and Meaning
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Andreas Gursky99 Cents, 1999
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Andreas GurskyAtlanta, 1996
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Tracey EminMy Bed, 1998
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Kath Kidson2001
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If individual objects
are touchstones ofcurrent thinking in
societies, what are they
telling us?
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If individual objects are
touchstones of current
thinking in societies, what arethey telling us?
ratonara - Spanish rat trap
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The Chapman Family CollectionJake and Dinos Chapman 2002
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Redesign of Modern Movement ChairsAlessandro Mendini, 1978
Wassily Chair
Marcel Breuer, 1925
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Original design:
Charles R. Mackintoshs 1902Hill House 1 chair
Maarten BaasSmoke furniture2004
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MaartenBaas
Smokefurniture2004
Original design:Gerrit T. Rietvelds 1918
Red and Blue chair
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Maarten BaasHey Chair Be a Bookshelf
http://www.maartenbaas.com/
Surrounded by all kinds of objects,Baas created an assemblage, inwhich all objects gained a newfunction. A chair became abookshelf; a lampshadebecame a vase, a violin a coat rack.
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For this design, Baas collaborateswith several second hand stores inthe region of Eindhoven, saving productsfrom the rubbish container which couldnot be sold in the shop. Since theproducts are always different, everyHey, chair be a bookshelf! is aunique piece.
Maarten BaasHey Chair Be a Bookshelf
http://www.maartenbaas.com/
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Cornelia ParkerCold Dark Matter:An Exploded View1991
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Q: When is a sheep not a sheep?A: When its a work of art.
Damien Hirst, Away from the Flock, 1994
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Toothpicks and LogosJohn Heskett
Utility and Significance in Everyday Objects
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Toothpicks and LogosJohn Heskett
Even the smallest utilitarian objects are capable of
embodying values
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Roland BarthesMythologies 1957 (1993)
Semiotics
Objects as signs
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Roland BarthesMythologies 1957 (1993)
Semiotics
Citron DS (Desse) - 1955
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Roland BarthesMythologies 1957 (1993)
Semiotics - the study ofsigns
Signifier:
its physical form(ie: a diamond ring)
Signified:the mental concept itrefers to(ie: engagement)
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Roland BarthesMythologies 1957 (1993)
Every object in the world canpass from a closed, silent
existence to an oral state
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What are increasingly
produced are notmaterial objects,
butsigns
Roland Barthes
Perfume = signfier
Physical Allure = signified
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Roland BarthesMythologies 1957 (1993)
a photograph will be a kind of
speech for us in the same way as a
newspaper article; even objects will
become speech
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Jeans = signfier
Beauty
= signified
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What areincreasinglyproduced are notmaterial objects,but signs
Roland Barthes
Polo = signfier
Strength = signified
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Tamagotchi
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TamagotchiBecoming familiar with something but in away that keeps changing.
Whats it about?
Is your understanding ofit ever fixed or does itchange as you change?
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Tamagotchi analysis of items in box
DECONSTRUCTAsk your objects questions.
How do they relate to these topics?
Physical Historical Psychological
Actualline, volume mass
Structure
CulturalEvents, places artefacts
Society
EmotiveMemory,associations
Personal
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Tamagotchi analysis of items in box
Do the ideas revealed have parallels elsewhere?Make connections
How could you use the ideas found?Mirrored, Contrasted, Subverted, Emphasised
RECONSTRUCT
Create layers of meaning by referring to theabove physical and emotive characteristics when
you decide on the structure of your final object
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Henri Lefebvre (1901-1991)Why should the study of the banal itself be
banal? Why wouldnt the concept of
everydayness reveal the extraordinaryin the ordinary?
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To launch an
investigation into thetheoretical practices of
those who attend to
everyday life requiresattention to everyday
life itself.
David Shrigley
Imagine the Green is Red, 1997
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Object,
Image,Meaning
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