undecidability

T up >> T down<< /  by Justin Harrison

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In writing my Study statement - I began to think about Transformation in a particular model. The problem with models is they are often wrong. Things don’t fit into categorisation or structure neatly - but it’s a way of temporarily holding the information for me, a way of looking at it - till I find a better way…

Actually a lot came out of writing my Assessment and Study statement, I’ve not considered my practice, art or interests so formally before. It was hard, I had a headache after posting it all. But so worth it, to find structure, plans and actually discover that my interests do connect.

Does transformation exist in two differing states that cycle round:

Transformation down <<

In the transformation down<<<  the process of deconstruction, decomposition. The gradual and eventual disassembly of structure, division of cells, molecules and elements.  

A rendering down to constituent parts.

“Everything is divisable” (Derrida)

Transformation up >>

In transformation up>>> looking at the coalescence, aggregation, cumulation of elements or events. The newness of creation. Being RePlaced. Becoming new, becoming more.

A circle of transformation cycling through stages of Life>>>Death >>> Decomposition >>> Creation>>>New life>>>

“Far from being ‘dead,’ however, a rotting corpse is teeming with life. A growing number of scientists view a rotting corpse as the cornerstone of a vast and complex ecosystem, which emerges soon after death and flourishes and evolves as decomposition proceeds.” (Mo Costandi (2017). Life after death: the science of human decomposition. [online] the Guardian).

So in light of the nature of Derrida's approach to deconstructions and undecidability - where in his thinking does he reference a constructive approach? What if anything isn’t left undone -  Reinscription? Somewhere I read about a part of his work that touched on this but cannot remember which book it was.

I need to locate more specific and rigorous texts that at least allude to something akin to Transformation up>>>

 

Held In Tension /  by Justin Harrison

Spent some time considering the construction of Iranian Dome Tents. The role that tension plays in holding and creating form and structure. Strapping and Poles, Rope and Pegs. Inside the tent there are straps that don’t just hold the frame in tension, but also hold meaning unique to each clan through the design woven into it.

I wonder if there is a link to the tension in binary definitions of writing and the potential for there to be ‘Undecidability’

It makes me want to create straps that hold a pole in constant tension. A form of restraint or connecting ‘a’ to ‘b’ - which might also link to Godel’s theorem of the included middle. How something can be a and b and not a or b at the same time. Some form of interdependent relationship of ‘a’ and ‘b’ and ‘not a or b’

Possibly leather straps and white stripped or black charred, green wood poles. These could increase in complexity to describe more complex relationships that use tension.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuzipuvXULg