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Material

Theory

Form

Roman word materia,

Greek word hyle

= opposite of the word form (Greek morphe),

means something amorphous

described as phenomenon, illusion

Ancient Greek~Rome

Material is what fills forms

described as meaning of the theory, reality

content

ex) I see wood(material) in the form of a table

material state is transitory (it will be burnt and decompose into ash), but the table-form is eternal

form of the table is real, content(material, the wood) of the table is only apparent)

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What of the form

content (body)

Baroque period; the sun was at the centre and the ellipses were real forms

representation

emphasizes the apparent in a form

Baroque Period vs Today

ex) free fall

form is the opposite of matter

design is one of the methods of giving form to matter

in design, matter is the way forms appear

How of the material

form (a mathematical formula)

Today; Ellipses are more convenient forma than epicycles, and therefore they are to be preferred

forms=models

model

the form in the appearance

content

Cezanne vs Today

material only served to make forms appear

designing forms for materials

ex)

Mesopotamian tablets > canals

cube, cone (Cubist painting) > Demoiselles d' Avignon

designing aeroplane by the use of calculations > Mirage jets

artificial images:

immaterial (wrong impression)

> they display material-free, empty forms

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Past vs Today

Past: forming the material to hand to make it appear

Giving formal order to the apparent world of material

Formalizing a world taken for granted

Now: flood of forms pouring out of our theoretical perspective, our technical equipment

We fill forms with material to 'materialize' the forms

forms designed to produce alternative worlds

glass, plastic

immaterial culture > should be called 'materializing culture'

imposing forms on materials

past: true information=discovery, false information=fiction. science and art is separate

today: form > model. science and art is related

the form is what makes material appear

a steel tool in a press

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