User:Zuhui//Drafts/Position Liberty

To better understand the idea of ‘poetic materiality of CSS’, I want to try out a thought experiment - how visual and structural elements in CSS can connect to the sculptural qualities of language. after the second week of SI26 exercise, I’ve been thinking about how properties like ‘position’ can reflect the way language creates meaning through spatial and contextual relationships.

This brought me back to a personal reference I’ve been holding onto for the past few weeks. Maybe it might seem like a conceptual stretch, but I feel like it could be a good opportunity to explore contextuality, especially when it comes to ‘position’ property in CSS.

To start, I’d like to compare and analyze two different ways written language can take on a sculptural quality, using the word ‘liberty’ as a focal point. the goal is to look at how these forms are structured and composed, and how their arrangement shape the narrative and perception of the word, or the concept of ‘liberty’ itself.

In the long run, I want to go further into how this kind of linguistic sculpturality parallels the qualities of CSS, particularly how positioning and spatial relationships, along with semantic and temporal interactions, shape both meaning and experience. by approaching this exercise with a focus on the intersection of language and design, I’m hoping to gain some new perspectives on how CSS, beyond its functional role, can convey poetic and performative dimensions that resonates\ with how we express ourselves through language.

Liberty

Yoon's public address
(Liberty-loop)

http://vimeo.com/1047891885

translated excerpt

Dear citizens of our nation,

...
The administration is paralyzed, and the people’s sighs grow deeper. This tramples upon the constitutional order of liberty in the Republic of Korea, disrupting legitimate state institutions established under the Constitution and the law. Such acts are blatant anti-state activities that plot insurrection.

The lives of our citizens are disregarded, as the government remains immobilized by incessant impeachments, special investigations, and protective measures for the opposition leader.
The National Assembly has become a den of criminals, wielding legislative dictatorship to paralyze the judicial and administrative systems of our nation while conspiring to overthrow the system of liberty and democracy. The very institution that should be the foundation of liberty and democracy has become a monster that threatens to destroy it. Today, the liberty of Republic of Korea stands on the brink, at the edge of collapse.

Dear citizens, To defend the liberty of the Republic of Korea from the threats posed by the North Korean communist regime and to eradicate the shameless, pro-North anti-state forces that rob our people of their liberty and happiness, I hereby declare martial law. Through this martial law, I will rebuild and protect the liberty of Republic of Korea, which has been driven to the brink of ruin.

To achieve this, I will eradicate the anti-state forces that have engaged in malicious acts until now. This measure is unavoidable to ensure the liberty and safety of the people, the sustainability of our nation, and to leave a better country for future generations. I will act swiftly to eliminate anti-state forces and restore the nation to normalcy.

I understand that this may cause some inconvenience to the good citizens who have upheld the values of the Constitution. However, I will do my utmost to minimize these inconveniences. Such measures are essential for the perpetuity of liberty in the Republic of Korea and do not alter our commitment to contributing to the international community and fulfilling our responsibilities.

As President, I earnestly appeal to you, the citizens. Trust me as I dedicate my entire being to defending the liberty of the Republic of Korea. Please believe in me. Thank you.

some context

'Liberté' by Paul Eluard (translated)

On my school notebooks
On my desk and on the trees
On the sands of snow
I write your name

On the pages I have read
On all the white pages
Stone, blood, paper or ash
I write your name

On the images of gold
On the weapons of the warriors
On the crown of the king
I write your name

On the jungle and the desert
On the nest and on the brier
On the echo of my childhood
I write your name

On all my scarves of blue
On the moist sunlit swamps
On the living lake of moonlight
I write your name

On the fields, on the horizon
On the birds’ wings
And on the mill of shadows
I write your name

On each whiff of daybreak
On the sea, on the boats
On the demented mountaintop
I write your name

On the froth of the cloud
On the sweat of the storm
On the dense rain and the flat
I write your name

On the flickering figures
On the bells of colors
On the natural truth
I write your name

On the high paths
On the deployed routes
On the crowd-thronged square
I write your name

On the lamp which is lit
On the lamp which isn’t
On my reunited thoughts
I write your name

On a fruit cut in two
Of my mirror and my chamber
On my bed, an empty shell
I write your name

On my dog, greathearted and greedy
On his pricked-up ears
On his blundering paws
I write your name

On the latch of my door
On those familiar objects
On the torrents of a good fire
I write your name

On the harmony of the flesh
On the faces of my friends
On each outstretched hand
I write your name

On the window of surprises
On a pair of expectant lips
In a state far deeper than silence
I write your name

On my crumbled hiding-places
On my sunken lighthouses
On my walls and my ennui
I write your name

On abstraction without desire
On naked solitude
On the marches of death
I write your name

And for the want of a word
I renew my life
For I was born to know you
To name you

Liberty.

Note

I used the (kind of weird) term ‘sculpturality’ to refer to the way the visual and spatial arrangement of language contributes to meaning-making. Like, language has a potential to take on countless forms and narratives, shaped and structured through our hands - layered, molded, and composed in various ways.