Methods
1st Trimester
Anotating the Intro of Queer Phenomenology
with Carmen, Chae and Miriam
Discussing the text with chae in an experiental approach, having just arrived in Rotterdam and trying to orientate in a very different context.
Trying to read the text through our experiences
"...this is interesting approach, because as a person who just moved here, I feel like I am disoriented in many ways, my habits, my interest, and also how I navigate within this world."
From text
"...A direction is also something one gives. When you tell someone who is lost how to find their way, you give them directions to help them on their way. When you give an order or an instruction (especially a set of instructions guiding the use of equipment) you give directions. Directions are instructions about ‘‘where,’’ but they are also about ‘‘how’’ and ‘‘what’’: directions take us somewhere by the very requirement that we follow a line that is drawn in advance. A direction is thus produced over time; a direction is what we are asked to follow. The etymology of ‘‘direct’’ relates to ‘‘being straight’’ or getting ‘‘straight to the point.’’ To go directly is to follow a line without a detour, without mediation. Within the concept of direction is a concept of ‘‘straightness.’’ To follow a line might be a way of becoming straight, by not deviating at any point..."
queer phenomenology annotation pad
Glossary of Interconnected Keywords
with Chae, Kimberley and Jian
Collective experiment on giving our definitions to keywords that are inteconnected to each other.
glossary of interconnected keywords
SYNOPSIS
trans*re*lationality inter-relation several different "definitions" for the same notion use the lexicon to help navigation through the reader
multiple orders and entry points a "definition" can be an image, a text to complete, a performance, a piece of code, a personal anecdote, a manipulated text etc the different "definitions" have the power to change the story
"definitions" of political notions that also change in time https://www.politicalconcepts.org/ https://www.politicalconcepts.org/occupation-jacques-ranciere/ -----> Definition of occupation by Ranciere use the house of dust code to create a malleable definition
Ways of "defining" a notion:
1. house of dust 2. personal anecdote 3. image? visual thinking/ association of images / linking between different images 4. body languages sensory definitions? sound> sing bowl > share a sensory experience to define a notion 5. translation language (vernacular, academic, english, phonetics etc) sound of words that one can't understand could sometimes be self-explanatory 6. write a poem 7. … 8. … 9. …
This reader has no form yet. It could be a book, a website, an exhibition, a map etc. Keep that in mind! This reader is a lexicon that can be seen as a map. It can be accessed from any entry point, there is not start, no end, the reader can create their own path by using the links to jump between the definitions (or not). In this reader, each notion is being defined several times by the readers following different methods (house of dust, personal anecdote, excerpts from the text itself, image, translation, etc.) The various definitions offer our perspectives on those texts.
Keywords/ lexicon:
1. Navigation 2. Orientation 3. Structure 4. Book 5. Darkness 6.Destination
Aside (these are notes for a general overview): [this reader (title)] presents different ways of reading and writing which are approached from different directions. It is a performative, navigable text. The readers and the text changes as we use them. The reader includes transformations, translations and re-mediations of existing texts. It is accesible from many points of departure and ever-evolving.
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1. Navigation <moving towards a destination inside a defined space. Navigation is different than the words wandering ( derive in french), which are connected with the desire to create spaces by moving. derives from the latin word navigare, "to sail, sail over, go by sea, steer a ship," (this may imply that navigation derives from and is connected to a maritime economy) <in greek : πλοηγώ which means "to be a navigator and to drive a ship with knowledge into unknown and dangerous waters <https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=navigation
the word 'navigation' is a cousin of the word 'orientation', you have an intention when you navigate, it involves moving(conceptually or physically)
https://hub.xpub.nl/soupboat/~kimberley/Untitled.html Use the 'house of dust' model to make a collage of several texts
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2. Orientation
the word 'orientation' don't necessarily involve moving, one might have no intention when orient
"objects and spaces are orientated"
Queer Phenomenology, Sara Ahmed
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3. Structure
1) Stand in position 2) Jump 3) Stand still 4) (If there is a ground) Lie down 5) (If there is a wall) Put your body onto the wall 1) Come back where you started
Deleuze and Guattari introduce A Thousand Plateaus by outlining the concept of the rhizome (quoted from A Thousand Plateaus):
1 and 2. Principles of connection and heterogeneity: "...any point of a rhizome can be connected to any other, and must be"; 3. Principle of multiplicity: it is only when the multiple is effectively treated as a substantive, "multiplicity", that it ceases to have any relation to the One; 4. Principle of asignifying rupture: a rhizome may be broken, but it will start up again on one of its old lines, or on new lines; 5 and 6. Principles of cartography and decalcomania: a rhizome is not amenable to any structural or generative model; it is a "map and not a tracing". They elaborate in the same section, "What distinguishes the map from the tracing is that it is entirely oriented toward an experimentation in contact with the real."
Eros in the Library, Melissa Adler
<the word structure creates a certain image of my mind. An unfinished building - "under construction", loud and annoying sounds of machines, metal and concrete. That way I can witness the structure of an object before it reach its final form-destination. When something is finished, proper and whole can hide its structure.
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4. BOOK
A BOOK IS THE PHYSICAL SUPPORT OF TEXT
USING A RECOMBINANT STRUCTURE
TO PROVIDE SEQUENTIAL
NAVIGATION
A BOOK IS AN ARCHIVE
USING WORDS
TO PROVIDE ISOLATED
KNOWLEDGE
A BOOK IS A PORTABLE DATA STORAGE
USING NODES AND LINKS
TO PROVIDE PERFORMATIVE
TRUTH
A BOOK IS A SEQUENCE OF MOMENTS
USING NODES AND LINKS
TO PROVIDE PERFORMATIVE
MEANING
A BOOK IS A SEQUENCE OF MOMENTS
USING LAYERS
TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
NAVIGATION
A BOOK IS AN INTIMATE SPACE
USING JUXTAPOSITIONS
TO PROVIDE RANDOM
INFORMATION
A BOOK IS AN ARTIFACT
USING A SYSTEM OF KNOTTED STRINGS
TO PROVIDE NAVIGATIONAL
NEGOTIATION
A BOOK IS AN INTIMATE SPACE
USING A RECOMBINANT STRUCTURE
TO PROVIDE PRECISE
THOUGHTS
A BOOK IS AN EVENT
USING NODES AND LINKS
TO PROVIDE SEQUENTIAL
ACCESS
A BOOK IS AN INTERFACE
USING ANY NUMBERS OF PHYSICAL FORMS
TO PROVIDE ISOLATED
KNOWLEDGE
A BOOK IS A SEQUENCE OF ROOMS
USING INTERCONNECTIONS
TO PROVIDE CERTAIN
NEGOTIATION
A BOOK IS AN OBJECT
USING LAYERS
TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
KNOWLEDGE
A BOOK IS A SEQUENCE OF MOMENTS
USING A SYSTEM OF KNOTTED STRINGS
TO PROVIDE SPECIFIC
MEANING
A Book is a physical/non-physical object that can help you get out of darkness, navigate around the world, one might discover one's sexual orientation! A book can be your best friend, or can be a powerful sleeping pill.
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5. Darkness
Land of Silence and Darkness, Werner Herzog
an object that is really soft and fluffy fur, airy cloth in black/grayish)
Tino Sehgal – This Variation First performed in 2012 at Documenta 13 in Kassel
Back in 2012 I went to Documenta 13 in Kassel with a group other students from art academy. At some point we went to the Tino Sehgals piece "This variation" that was performed in the Hugenottenhaus. As a group of five we were allowed to enter a room that was pitch black. I could neither see my own hand nor the people that were supposed to stand close to me. I tried to walk a few steps to move away from the entrance, but I instantly felt an enormous insecurity: A level of disorientation I never experienced before. So I decided to just stand there and wait, hoping to find any markers in my surroundings that would help me to get orientated. Suddenly I noticed noises, other people breathing, moving around the room, wispering. How were they able to orientate in this darkness? […]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSBVEjwVy_0 song: the darkness from "Crazy ex-girlfriend" Rebecca: IN MY LIFE I'VE HAD SO MANY MEN BUT THERE'S ONE I COME BACK TO AGAIN AND AGAIN WE'VE BEEN ON AND OFF FOR SUCH A LONG TIME AND NOW HE'S BACK AND I'M FEELING OH-SO-FINE
HE'S THE DARKNESS MY FIRST LOVE, MY TRUE LOVE THE DARKNESS HE KNOWS ME BETTER THAN ANYONE HE HOLDS ME CLOSE AND WHISPERS THINGS THAT I DON'T WANT TO HEAR WHEN I FEEL THE BUTTERFLIES OF DREAD I KNOW THE DARKNESS IS NEAR
WE MET AROUND THE TIME I STARTED FIRST GRADE EVERY SUMMER AFTER THAT WE'D PLAY SOLITAIRE IN THE SHADE ON PROM NIGHT HE WAS THE ONLY BOY I KISSED AND WHEN HE'D VISIT MY DORM I REMEMBERED HOW MUCH I'D MISS
THE DARKNESS HIS LOVE FOR ME IS PURE THE DARKNESS HE'S HANDSOME FOR A METAPHOR AND HIS NAME IS... TYLER YEAH, THAT FEELS RIGHT HIS NAME IS TYLER HE DRUNK DIALS ME EVERY NIGHT TYLER, TYLER, TYLER YOUR KISS FEELS LIKE A CUT YOU PLAY DRUMS AND WEAR GUYLINER AND YOUR PET NAME FOR ME IS "SLUT"
FOR SO MANY YEARS I'VE USED THE DARKNESS TO FEEL BUT NOW THERE ARE THINGS IN MY LIFE THAT ARE ACTUALLY REAL I GOTTA MAKE A CHOICE, DARLIN' DON'T ASK ME WHY SO WILL I HAVE THE STRENGTH TO TELL THE DARKNESS TO TELL TYLER DARKNESS GOODBYE?
6.Destination
side-note: what would happen if we use 'darkness' as a verb