On 08/04/2010, at 1:22 PM, Adam Parker wrote:
> From a conceptual perspective: there's also the interesting possibility, when working generatively, that introducing inaccuracies, slippages and misinterpretations may assist us in developing new concepts - a kind of willful ekphrasis, if you like, where we allow the confusions elicited by such elisions to force us to generate new vantage points and thus formulate novel designerly problems...
Adam et al
I'm not sure of its the applicability in the affordance/signifier case. But on the other thread currently running on metaphor and complex systems, there are so many opportunities for what you call in your delightful phrase 'wilful ekphrasis'. Indeed, a number of examples come readily to mind in the work by Robert Horn on social messes, where he uses his 'visual language' in helping organisations and governments deal with extremely complex issues. I think your suggestion could be highly productive, using, as you suggest, a sense of lightness and play.
David
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