So perhaps some of the exclusions and abstracting premises of cartography should be dragged over to photography to see if … More
Month: March 2012
More abstraction in the Grundrisse, or, Plato’s ideal biscuits
Every moment, in calculating, accounting etc., that we transform commodities into value symbols, we fix them as mere exchange values, … More
More abstraction in the Grundrisse, or, 25 years of coffee prices
The value of commodities as determined by labour time is only their average value. This average appears as an external … More
The Great Saurians and the Citta Eterna
The race of the great saurians[1] could process through the Eternal City, where everything is preserved and where nothing that … More
More abstraction in the Grundrisse, or, precision, specificity, and the emergence of the categories
The sharp line of demarcation (abstract precision) which so clearly distinguished the trading nations of antiquity, such as theĀ Phoenicians … More
Ribbons and borders and rivers, oh my! Or, from specificity to (abstract) category
Changing the form of the signifier while keeping the same signified can generate different connotations. Changes of style or tone … More
Semiotics for a beginner, or, rivers and the art of classificatory maintenance, or, do geographers dream of electric rivers?
Thinking more about references and symbols, intentional fallacy and affective fallacy and whether I am an anachronistic New Critic and … More
Stellar Parallax North Kent by Paul McDevitt
What has the artist selected / chosen to show in this artwork? North Kent, of all places, is one of … More
The Thousand Longest Rivers in the World by Alighiero Boetti
(Classificazione dei) I mille fiumi piu lunghi del mondo (Classification of the Thousand Longest Rivers in the World) 1976-82 Embroidery … More
More abstraction in the Grundrisse [or, as Clear as Plastic]
Labour is quite a simple category. The idea of labour in that sense, as labour in general, is also very … More