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Reading for Monday, September 21

Deleuze Guattari Rhizome Intro

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By Matt – September 15, 2009

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  1. Prof. Gold says

    THEORY –
    abstract examination of ideas
    – lays out a larger vision of ideas
    – modern critical theory often very abstract and eliptical
    – ideas about ideas

    Opening image–
    score — musical blueprint — shows all instrument parts – give visions of larger piece
    lines — connect all instruments to each other
    – as opposed to traditional notation – lines go everywhere — not parallel to each other
    – rhizome – follows own rules – starts wherever, ends wherever
    – instruments all tied together
    – as opposed to order, rationality

    – Enlightenment –

    book as assemblage/multiplicity
    – books don’t have subjects/objects — BINARY LOGIC
    –books have multiple connections
    –
    – TREE AS ROOT IMAGE – http://www.customwaxnseals.com/coinsamples/TreeRoots1-EL.jpg
    – ROOT AS TAPROOT – TUBER — http://waynesword.palomar.edu/images/tuber.jpg

    rhizome not centralized — decentralized

    cf. computer networks, nodes

    cf. “Digital Dreams” — box compared to blob

    for Wed: find a piece of architecture that is rhizomatic and explain what makes it so

    September 21, 2009, 10:12 am

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