Project of My 'SELF'

[12.12.2013]

Ritual (adj.)

-“relating to (religious) rites”

(Latin ritualis )

Rite (n.)

1

-“religious

observance or ceremony, custom, usage”

(Latin ritus , early 14c.)

2

-“number”

(Old English rim)

-“to count, number”, “number”

[02.12.2013]

Manifest (adj.)

1

-“clearly revealed”

(Old French)

-“clear, apparent, evident”

(from Latin manifestus)

2

-probably from manus(hand)+ festus(struck)

Manifest (v.)

1

- “to discover, disclose, betray”

(from Latin manifestare)

2

- “to display by actions”

[11.12.2013]

Habit (n.)

1

-“to have, to hold, to possess”

(past participle of habere)

2

-“hand, forearm”

(cf. Sanskrit gabhasti-)

-“act of taking”

(gabal)

Habit (v.)

-“to live, dwell”

(from Latin habitare)

  Inhabit (v.)

1

-“hold, have”

(requentative of habere)

2

-“to dwell in”

[10.12.2013] Drawings with no Figures

What happens if one takes out the figure in a drawing?

Gestures are important. Gestures are political, showing the influence of living conditions on bodies. Nevertheless, spaces do the same. Spatial arrangement impacts the body, framing (limiting but also fertilizing) possibilities of the inhabitants’ everyday living.

[09.12.2013] Note4: Everyday Objects

The ordinary objects and spaces, are not the background in the drawings but the subject

[08.12.2013] Note3: “Politically Correct”

[07.12.2013] Note2: Body

[06.12.2013] Note1: Subjectivity (M.S. Guidici)

“In the postfordist city the object of production is not material goods but rather subjectivity. Subjectivity is the complex of cultural constructs ideas desires and fears that shape the way people live their lives in a given historical period. Subjectivity is collective and shared; it does not refer directly to the individuals, but it does influence the way individuals perceive themselves and their environment.”