Allen (page72) “we
will be infinitely unhappy because we will have lost the very place of freedom,
which is expanse.” (Going on to say) “The field of freedom shrinks with
speed. And freedom needs a field. When there is no more field, our lives will
be like a terminal, a machine with doors that open and close.”
How have computers shut down your creative process?
Has the introduction of a computer stalled your momentum?
Are there experiences when the computer has invigorated a
project?
Allen (page72) Allen talks about the hidden speed of
computers and how that speed is not as measurable as other modernist machines
such as the aircraft, the telegraph or the automobile. The work is expressed through the affect of
its motion.
When working by hand, the ability to see and hold your
progress allows for direct understanding and allowable measurement. Does slaving away in AutoCAD seem monotonous
because there is a lack of immediate accomplishment?
“What is living, present, conscious, here, is only so because
there’s an infinity of little deaths, little accidents, little breaks, little
cuts…” It is through these interruptions that the field is reconstituted.
This quote reminds me of the happy accidents that can happen
when working away. The sterile
environment of the computer does not allow for as my slips or cuts that allow
the blood of the accident to provide insight.
Allen (page80) Digital fabrication pushes the boundary of
materiality and material possibility
How often have you used to the tools available in the RP lab
for gathering a greater understanding of a project?
Do you use the tools in the RP lab primarily for
representing work?
Allen (page85) Preston Scott Cohen or Greg Lynn, who later
became identified with innovative computer based design work, were engaged in
explorations of formal complexity and descriptive geometry before they had
access to the computer. This prior
research gave them strong conceptual bases on which to theorize new digital
design techniques from with architecture’s definition of itself as a
discipline.
How important is it to use computers for specific purposes
and than detach when the job is done?
I find that getting on the computer for a specific purpose
is the most productive use of my time.
It’s when I start slipping into doing other things on the computer
without a clear intent, that I get lost.
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