Index | Nicholas Wergin + Rachel Momenee

Nicholas Wergin 

First Reading:

1. From what you got in the reading, what is the definition of "index"? 

2 .It talks about an index as a footprint, medical symptoms, or the referents and shifters.  What is an index in an architectural sense?

3. Do captions on an image (index) effect the index?

4. Can a caption become an index on its own?

5. Is any image an index?

Second Reading:

1. It seems that the definition of an index changes from the first to the second article.  Are indexes a static entity or dynamic.  Does the definition change with the circumstances.

Rachel Momenee

First Reading:

1. What is the index's relationship to multiplicity? Does the notion of multiplicity cause a need for the ability to index?

2. Can the imaginary be indexed?

Second Reading:

1. When is something an index and when is it an icon ( image vs photo) or a symbol? Can something fall into more than one category?
2. How is an image or painting distinguished as continuous or discontinuous if it is not displayed in a physical manner? Is this act of distinguishing an act of indexing?
3. What does photo editing do to the way we perceive a photograph in terms of temporal distance? Does it shift the viewers perception of "having been there"?