2/9
the form of a book is almost never considered in a review —
the form of the music medium is pretty much irrelevant except that a CD is a lot better than a vinyl album —
i like the size format a lot better — have from the beginning —
the 33 1/3 record cover is an ugly format and i have no nostalgia for it —
review books by shape — go through the book list and examine books that i like — measure — describe pages text etc —
decide how to get this into hypertext
periodically list books i’m reading etc — wolfram — new science —
daytime — sebald vertigo — at night —
gould hen’s teeth — gym and driving
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Gould — random variations — punctured equilibrium — slow evolution etc — as musical or visual concepts —
using random variations but having periods of rapid change —
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relation of cellular automatons to serial ideas —
random flow of ideas
the size &am; scale of artwork — visual
REVIEWS
BIBLIOGRAPHY
ENCYCLOPEDIA
XENAKIS
GEOMETRIC CONCEPTS IN ISLAMIC ART
ALTAIR DESIGNS
GRAPH PAPER BOOK
FENG SHUI
LOGIC & DESIGN
CHAOS & FRACTALS
DIGITAL HAROMONY
RANDOM
FLOW OF
IDEAS
textures and the need for larger size — balance with a desire for portability & recontextualization etc —
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the 3x5 black & whites are a better ratio than 3x4
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use of the 16x27 modules —
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use of floppy disks for art work —
the box of slides —
the microfiche file