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Machinic Propositions
- 2018
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Artistic work (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Machinic propositions is an artistic project and an attempt tocritically examine Deleuze and Guattari's theorems ofdeterritorialization as found in chapter seven and ten of their seminalbook A Thousand Plateaus (Deleuze & Guattari, 1980).The artistic method is one where conceptual deduction and improvisationplay central roles. It has grown out of our thinking about contemporarymedia and our attempts to critically examine both our own pro-technicalapproach and the hyper media-landscape we live in. This method wasdeveloped based on our artistic ideas, the needs of the projects weengage in and the conditions of our respective practices. At the core ofour work lies the attempt to deconstruct the relationship between soundand image. Our work process is slow, and the work on the present projectbegan in 2016 and is likely to continue in the future.There are interesting parallels between the way we work, and the ideaput forward by Deleuze of style as the ability to "stammer in one's ownlanguage". Our working process is situated in the attempt to stutter in"language" while avoiding it in "speech".The modes of synchronization that have become central to our works willbe further explored through the modes of thinking relating to thetheorems introduced by D\&G. There are however, many points ofentry. The systems of de/re-territorialization in this context areinterpreted as attempts to detach both sound and image from their highlydefined modes of engagement. Not in order for them to merge into one,but to become what may be described as the opposite of a couple.
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