Estetické fórum | Slovak Aesthetic fórum
UPCOMING AESTHETICS FORUM: Design, rationalism and the visual turn
Najbližšie Estetické fórum sa uskutoční APRIL, 4th, 2024.
Lecture by / Prednášať bude:
Michalle Gal
ONLINE. Follow the event discussion: https://www.facebook.com/events/428756156306970/?ref=newsfeed
Abstract:
Design, Rationalism, and The Visual Turn
This lecture presents a new definition of design that is based on what I name “visualism”. Visualism opposes the traditional rationalist philosophy and aesthetics of design, and instead embraces the visual turn. The argument presented focuses on the phenomenon of aesthetic emergence, which is an engagement with a design object in a creative way that is not intended by the designer and is not guided by the “proper” function, but rather based on the visual affordance of the object. These emergent engagements with design objects can be stronger than their intended functions.
Rationalist definitions, that dominate the discourse, view design as an instrument of reason, with the designer's intent to create a stable function. By contrast, visualist definitions see design as originating from the object itself, with its form and appearance inviting various uses and resulting in post-production emergent properties The paper argues that these encounters are innate to our essence and ontology as visual beings, and shed light on the general rationalist crisis of philosophy. Therefore, Visualism suggests a shift in terminology from "intention" and "function" to "affordance", "visuality", and "emergence".
EF: Prednáškový a diskusný formát SPES. Bližšie informácie a pozvánky nájdete na stránkach Estetického fóra.
The Slovak Aesthetics Forum of the Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia started its activities in 2018. Ideas vary, but the intention remains: to share knowledge and examples of aesthetic thinking and practice from Slovakia and abroad and to create a web of scholars with a passion to discover and to share. For more information and current invitations, visit us on the website.
Image fragment: Ladislav Guderna, Dialogue, 1992.
UPCOMING AESTHETICS FORUM: Design, rationalism and the visual turn
Najbližšie Estetické fórum sa uskutoční APRIL, 4th, 2024.
Lecture by / Prednášať bude:
Michalle Gal
ONLINE. Follow the event discussion: https://www.facebook.com/events/428756156306970/?ref=newsfeed
Abstract:
Design, Rationalism, and The Visual Turn
This lecture presents a new definition of design that is based on what I name “visualism”. Visualism opposes the traditional rationalist philosophy and aesthetics of design, and instead embraces the visual turn. The argument presented focuses on the phenomenon of aesthetic emergence, which is an engagement with a design object in a creative way that is not intended by the designer and is not guided by the “proper” function, but rather based on the visual affordance of the object. These emergent engagements with design objects can be stronger than their intended functions.
Rationalist definitions, that dominate the discourse, view design as an instrument of reason, with the designer's intent to create a stable function. By contrast, visualist definitions see design as originating from the object itself, with its form and appearance inviting various uses and resulting in post-production emergent properties The paper argues that these encounters are innate to our essence and ontology as visual beings, and shed light on the general rationalist crisis of philosophy. Therefore, Visualism suggests a shift in terminology from "intention" and "function" to "affordance", "visuality", and "emergence".
EF: Prednáškový a diskusný formát SPES. Bližšie informácie a pozvánky nájdete na stránkach Estetického fóra.
The Slovak Aesthetics Forum of the Society for Aesthetics in Slovakia started its activities in 2018. Ideas vary, but the intention remains: to share knowledge and examples of aesthetic thinking and practice from Slovakia and abroad and to create a web of scholars with a passion to discover and to share. For more information and current invitations, visit us on the website.
Image fragment: Ladislav Guderna, Dialogue, 1992.