I originally had this idea 13th January 12.58
NUMBERS AS METAPHORS
I know iv been talking about words being very conceptual and a good option for me to work with, but numbers also have the effect, maybe slightly more deeper.
So here goes…
When you view 123,
is it 1, 2, 3,
or
one hundred and twenty-three,
if it is one hundred and twenty-three surely it should be written 100 and 20 3.
so in fact is it just one two three?
Three numbers can mean and be interpreted different ways. Does it just depend on different interpretations, depending on the viewer?
The numbers do appear physically different even though the same numbers are used.
This is the same as Art and the process of interpretation, I have previously spoke about
**IDEA**
123
One two three
1 2 3
One hundred and twenty-three
100 and 20 3
(Print and present this as the Art)
Joseph Kosuth
This thought process was inspired by Joseph Kosuth “One and Three Chairs”. He presented a chair in three different forms, the definition of the word chair, a chair and a picture of the chair that is presented.
He is a conceptual Artist and writer. He believes, Art is Art and the Art, in which is being produced by the Artists themselves, can only define what Art is, as Art can only be a repetition of an Artist’s idea (as I was previously trying to explain in my previous posts, Kosuth just makes it make sense). Kosuth explains, in one of his most popular righting’s “Art after philosophy” from 1969. “A work of Art is a tautology in that it is a presentation of the artist’s intention, that is, he is saying that, that particular work of art is art, which means, is a definition of art.” (Alberro, Stimson, 2000, P.165, Joseph Kosuth, art after philosophy). “One and three chairs” is simply a tautology within it’s self, because of the repetition of the chair. All media that is presented in this piece of Art, express the same idea of the chair. This is the same sort of idea with my numbers; they are all the same numbers but can be perceived from different interpretations but at the end of it their all numbers.
I think more research into tautology and see what I can come up with…
