Semiotics is the study of meaning-making, the study of sign processes and meaningful communication. This includes the study of signs and sign processes, indication, designation, likeness, analogy, allegory, metonymy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication.
Dan Funderburgh, Vigilant Floral.
Juxtapose of the contemporary with classic, what we see and don’t see. the control of society hidden in the twee background of our culture.
Puppets as the face of a lie, happy go lucky but the hidden truth is that they stand against what is deemed right! Pinocchio for one lies, the funny thing is that his nose grows with the lie, could this be a symbol in itself, one that describes the arena we call society. He says he wants to be a real boy but when physically crafted he is forever carved to be the way he is! An all pervasive symbol of the clutch of government on society.
Paul Davis, DebutArt
Discusses the position that a Citizen may fine themselves. The cloud of thought generates the entrapment of the person figuratively speaking one becomes a brain the brain becomes a box which distinctively hides the Identity of the person.
‘Mary Douglas points out that dirt is the by-product of a system of order. Dirt has been rejected in a process of classification as the elements that are out of place. Douglas argues that if we look at what counts as dirt, then we can begin to understand and identify the system that rejects it.’
Joe Briggs & Ian Walker, Doll.
Innocence of childhood hidden under layers of dirt. A comment on the way in which we discard childhood as quick as we get it, forever being told to grow up learn and become a loyal helpful citizen, cog to the machine?
