Lexicon-7 : Eidetic Operations and New Landscapes_James Corner

1. topic based term : Image(n.), Agent(n.)

Image(n.)

: a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.

: Psychology . a mental representation of something previously perceived, in the absence of the original stimulus.

: form; appearance; semblance.

Agent(n.)

: a natural force or object producing or used for obtaining specific results

: an active cause; an efficient cause.

2. descriptive/active terms : Performative(a.)

: Relating to or being an utterance that peforms an act or creates a state of affairs by the fact of its being uttered under appropriate or conventional circumstances


Quotes

"...no matter how objective and descriptive the claims for it might be, imaging always exercises agency, actively unfolding, generating and actualizing emergent realities..."

"...The question concerns not so much the kinds of images designers should work with but rather what kinds of imaging activities should be developed and advanced..."

"...Imaging has a metaphoric agency in that the (mostly arbitrary) brining together of two or more elements fosters a host of associative possibilities..."

"...Rather than a series ofdrawings that show what a finished project looks like or how all the differen t parts fit together. I am arguing for the thinking th rough a
program - not a descr ipt ion- that outl ines the performativc di mensions of a project's unfolding..."