Aktionen

Material--first taxonomies

Aus exmediawiki

back to Home | Research


On the arrangement/array and structuring of material and materiality in an artistic context
Creating a system where to find material, organizing and listing differences of material without choosing a setting of single "classifications"


comment 1: not to be understood as complete lists, more of a practical approach from different angles.
comment 2: these classifications are not exclusive to each other and can be linked or crosslinked.
comment 3: classifications as groups of materials, contextualized rather than singled out or hierarchized
comment 4: classifications as titles and orientations, to be continued...
comment 5: groupings as a meshwork of nodes of contact

Different approaches to classifications
practical artistic production related / industrial functional semantic sensual contextualized processual ontological contextualized historical spiritual embodied aesthetic experimental ...



Material families

classified according to raw material and resources, production related / industrial

paper wood metal synthetics rubber stone/minerals composites organic smart glass polymers ceramics gas foam ...



Material features

classified according to properties and functionalities

reacting conductive reusable / recyclable moldable / shapeable adhesive / resolvent resilient
digital immaterial programmeable oriented on other sensory reception phenomenological ...



Material contextualisation

classified based on a multidisciplinary approach, distinctions made by highlighting single disciplines (exMedia)

informatics sound design architecture 3D / animation / VR / AR film/ games theory bio-art human-animal studies ...



Fictional taxonomy, example one: Borges

Jorge Luis Borges "Emporio celestial de conocimientos benévolos",
approx. 1942, a fictitious taxonomy of animals, a "celestial emporium of benevolent knowledge":
(a) belonging to the Emperor
(b) embalmed
(c) trained
(d) piglets
(e) sirens
(f) fabulous
(g) stray dogs
(h) included in this classification
(i) trembling like crazy
(j) innumerables
(k) drawn with a very fine camelhair brush
(l) et cetera
(m) just broke the vase
(n) from a distance look like flies

see also https://www.crockford.com/wilkins.html

Traditional Material Classifications


Material Science Classifications

Core understanding of the basic internal structure of materials. Hierachical why one material is differentiated from another

1. Level bonding forces between individual atoms
2. Level the way these bonding forces produce different types of aggregation patterns between atoms to form various molecular and crystalline solid structures
3. Level These larger aggre­gation patterns can further be differentiated by how their molecular structures branch or link or, in crystalline solids, by different types of unit cell and related spatial lattice structures such as face-centered or body-centere.
4. Level broadly descriptive categories such as ceramics, metals or polymers


Engineering Classifications


Essentially descriptive but focuses on the performance char­acteristics of materials. Distinguish between the funda­mental problem-solving characteristics. Mapping (mix and match properties and attributes).
how a material performs

STATE solid, liquid, gas
STRUCTURE amorphous, crystalline
ORIGIN Natural, synthelic
COMPOSITION organic, inorganic, alloy
PROCESSING cast, hardened, rolled
PROPERTY emissivity, conductivity
ENVIRONMENT corrosive, underwater
APPLICATION adhesive, painl, fuel