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Material--first taxonomies

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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...


Different approaches to classifications
practical artistic production related / industrial functional semantic contextualized processual ...



Material families

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

paper wood metal synthetics rubber stone/minerals composites organic smart ...



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 theory ...



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