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Good morning. I'd like to talk about feedback loops. To start, I'd like to read something I wrote on my blog during my first semester here:

we had to give a state-of-the-union sort of thesis presentation last wednesay. these are my slides. the compilation of the presentation was sort of greulling (albiet rewarding) for all of us; we drank a lot when it was done. indeed.

they're arranged in the proper order in this set; if you click through them and read the titles out loud, you will basically re-enact the whole thing.

the typeface is benton sans, which is FUCKING AWESOME.

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items are from 17 Nov 2007.

Good morning. I'd like to talk about feedback loops. To start, I'd like to read something I wrote on my blog during my first semester here: by fish2000
you're a loop: your heart beat and nervous system by fish2000
are controlled by complex waveforms that repeat until you're dead. by fish2000
your relationships by fish2000
are closed loops. by fish2000
your computer boots into something called a by fish2000
"main loop", which is a piece of code that repeats itself until you turn the thing off. by fish2000
a contract is a loop. businesses often by fish2000
forge loops between themselves that spin too fast and by fish2000
too hard for their own internal loops to deal with. by fish2000
wheels and by fish2000
hard drives and by fish2000
tape capstans spin. by fish2000
rain evaporates. by fish2000
all by fish2000
that by fish2000
shit. by fish2000
closed loops. by fish2000
For our purposes, we'll say that a loop is a structure whose beginning is joined with its end. by fish2000
When we think of a loop, we frequently think of a round thing. by fish2000
However, loops can be quite complex; by fish2000
and they need not be circular in appearance... as is the case with your circulatory system, by fish2000
as well as your subway system. by fish2000
Loops provide an illustration of the functional elements in design practice, by fish2000
from the minuta of closing paths in fontlab, by fish2000
up through the overarching economic and social forces that we’re enmeshed in, by fish2000
and everything in between. by fish2000
I am interested in feedback loops as the building blocks of communication and commentary. by fish2000
This project -- the very first project I did during my tenure here at RISD -- is the "folded pritzker prize book." It forms a loop with its contexts to meaningfully situate itself. by fish2000
Please, allow me to explain. by fish2000
Sophia Veye-zo-vit-tee described a method for pleating paper by fish2000
in her book, "folding architecture." by fish2000
She cites Rem Koolhaas's seminal "S, M, L, XL" by fish2000
as a primogenitor of the practical application of this sort of thing. by fish2000
After I read this, I decided to literally apply the technique she described back to Koolhaas. I got a copy of the 2000 pritzker prize ceremony program, from when Koolhaas won it. I systematically used the same pleat system on the entire book. by fish2000
... thus bringing the idea full-circle. by fish2000
Now, in an ideal feedback loop, by fish2000
what I produced would provide self-evident commentary. In re-examining past projects such as this one, I see now that loops describe an inherent part of the way that I work. by fish2000
The loops were there, even when I wasn't conscious of it. By being conscious, I can actively use loop dynamics throughout the design process. by fish2000
For example: by fish2000
After curating by fish2000
the recent graduate show by fish2000
our department had in the Sol Koffler gallery, by fish2000
(along with hoon and jerlyn, my fellow curators,) by fish2000
I re-read Peter Bilak's "graphic design in the white cube" essay, by fish2000
and found myself disagreeing with much of it. by fish2000
I wrote a counter-essay, and typeset it, along with Mr. Bil'ak's original text by fish2000
on large posters laid out by fish2000
like text pages, by fish2000
which are designed to be displayed in a "white cube" gallery. by fish2000
The audience is invited to contribute their own sentiments and corrections by fish2000
via large red pens that have been hung with the posters. by fish2000
Thus, the posters' audience experiences the text about the white cube in the context of the white cube itself, by fish2000
with an opportunity to actively engage in the debate. by fish2000
My experimentation with these techniques by fish2000
has been successful; by fish2000
people have amended by fish2000
both my text by fish2000
and Mr. Bilak's. by fish2000
The final phase of this project, which is yet to be realized, will document the showing of the posters and the resultant contributions from the audience by fish2000
in book form, a copy of which will be sent to mr. bilak via the post. THUS CLOSING THE LOOP. by fish2000
So, going forward, by fish2000
I will continue this experimentation with the goal of finding a way to build truly self-sustaining loops, which I intend to build, by fish2000
so that I might bring the potent force behind our celestial clockwork to bear on the pragmatics of design. by fish2000
Thank you for your time. by fish2000

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