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<div class="csl-entry">Ramm, S. J. (2024, February 7). <i>Learning from the Labyrinths. A Weighing of Multiple Mechanics</i> [Conference Presentation]. SOPHISTICATION CONFERENCE - Gnomonics, Wien, Austria.</div>
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dc.identifier.uri
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12708/204840
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dc.description.abstract
In ancient times the figure of the labyrinth was often understood as a mirror of the cosmos and a common metaphor for continuity, irrationality, immensity, vastness, and the unknown. In this contribution the labyrinth is liberated from its colossal symbolic weight as this eludes new knowledge and curiosity. Rather, the aim is to bring the labyrinth from myth to logos. Therefore, the optics of a specific writing format is considered: the essay. The writing of an essay cannot be equated to the making of a labyrinth, but the hypothesis is that they share common architectonic gestures. The aim is to mechanise the architectonic writings of Borges. To condense the architectonic gestures of it and make a contrapunction with other voices. Both the labyrinth as motivic key and the essay as writing form elude a fixed definition.
As first weighing I reflect on the perspective of the I both in the Labyrinth and in the Essay. The gesture of weighing supposes a personal alignment. Both the essay and the labyrinth form an image that can be only perceived in time. Referring on Jan Pieper, the labyrinthine is by no means the same as chaotic, but describes a very subtle form of architectural order. Essay writing is less a means of reporting on past events than an exploration of the potential. Borges proposes that universal history is the history of a few metaphors. As illustration, he traces the evolution of one metaphor varying throughout centuries. By comparing the constellations we can grasp the invariance of the equation. The Analogy of the essay and the labyrinth is not pure – there remains an obscure lacunae. The figuration of ‘labyrinthine architectonics’ may enable us to create a more capacious imaginary of the hidden bonds.
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en
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dc.subject
Labyrinth
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dc.subject
Essay
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dc.subject
Mechanics
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dc.subject
Borges
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Writing
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dc.subject
Gesture
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dc.title
Learning from the Labyrinths. A Weighing of Multiple Mechanics
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Presentation
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Vortrag
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Conference Presentation
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invited
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A1
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tuw.researchTopic.name
Development and Advancement of the Architectural Arts
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tuw.researchTopic.value
100
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5ki3EIGbZ0
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tuw.publication.orgunit
E259-04 - Forschungsbereich Architekturtheorie und Technikphilosophie
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tuw.event.name
SOPHISTICATION CONFERENCE - Gnomonics
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tuw.event.startdate
05-02-2024
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tuw.event.enddate
09-02-2024
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On Site
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tuw.event.type
Event for scientific audience
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tuw.event.place
Wien
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tuw.event.country
AT
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tuw.event.institution
259-04
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tuw.event.presenter
Ramm, Sophie Johanna
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tuw.presentation.online
Online
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tuw.event.track
Single Track
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wb.sciencebranch
Architektur
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wb.sciencebranch
Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaften
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wb.sciencebranch.oefos
2012
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6020
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85
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15
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en
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conference paper not in proceedings
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none
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no Fulltext
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Publications
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http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_18cp
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E259-04 - Forschungsbereich Architekturtheorie und Technikphilosophie
