"It is often forgotten that dictionaries are artificial repositories, put together well after the language they define. The roots of language are irrational and of a magical nature."
Jorge Luis Borges
The Brief -
Define 40 words. Design a dictionary in any medium.
The words must relate to one subject.
My immediate thoughts on this project were to steer away from making a book and to try to stay away from computers as this has been dominating my work lately! When the word 'dictionary' is mentioned obviously immediatley people have the image of a book in their heads. I don't want to stick to this traditional method as i think a dictionary can be so many things, as long as it does the job of passing on information.
After three long days of some serious thinking and brainstorming (yea its taken me a while to get back into the swing of things!) I have decided on a subject -
"The Ridiculous"
I was interested in picking a really simple subject so the application can be more complex. So i began thinking about random words and started to write the down the first 40 or so words that came to my head for instance :
mayonnaise cakewalk
cows exoplasm
fringes boobs lidl hairspring
mangelwurzel
tape
pegs beanbag
condiments
stationary cheese
teapot
cassette mackerel
accordion battery
eiderdown monster munch
fog bow bootstrap
waterbed minimoog
plant food
crackerjack neckerchief
scallop puppet
piggy bank skittle
fruitarian
To mix up my project a bit more i am going to get my words from the public and myself be the dictionary giving out the definitions from me own head..... like a human definition machine kind of! my dictionary is going to be a live event which i will record by film and photography....so keep your eyes peeled for me outside some library somewhere begging people for words so i can define them..... oh god what am i doing??
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