SOSC 2560 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Novum Organum, Maurizio Cattelan, Genealogy
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Gestalt theory a bicycle (different parts that show a concept of a bike) we try to put the parts together the whole is always bigger/greater, has something more to offer than the total sum of its parts ex. We are people and society is a whole that is made up of all of us. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts or the whole is other than the sum of the parts ex. 1 + 1 + 1 = 4 (3 circles connected + the whole circle around all the smaller circles) ex. Going to a restaurant has more meaning than just having a meal ex. A movie consists of many parts (scenes) in order to make a whole . The guggenheim"s fully functioning 18-carat gold toilet controversy in usa examples to name this toilet: golden flush, gods toilet . Describes the piece as 100% art for the 99% .