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Exercise 1.1A

1. Relationships Between Elements

A field is based on the intervals and relationships between elements. A field places more emphasis on the interactions between elements than the overall shape or form of the field. A field is not defined by its boundary, which is often changeable.

2. Field Conditions vs. Formal Configurations

Disruptions can undermine or destroy a formal configuration (such as those of “classical” western architecture), while a field condition allows for changes and is able to incorporate them. In this way, a field condition is more flexible and leaves space for adaptation as time passes.

3. Fields in Minimalist Art

Minimalist artwork of the 60s and 70s strives to create a field not on the canvas, but in the space between the canvas and the viewer.

4. Crowds as Fields

People can act as a field in a crowd. The behavior of this field can be complex because people often have complex motives and therefore complex actions. However, because there are some shared motives, and therefore patterns in the actions, it is a field.

5. Cities as Fields

Cities can be modeled as 2D fields composed of relationships and interactions between places, buildings, streets, people, cars, and more.

Charlotte Kamman – 03/31/21