Playing with the Form

What is X?

Nishant Shah

Nishant.shah@leuphana.de

What is Form?

Causa FormalisCausa MaterialisCausa EfficiensCausa Finalis

Why Form?

The Narrative Imperative

• Cause & effect

• Beginning Middle & End

• Vertical Hierarchies

• The presence of Meaning

How do we refer to the unknown?

MipMip

Shift from Content to Form

< > ! * ' ' #

^ " ` $ $ -

! * = @ $ _

% * < > ~ # 4

& [ ] . . /

| { , , SYSTEM HALTED

< > ! * ' ' #

Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,

^ " ` $ $ -

Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,

! * = @ $ _

Bang splat equal at dollar under-score,

% * < > ~ # 4

Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,

& [ ] . . /

Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,

| { , , SYSTEM HALTED

Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.

Identify a cultural object

Attempt a non-narrative / non-content based description of it