| Artifying |
When any thing is placed in artistic context/White Cube |
| Artscrubbing |
The removal of the art object from artistic context/White Cube |
| Assemblage |
A collection of things that exist together in the project network |
| Bit |
A small part of a wider whole |
| Can’t Touch This |
Rules imposed by the gallery that negate handiness |
| Causation |
Cause leading to effect |
| Clogged Tote |
Ephemera of pamphlets and written matter from galleries |
| Dispersed |
With elements scattered across the network |
| Distributive |
Dispensed in parts |
| Documentation |
Physical/oral things representative of art work |
| Edible Matter |
Foodstuff and its specific Thing Power |
| Efficacy |
Ability to cause effect |
| Et Cetera |
Alluding to multiple other things, without specific detailed mention |
| Event |
A thing that happens |
| Flat Ontology |
Organisation of entities as equal and mutually relevant parts |
| Fragment |
An incomplete piece of a wider whole |
| Green Box/Box File |
Paper documentation as part of, and in relation to, an art work |
| Handiness |
Functionality of the object |
| Happening |
Something that takes places and continues to unfold |
| Helix |
A plastic plane with hollow interruptions intended for, but not restricted to, mathematical study |
| Interview |
A conversation to gain documentation from a source |
| Light Box |
Illuminated structure intended for study or speculation |
| Light Switch |
Enables lighting of room and visibility of other things via process-based action |
| Multiplicity |
A variety of elements forming connections between personal universes |
| Object Oriented Ontology |
Philosophy that rejects the privilege of human existence over non-human objects |
| Other Work |
Work that is not Art Work |
| Overmining |
Objects perceived too falsely deep to be the truth |
| Parallel Process |
Expanded conceptions of art; actions, objects, process |
| Parliament of Things |
Argument for the rights of the object |
| Playlist |
Combination of things in deliberate sequence |
| Portfolio |
Portable collection of things, representative of wider study |
| Postcard |
The symbiotic display of text and image to invite participants into a project network |
| Primary |
First in rank |
| Real Object |
Objects withdrawn from theoretical, relational or practical access |
| Referencing |
Hierarchical relation between objects, in which one designates another |
| Representation |
A thing that demonstrates and alludes to other parts |
| Secondary |
Less important in rank |
| Self-Sufficient |
Contained and complete in itself |
| Semiotics |
The study of signs and symbols, such as language, in communication |
| Sensual Object |
The object of experience |
| Socially Engaged Practice |
Art that encourages practical relationships with audience and human actors |
| Temporary Community |
An audience present at a specific event/happening |
| Thing Power |
The agency of objects and actors |
| Thingness |
Function and use of things |
| Things |
Entities both human and non-human |
| Time-Poor |
Lacking time and feeling the pressure of it |
| Town Collection |
Art objects, accompanied by text, that have been created by artists in residence at Deveron Arts |
| Trajectory |
The path or movement of a thing |
| Undermining |
View that objects are too shallow to be the truth |
| Vibrant Matter |
Recognition of active participation of non-human forces in events |
| Vorhanden |
Present, in existence |
| White Cube |
Art context; gallery, museum, art book, art website, etc. |
