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Fig. 8.4
The tool networks
of a set of tools in material
space. Each tool defines a
different network, covering
different areas, with different
resolution. At each
intersection, we can switch to
another tool and continue
navigation along different
paths. Here, two coarse tools
are used first (
black
and
grey
thick lines
), followed by more
fine-tuned editing by a tool of
higher resolution
Fig. 8.5
The different tool
networks are not separate
structures, but different
organisational principles in
the same material
space—represented by the
bottom rectangle
. A single
point in this space,
representing, e.g. a particular
image, can be part of a
number of different networks,
that provide or control
movement out of that
point—how it can be varied
anything we would consider meaningful. Most of it is noise, or would appear com-
pletely disordered to our perception. We need tools to navigate this space; to get
from one interesting point to the next, which do not get their proximity according to
the inherent topology of the material, but by the tool-based networks.
Each tool defines a different topology in the same material space. Together they
form intersecting networks, defining the possible paths of artistic exploration. Com-
binations of tools allow us to travel more freely in the material space, since the
combined networks cover a larger subspace of the theoretically possible, and pro-
vide a larger selection of travel paths. At any intersection, I can switch to another
tool, and hence to another network of accessible pathways, as illustrated in Figs.
8.4
and
8.5
.
This can be compared with physical travel—some places can only be reached
by car, because they are distant. When the road ends, we put on skis or snowshoes,
or simply walk. Some locations can only be reached by airplane or helicopter, or
