representations/structures of conflict_
Double Meaning_
_Internal splitting; bifurcation; phase change
The structure of the double meaning is a constant rethinking of occupation and the generation of a multiplicity of ‘others’ as a result of phase changes/bifurcations. These phase changes are specific moments that occur within gradients of conditions. Occupation here is of the dynamic threshold across which the specific phase changes/internal splits/bifurcations occur.
Assimilation_
_Growth; graft; interface
Within the hyper-occupation of Istanbul, conditions are constantly being assimilated across conditions of opposition. These exchanges occur across a dynamic threshold, or interface, that is perpetually altered through interaction; of users, objects, space, images. Occupation here is of this interface, the persistent renegotiation of conditions of opposition; growth, grafting, assimilation. Space is no longer a static representation or singular object, but a presentation of multi-occupation through assimilation.
Dream/Collective Memory
_Mask; double
Here the dynamic threshold is a mask, or double, that contains a multiplicity of trajectories born of and catalyzed by collective memory. The masking object presents a threshold in which and across which these trajectories operate. The inevitability of collective memory, or dream, produces renegotiations of conditions.
Conflict
_Repetition; critical mass; juxtaposition; fissure
Occupation is of the fissure, a dynamic edge constantly being rethought through repetition working towards critical mass. The fissure presents the acquisition of the critical mass as well as its subsequent transformation.
The separation of these conditions of conflict produces a non-linear, non-hierarchical system to generate a new occupation of space, one that is no longer associated with static representations of particular conditions. As these conditions become independent, they begin to migrate throughout the existing fabric; different conditions in different parts of the city are allowed to affect each other. In this way the system begins to ‘crawl’ through Istanbul, leaving traces in its wake. Individual interaction, understanding and interpretation determine multi-occupation of the system, and this produces a perpetual renegotiation of conditions and [re]description of Istanbul through combinations and transformations of those conditions.
