Saturday 7 February 2009

Ichnography


The flat projection is the noise, the ichnography is the background noise, any scenography, any profile, and any appearance, are forms sprung from this background, signals come from this noise, percieved things born of these apperceptions.

Serres,
Genesis
op cit





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  1. ichnography [ ik nóggrəfi ] (plural ichnographies)


    noun
    Definition:

    1. drawing ground plans: the art or practice of drawing ground plans of the layout of buildings

    2. ground plan: a ground plan of the layout of a building

    [Late 16th century. Directly or via French < Latin ichnographia< Greek ikhnographia 'track-drawing' < ikhnos 'track, footprint']

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