On Cosm(o)s

I have been gesturing at a Microcosm/Macrocosm dichotomy

(the Less = More, the inside/outside, the ourselves and others;

__________________, the Minimalist/Minimalest Transmission),

Trust, it is in Perception.

(Subjectivity)

We have seen it in the Space of Conveyance:

The momentary operation of all Subject/Object transmissions

wherein the Subject observes the Object 

(Self-Consciousness qua Object-Consciousness)

WHILE

being acted upon by the Object

(The Being with the Object)

The Perception of Being with the Object is a matrix of conceivable spaces;

Perceiving the Being with the Object as Object 

is to 

 Perceive Being with the Object  as within the Space it creates

(the Perception of the Object in Conveyance, the Microcosm)

or 

 Perceive Being with the Object from outside the Space it creates

(The Perception of the Conveyance as Object, the Macrocosm)

In the First,

The Perception of the Object expands through its being multiplicitous

In the Second,

The Perception of the Object is dwarfed in the space necessary to perceive it in totality

and,

there is the creation then of an infinite negative space:

the other than Perception

On Utterance

Subject

The Subject is that which produces the Subject/Object Opposition

AND
The Negation of this Opposition in Being with the Object 

Object

The Object is both product of Subjectivity 

(Self-Consciousness AS Object-Consciousness)

AND

The Manifestation of Subjectivity

(The Being with the Object)

The Space of Conveyance

The momentary operation of all Subject/Object transmissions

wherein the Subject observes the Object 

(Self-Consciousness qua Object-Consciousness)

WHILE

being acted upon by the Object

(The Being with the Object)

which is to say:

The Object does not convey its Being (the Thing-Itself);

but the Subject’s Being with the Object

Utterance

An Object-mediated Conveyance between Author & Spectator

Art as Utterance

Art is centered on the Art Object

It is through the Art Object

that we have any concept of Art at all

which is to say,

Art is the coming-into-being of the Art Object

Due to our Subjectivity

(ourselves as Subject in Opposition to Object)

being mediated by our Consciousness

(our Consciousness as the relation between Subject and Object)

the Art Object comes into being

for each Subject

marked by their own Consciousness

So,

the coming-into-being of the Art Object

is the multiplicitous marking of all transmitting Agents

(its being in Totality)

but

as the marked coming-into-being of the Object

is the Object mediated by Consciousness,

in the conscious engagement of each Subject

the marked Object proxies for the Object as it exists in the Totality

While each Subject perceives only their own marking of the Art Object

their individual markings are subsumed in the Totality of the Art Object

The Art Object in Totality is the Art Object Engaged

So, 

the Subjective engagement with the Art Object reflects the Totality

in revealing the Subject's marking of the Art Object

likewise

The revealing of the Subject's marking of the Art Object 

is the reflection of the Subject in Totality

The Subject is subsumed in the Totality

for the Totality is, in being Total, all-inclusive

and thereby,

reflects both the Subject and not the Subject

or

the Subject's being and not-being

The Subject in engaging Art

engages itself and its negation

and the negation negates

the Subject is annihilated

Art is the annihilation of the Subject

by the nature of its being

a reflection of the Totality

Given That:

Minimalist Art

Minimalist Art is the annihilation of the Subject

(by the nature of its being a reflection of the Totality)

through the most minimal expression available to both Artist and Spectator

I believe material reality is the Totality of Being

which is to say

The most minimal expression of Material Reality is its Being

(The Thing-Itself)

The Minimalist Art Object is thus

the expression of its Being in Material Reality

because

The most-minimal expression shared by both Artist and Spectator

is the Being of the Minimalist Art Object in its Material Reality

As such

the Minimalist Art Object is Art

by its annihilation of the Subject

through reflecting the Totality

by its Being in the Material Reality

Every Subject in engaging the Minimalist Art Object

is annihilated by the minimalist expression of (its) Material Reality

as it exists in (its) Totality

The Totality of each Subject's engagement

with the Minimalist Art Object

is (their) Being in Material Reality

Optional Homework 2

The Space of Conveyance

A Conveyance is:

1. a process of transporting something from one place to another.

2. a means of transportation; a vehicle.

3. the making of an idea, feeling, or impression known or understandable.

I feel all of these definitions, at least symbolically, 

help to explain the Conveyance.

Obviously 3 gets closest to our purposes.

Here,

I want to stress the equal standings of 'idea, feeling, or impression,'

(with expression and gesture, we cover nearly all which is conveyable)

and the vague clarifiers for the delivery, 'known or understandable,'

these words share a crucial momentariness.

The Conveyance need not produce anything in the Subject (Spectator)

only be received by the Subject,

think about this reception as the Space of Conveyance.

When we speak of the Conveyance then,

we speak of all human transmission as equal 

in that they are, finally, conveyable.

(screams, doodles, food orders, paintings, poems, telemarketing calls, etc.)

It is in the conveying that all transmission is equal,

the conveying is the creation of a Space of Conveyance.

Now, think of the Space of any Conveyance: what are its factors?

- Time? Walls? Dimension? Weight? Form? Perception? Sense? Context?

In looking for the Minimalist/Minimalest Conveyance,

we seek the Minimalist/Minimalest Space of Conveyance.

(wait for it...)

Now if we accept what we earlier proposed for the Object

then we understand the Conveyance 

as a coming-into-being of a multiplicitous Subjectivity;

the Conveyance, if seen in its totality, reveals the whole of its Subjective existence.

Is the Space of Conveyance 

the Space of the Object 

or the Space of the Object in Totality?

Let us say it's both, either, or neither,

What then is the Minimalist/Minimalest Space of Conveyance?

On Subjectivity

In philosophy, 

A Subject is a being that has:

Subjective Experiences

Subjective Consciousness 

or a relationship with another entity (Object)

A Subject is an Observer and an Object is a thing Observed. 

In critical theory and psychology,

Subjectivity is the actions or discourses that produce individuals or 'I'

—the 'I' is the Subject.

So, the Subject is both

that which Observes the Object 

and 

that which the Object acts upon (produces)

Georg Hegel defines this inherent tension, as pure negativity:
"...the bifurcation of the simple;
it is the doubling which sets up opposition,
and then again
the negation of this indifferent diversity and of its anti-thesis"

Which is to say,
The Subject is that which produces the Subject/Object Opposition
AND
The negation of this Opposition (by the nature of its being)

Or,
The Subject's Observance of the Object
at once
manifests the observable demarcation of Subject and Object
while negating this distinction in being acted upon by the Object

The Observance of the Object
(which we have called marking)
is the Subject being (momentarily) with an Object
which simultaneously acts upon the Subject

So while the Observance of the Object
manifests the observable demarcation of Subject and Object
(the awareness of Other-than-Subject is the coming-into-being of Other)
that demarcation is negated in the mutuality of Subject/Object relations

(the marking of the Object)

What manifests is an illusory division between Subject and Object

which obscures the Subjective marking of the Object

by denying this perpetual (yet momentary) symbiosis

Thinking Excercise

Let us think of the Subject as the vessel of the Object

which is to say,

The Object comes-into-being as per the Subject

This coming-into-being is Subjective (multiplicitous)

The Object being momentary

Let us think of the Object as coming-into-being 

Always and as Everything

(everything possible in the Subjectification of the Object)

Then, 

remember the Object is actually the Thing-Itself

So,

The coming-into-being of the Object is not its Being (the thing-itself)

but its multiplicitous Subjective manifestation

Now Remember, 

The Minimalist/Minimalest expression is the Thing-Itself.