Gave me lot's of useful pointers to consider for my project.
Semiodics (Wikipidia Definiton)
Semiotics, also called semiotic studies or (in the Saussurean tradition) semiology, is the study of signs and sign processes (semiosis), indication, designation, likeness, analogy, metaphor, symbolism, signification, and communication. Semiotics is closely related to the field of linguistics, which, for its part, studies the structure and meaning of language more specifically. Semiotics is often divided into three branches:
- Semantics: Relation between signs and the things to which they refer; their denotata, or meaning
- Syntactics: Relations among signs in formal structures
- Pragmatics: Relation between signs and the effects they have on the people who use them
Interesting Reading I found online to help me understand the meaning of semiodics and how I can relate it to my work, Semiotics for Beginners By: Daniel Chandler http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/S4B/sem02.html
Signs take the form of words, images, sounds, odours, flavours, acts or objects, but such things have no intrinsic meaning and become signs only when we invest them with meaning. 'Nothing is a sign unless it is interpreted as a sign', declares Peirce (Peirce 1931-58, 2.172). Anything can be a sign as long as someone interprets it as 'signifying' something - referring to or standing for something other than itself.
James also suggested to start working with the imagery for my light boxes and start playing around with different materials for the laser, he suggested http://www.tapplastics.com/index.php? Surprisingly the store is located on Castro Street in Mountain View, just about five minutes away from my house. For sure I will be going in tomorrow and starting to test out some materials on the laser.
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