Can a technical construction be ‘beautiful’?
Does it possess any artistic value?
And whence does this value come?
What does an observer mean about a piece of technique
when he says he finds this or that ‘beautiful’ about it?
Can the design of a technical construction
lead a life on its own — possess its own beauty —
independent from the use and purpose
of the construction?
FROM: Method by Dick Raaijmakers
A project initiated, translated and edited by:
Vincent W.J. van Gerven Oei
Onomatopee 34, ISBN -13: XX -XX -XX
De Methode was originally published in 1984 by Uitgeverij Bert Bakker