Date: Tue, 13 Oct 1998 22:06:48 +0000
From: Chris <christopher.mcmahon-AT-jcu.edu.au>
Subject: Re: Dancing Body Without Organs?


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Dear Unleesh,

Yes. Absolutely. Techne always has two faces, is always positioned re: two
attractors, has two vectors [or more than 2].

- Chris

Unleesh-AT-aol.com wrote:

> " You can't get
> certain intensities without techne."
>
> Agreed. But then again, "techne" can just become a euphemism for
> stratification, so one must be careful. Which stratifications one CROSSES open
> up freedoms and new intensities while deconstructing dominant strata at least
> to a borderline between functionality and nonfunctionality. To stay within one
> genre : ballet : seems to me to be imprisoned within its strata. Perhaps one
> can ballet like one swims, like one plays chess, like one rock climbs ; this
> transversality is what creates the connections that allow a BwO to develop and
> circulate. Otherwise the flows are too coded ; how could you have a BwO
> without decoded flows?



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