Tuesday 26 October 2010

The white square and the window_SML

An event took place in the hall of Bergen School of Architecture (60°,24´,36” NORTH, 5°,19´,22” EAST) In the evening on Sunday 24. October 2010. There are no reported witnesses to the event. Through proof of evidence, this report will investigate what happened that Sunday.




Map
(photographic collage,seen from above)
of
The Space with the White Square and the Window.


The shape of the space bears a resemblance to a quadrat. The ground is covered by a gray surface that might be concrete or asphalt. Angled 30* to the median of the map, and occupying 1/4 of the surface, a white square has been painted (A). The square is worn and traces of the asphalt or concrete shows through. There is also traces of tire tracks (B) in the paint, possibly from a bicycle. Outside the square, to the bottom right of the map, there is footprints (C) from when someone stepped in fresh white paint.
In the top right corner of the white square, a rectangular window (D) lies flat. It occupies about 1/3 of the white surface. The window has two glass panes, divided in 1/4 and 3/4. The frame is white.
Parallel to the right edge of the white square, there is a wall. It is made of something that looks like wood and it is paneled with a slab. The slab is white and has a smooth surface. A square wooden structure (E) is leaning on this wall. The structure has about the same dimensions as the window.
In the bottom right corner of the map, there is a circular object that might be a large bucket (F). The bucket is blue, and contains a white mass and a small black object. The bucket has wheels. To the right of the blue bucket, there is a small wheel mounted on a red structure. This structure is attached to something larger outside the map.
In the bottom centre of the map, there is a device made of metal(G). It has a flat, rust brown surface and a lever shaped like a large handle. On its edge the words “ROBUST” is printed. To the left of this, there is something that looks like a broken metal staircase (H). I ends after five steps and changes direction half way. In the beginning the railing is red.
In the top left corner of the map, three objects are situated close to each other. The left most object has the shape of a small white cone (I). To the top most corner of the map, there is a blue, rather large amorph object (J) that continues outside the map. To the right of this blue object, there is something looking like a large, black plastic bag (K), which is closed with a knot and filled with something that occupies most of the volume inside the bag.

"In the deep trance the medium is even more suggestible. I.e. here it can be achieved complete numbness in different parts of the body through the help of suggestion." "

I den dype transen er mediet enda mer suggestibelt. Her kan det f.eks ved hjelp av suggestion oppnås fullstendig følelsesløshet på forskjellige steder av kroppen."

From Kvinnens verden. 1961/ The woman’s world. 1961
Found on site.



“Most of us have an immediate feeling that what we call intelligence is not the same in women as in men. The two sexes has such different tasks in society, that it would be strange if these tasks did not also depend on an innate difference in spiritual equipment.” “De fleste av oss har vel en umiddelbar fornemmelse av at det vi kaller intelligens ikke er det samme hos kvinner som hos menn. De to kjønn har så forskjellige oppgaver i samfunnet at det nesten ville vært underlig om disse oppgavene ikke berodde på medfødte forskjeller også i åndelig utrusting.”

From “Kvinnens verden” 1961. Found on site.















































.. we can not “see” or perceive other people. It can, for example be a aversion towards specific people, we can not change our approach to them, because they arouse certain feelings in us that we do not like (e.g. racial prejudices).

... vi kan ikke “se” eller oppfatte andre mennesker. Det kan f.eks. være en uvilje mot bestemte mennesker, vi kan ikke forrandre vår innstilling til dem, fordi de vekker bestemte følelser i oss som vi ikke liker (f.eks. rasefordommer)

From Kvinnens verden. 1961. /
The women’s world. 1961.
Found on site.