Popularizing a systems approach to culture will take a while. I’ve begun to sketch out a roadmap knowing it may take lifetimes to explore, create, and ground-truth at any scale.
five questions
People often ask for examples of how to think in terms of art systems. On this site, I’ve been most focused on systems people could actually bring home. The idea of a grouping of elements working together, however, can be independent of scale. The grouping thing is the systems concept – the scale issue is about strategy.
I came up with this list of questions several years ago. It’s a handy (✌) way to approach this idea. I like to use my hand as a mnemonic to keep track of the different elements. I memorize numbers that way too. I’ve seen farmers in rural areas use their hands and bodies to give directions and explain things. Teacher friends use similar techniques in grade school now when teaching songs. It’s kind of fun. (Note: those of you good at math might notice I’m not counting the first question below which starts the handful.)…
feedback
After visiting articulture.systems, you have probably gained some sense of the underlying insight I had about art and culture as a support system for how to live within our ecological means. If this is your first visit to this site and you need more time, please look around and come back. When you’re ready, please consider filling this form out to help me get a sense of how this is landing with other people. (You can also click on the image or title above to be taken to the Google Forms survey.) I want to understand this ancient idea better and continue to explore its implications for the future. I think I might even want to dedicate the rest of my life to this. It feels that important.