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COLORLESS IDEAS SLEEP FURIOUSLY -- cards
Stemming off from the Movember project, this project was initiated by the very language of the word, Movember, which is a portmanteau of November and moustache. To promote a fictionally upcoming exhibit on the oddities and eccentricities of the English language, to be held at the Boston Public Library, a poster set and card/puzzle invitation were created to be handed out at the library and community centers. The very form of the project is representative of the complex and complicated nature of the English language. Individuals would be given the card set, filled with fun tidbits about words and constructs in the English language, as well as the information about the event itself, and it is up to them to construct the message of the poster. Just like grammar and the famous phrase "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" by Noam Chomsky, which grammatically and structurally makes perfect sense, but has no real meaning, the cards can be arranged in a variety of ways that are aeshetically pleasing but have no real message. By putting together the cards in a certain order, like words, the message, or sentence, becomes meaningful.
COLORLESS IDEAS SLEEP FURIOUSLY -- cards
Stemming off from the Movember project, this project was initiated by the very language of the word, Movember, which is a portmanteau of November and moustache. To promote a fictionally upcoming exhibit on the oddities and eccentricities of the English language, to be held at the Boston Public Library, a poster set and card/puzzle invitation were created to be handed out at the library and community centers. The very form of the project is representative of the complex and complicated nature of the English language. Individuals would be given the card set, filled with fun tidbits about words and constructs in the English language, as well as the information about the event itself, and it is up to them to construct the message of the poster. Just like grammar and the famous phrase "Colorless green ideas sleep furiously" by Noam Chomsky, which grammatically and structurally makes perfect sense, but has no real meaning, the cards can be arranged in a variety of ways that are aeshetically pleasing but have no real message. By putting together the cards in a certain order, like words, the message, or sentence, becomes meaningful.