#deracinate

[noosphe-re]

Etymology of ‘deracinate’ (via etymonline.com)

[thecaterpainter]

“Come on kid, this is the deal of a lifetime!”

[theswordsbane]

deracinate

verb | de·rac·i·nate | \ (ˌ)dē-ˈra-sə-ˌnāt \

uproot

to remove or separate from a native environment or culture; especially : to remove the racial or ethnic characteristics or influences from 

[theenglishnook]

Deracinate means more than uprooting—it evokes identity loss, cultural exile, and generational disconnection. A word that carries the weight of dislocation, trauma, and the ache of severed roots.

DERACINATE

[disconfigurationderacinate]

Deracinate

To uproot something from their orgins and then re contextualize it's meaning.

[disconfigurationderacinate]

Brainstorming and playing with type to get a grasp and idea for what "deracinate" is and planning for the the 2D portion of the project.

Some words that were plaguing my mind at the time were "mildly infuriating", "unknown", "control", and "comfort/discomfort".

[disconfigurationderacinate]

Who's a Afraid of Red Yellow and Blue?

"Who's Afraid of Red Yellow and Blue?" is a series of abstract paintings by Barrette Newman between 1966-1970, which were also his last works before passing away.

These paintings are most well known to be deracinated by viewers who were frustrated by it's presence for a variety of reasons even though they are just large paintings with specific colors and placement. Newman never stated what these paintings are suppose to be before his passing.

A majority of art is left up to interpretation, especially with abstract art. even if it did have an original meaning, the viewer will contextualize it into something else.

The viewer could be frustrated with the paintings for these reason:

being unable to understand and unable to give context to the works

The notion that there should be context given that these and many similar paintings are in a gallery space

There is priority for these paintings

If we can not understand the context of things then we must give it meaning. We must uproot it in order to re contextualize it's presence, otherwise we can not know or control it. If we attach meaning to, then we have the ability to control it.

I believe when we determinate something, it also gives us access to control it. We sometimes put false labels on it in order to feel control.

Similarly with it's text book definition; we up root things to attach context and meaning to them so that we can understand and control plants and people.

Organics and abstract art are kind of similar, they lack context, and things that we can not control unless we try to control it ourselves in order to provide the comfort in knowing what it is.

Words I associate with "deracinate":

empirical

*context/re-contextualize

abstract

*control

comfort/discomfort

*Ironically, I did not know what "deracinate" means at first, it scared me, it infuriated it me. After deracinating the word, I now have a grasp on what it means and what causes people to do it. I want to recreate the feeling of needing to deracinate something.

[disconfigurationderacinate]

To up root something means you want to eliminate it, to disregard it, you hold negative emotions towards or maybe even curious about it.

You are confused and discomforted by it's presence.