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[Topic Based]
Territory- (n.)
1. A region of land, bounded by either physical or social elements
2. A designation of space, time, memory, or being.
3. An area (land or water) that is in possession by an entity
Quote:
"'Was I in a new territory?...it could be asked if the country does in fact change - it does not in the sense a traffic light does." - Smithson, 72
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[Descriptive/Active]
anthropomorphic- (n.)
1. Engendering human qualities in order to describe or assimilate an inanimate object
heliotypy- (n.)
1. A term used in photography to describe the transferring of images from photographic negatives to gelatin plates, which are then pressed onto paper.
In Smithson's Terms -
2. The state of the suburban landscape which has been created through the impressions of the images of the romantic 'suburban' ideologies.
Quote:
" a kind of self-destroying postcard world of failed immortality and oppressive grandeur. I had been wandering in a moving picture that I couldn't quite picture..." - Smithson, 72
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