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Recent Discoveries from The Dept. of Shape Research
 
 
Venue
Rx Gallery
 
Show
Supersonic
 
Location
San Francisco, California
 
Date
November 19, 2003
 
Materials
vinyl, steel
 
Dimensions
36"x40"
 
Description
The Dept. of Shape Research showcased representative Instances of 4 recently discovered Types: 028, 029, 030, & 035.
 
The Dept. of Shape Research, founded in 1995 in Oakland, CA, has been chartered with the research, development, synthesis, and categorization of unique, original and in many cases entirely new shapes. Occasionally, through its outreach program, the Dept. makes limited numbers of its shapes available to the public-at-large. Its engineers are currently developing a state-of-the-art digital repository to house these legacy shapes as well as the many hundreds of embryonic shapes discovered and/or developed yearly. Privately owned and funded, but with a determined, philanthropic mission, the Dept. of Shape Research holds itself, whenever possible, to the highest professional, ethical and scientific standards, during the course of its manifold activities.
Metaproject
The Dept. of Shape Research
 
Website
www.dsr.org
 
Genres
Visual Art
Superfiction
 
Themes
Absurdity
Biology
Bureaucracy
Categorization
Farce
Iconography
Information Design
Systems
Typology
Variation
 
Collaborators
n/a