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The Aesthetic of Play

December 16, 2015Xi Rao 1 Comment

“The aesthetic of play is merely a set of provisional constraints that allow us to make certain interpretive moves, nothing more. It makes no truth claims about itself, because making a truth claim is a forbidden move within the aesthetic.” – Brian Upton, The Aesthetic of Play (P. 305). Continue Reading →

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