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Thank you for that plastic quote. Do you have
the reference?
Steve.
Steve Armstrong
Publisher
Wegway
P. O. Box 157
Station
A
Toronto, Ontario
Canada
M5W 1B2
416 712 2716
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, March 19, 2004 5:29
PM
Subject: FLUXLIST: One Plastic
Quote.
"In spite of their names reminiscent of Greek shepherds (Polystyrene,
Phenoplast, Polyvinyl, Polyethylene) plastic ... is basically an alchemical
substance .... More than any substance, plastic embodies the idea of its own
infinite transformability; as its common name indicates it is ubiquity made
tangible. On the other hand it is a miraculous substance as well: a
miracle represents a sudden unexpected change in nature. Plastic is
imbued with this shock. It is the trace of a movement rather than an
object.... The hierarchy of substances is hereby abolished; a single substance
can stand in for them all. The whole world can be plastified, and life
too..."
-Roland Barthes 1957
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