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-thinking about traps
+About traps:
+A trap is a device.
+A camera is a device, too.
+What do they have in common? Both devices are designed to capture.
+What is the difference between a trap and a camera? A camera captures the imprint of something or somebody, thus creating a sign. If I take a picture of a me, that picture is not me, of course, it might not even resemble me, but it carries the meaning: me. To make it even more complicated: it captures the meaning of me in a certain moment. So the camera actually captures that moment, and me, maybe by accident. I could be only by-catch.
+The important thing is: the camera is a device that captures moments, and turns it into signs. Signs must be meaningful to those who look at them. They must be embedded in a cultural area to be meaningful. People must be able to read the sign correctly, in order to grasp its meaning.
+In simple words: if a picture does not resonate with a person, if there is to connection between the picture and the person, simply nothing is happening.
+A trap in contrast is a device  that get`s very strongly in contact with a person, as it is designed to capture persons. Which is does, it captures people physically, in that very moment. Of course, the trap can be a sign too. But if one cannot read that sign, one is still trapped, right?
+Traps are devices that are to be dealt with. Once you are trapped, and before that, to avoid capture.
+Traps are not a proposal, like for instance a photograph can be.
+At full lenght: traps aren`t nice.
+Then why should I design traps? Because I am evil? Not necessarily!
+A trap is simpy a very strong device. It takes what it wants. And keeps it.
+The art is not the artist.
+The artist is not the art.
+The art is first inside the artist, and the artist has to get it out of him/herself to encounter it.
+At that moment the art is already an entity.
+Next: I will design small and simple traps to experiment with.
+further reading:
+[http://www.strandbeest.com/]