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Dadamaino — Surface as Boundary
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Mark becomes boundary
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Systemic Construction
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Dadamaino
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Marks are reduced to sign. Line becomes signal. Boundary is carried by minimal notation.

Surface as Boundary

Dadamaino — Surface as Boundary

The surface defines a limit.

Thickness replaces edge.

Boundary holds.

How does the limit form?

A surface is often treated as plane, yet it establishes separation.

Thickness replaces edge.

What continues is boundary emerging through surface.

Structural Concepts

Systemic Construction
Form is produced through repeatable systems rather than singular acts.
Boundary
The limit where one form, field, or space meets another.
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