INTEREST: THE ETHICS OF INVENTION
The condition of invention—the state of being that allows a state of becoming to emerge—is a perception, or recognition, of the ambiguity of appearances. Invention begins when what signifies exceeds its signification - p15
This is evident in the phrase “an ethics of invention”, which does not mean the science that differentiates “good” inventions from “bad” ones, but refers to the custom or habit of invention. To understand the social value of what we are doing, we need to study the process of creativity, rather than its outcomes. The word interest does not refer to an outcome established as operationally efficient or conventionally true, but to a relationship. 'Interesse' means to be between. Interest produces the desire to go beyond oneself - p17
The ethics of invention reside not in the truth of what is found but in the interest of what is done - p17
Must question WHY the research is important and what kind of truths it guide society towards
assert the value of invention— which, I maintain, as the distinct focus of creative research, is located neither after nor before the process of making but in the performance itself - p19
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