Comments on: Unusability Engineering http://roychristopher.com/unusability-engineering Media Theorist, Music Geek, Aging Skateboard/BMX Kid. Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:34:24 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mark B http://roychristopher.com/unusability-engineering/comment-page-1#comment-2821 Mark B Tue, 08 May 2007 18:16:53 +0000 http://roychristopher.com/?p=146#comment-2821 Unusability, it seems to me from these examples, is a subtle form of social control. Right? Can you think of any unusability that is for other purposes. Art, perhaps? What of Duchamp's "Fountain." Not connected to any piping, and flipped on its side, this urinal is wholly unusable. Are they different types of objects or is there a corollary. bum-proof bench = a bench you can sit on, but can't sleep on Fountain = a urinal you can put in a gallery, but can't piss in Unusability, it seems to me from these examples, is a subtle form of social control. Right? Can you think of any unusability that is for other purposes. Art, perhaps? What of Duchamp’s “Fountain.” Not connected to any piping, and flipped on its side, this urinal is wholly unusable. Are they different types of objects or is there a corollary.

bum-proof bench = a bench you can sit on, but can’t sleep on

Fountain = a urinal you can put in a gallery, but can’t piss in

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