About: Structural incompleteness

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@idthe:StructuralIncompleteness
typeArt, Composition, Concept, formal analysis, Resource, Visual Analysis, Visual Arts
broaderComposition, Formal Analysis, Interpretation, visual art term
definitionA compositional strategy in which a recognizable structural system is presented with elements visibly missing or unresolved, so that the absence itself becomes expressive content.
inSchemeDigital Art Terms
labelStructural incompleteness
scope noteDiffers from non finito in that the incompleteness is structural and systematic rather than a matter of surface finish; the viewer recognizes what the complete system would be.
skos:altLabelUnresolved structure, Deliberate incompleteness
skos:exactMatchNon_finito



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