Rhizomes

Rhizomes represent a network of diverse elements that coexist without being subordinate to a central entity This multiplicity allows for a richer and more complex understanding of phenomena, acknowledging that multiple perspectives and experiences contribute to the whole. Connectivity is also fundamental. IMAGE : Art Studio Wall magically contained the perfect example of the RHIZOME revealed after dampness has encourage the growth of which was underneath the painted surface.

In a Thousand Plateaus Delueze characterised rhizomatic thought as a “multiplicity” rather than a “multiple Contrary to the ancient binary distinction whether or not the universe is unitary (one) or plural (many) , Deleuze used the idea of a “multiplicity” as a stem to his point of Rhizomatic.

In our modern world an accurate example of a rhizome would be the modern internet. It is vast , interconnected, non-linear, without hierachical structure, etc. Deleuze elaborated in A Thousand Plateaus that A rhizome has no beginning or end ; it is always in the middle between things , interbeing, intermezzo. The tree is filiation, but the rhizome is alliance, uniquely alliance.

Imagine the creativity and flexibility the internet has to offer , whenever anyone searches for anything on a browser , a limitless amount of answers and possibilities is given. The eternal and external links on a Wikipedia page exemplify how on the internet , any page is within a click away from another page . The structure and the creativity of the internet shuts down , the internet, the internet itself continues to function because of its rootless nature. This characteristic of the internet is extremely resembling to Delueze’s description of the rhizome.

A rhizome may be broken, shattered at a given spot, but it will start up again on one of it’s old lines or on new lines. You can never get rid of ants because they form an animal rhizome that can rebound time and time again after most of it can be destroyed …. whenever segmentary lines explode into a line of flight but the line of flight is part of the rhizome . These lines always tie back to one another

One cannot pin an origin of the Internet purely based on its appearance . Similar to a rhizome , the internet is run on millions of servers from across the globe , with all of them interconnected - constantly connecting and disconnecting. Similar to ants rebuilding their home if a storm strikes. The internet however, is not a perfect rhizome because it is rhizomatic capacities are limited by data control, algorithms , and surveillance.

A non - hierarchical non-linear network connecting any point to another point.

ANTS

The Studio Wall producing the rhizomatic surface is in being utilised as a back drop with a selection of my early works.

To Be Continued