German to English translations [PRO]
Social Sciences - Philosophy | | German term or phrase: Wiederholungsraum | A theoretical text for a university:
"Sie ist das Feld der zweckfreien Übung, der es also nicht um ein besseres Leben geht oder um die vagen Versprechungen eines Jenseitigen, sondern um das Diesseits in der radikalen Perspektive der Wiederholung und Wachsamkeit. Jetzt lassen sich auch die Werke von Beckett, Cage oder Duchamp interpretieren. Die Werke sind zweckfreie Übungen im **Wiederholungsraum** und bestechen durch ihren Hyperrealismus, wie übrigens überhaupt die Nachkriegskunst nicht von ihrer abstrakten Seite her sonderlich interessant ist, sondern von einem bedingungslosen Realismus aus diskutiert werden sollte."
I'm just a bit unsure as to how to translate this word in this context. Many thanks in advance for your help! |
|  Emily PlankKudoZ activityQuestions: 90 (none open) ( 1 without valid answers) ( 2 closed without grading) Answers: 2
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| | repetition space | Explanation:
IMO 'repetitive space' is a mistranslation because it means that the space itself has the attribute of repetition (i.e. the space recurs repeatedly). 'Wiederholungsraum' has several meanings: in the general sence, a space where something is (or can be) repeated -- such as a series of actions, practicing a choreography sequence, etc. -- and in the mathematical sense (which also applies to chess analysis) the abstract 'space' containing all possible sequences of repeated moves (which is particularly important in the context of the end game in chess).
Repetition is also one of the basic elements of style in graphic and visual arts.
refs:
JSTOR: The Method of Infinite Repetition in Pure Topology: I
E(f) will be called the infinite repetition space formed by E and f. ... Consider also, the example of an infinite repetition space given in 8, Example 1, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-486X(196409)2%3A80%3A2%3C201%3ATMOIRI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W -
Visual Arts 3-5
6.08 Critique artwork in relation to design principles: emphasis, movement, repetition, space, and balance. COMPETENCY GOAL 7: The learner will perceive ...
www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/artsed/scos/visualarts/v... |
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Ken Cox
Local time: 14:14
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Explanation:
IMO 'repetitive space' is a mistranslation because it means that the space itself has the attribute of repetition (i.e. the space recurs repeatedly). 'Wiederholungsraum' has several meanings: in the general sence, a space where something is (or can be) repeated -- such as a series of actions, practicing a choreography sequence, etc. -- and in the mathematical sense (which also applies to chess analysis) the abstract 'space' containing all possible sequences of repeated moves (which is particularly important in the context of the end game in chess).
Repetition is also one of the basic elements of style in graphic and visual arts.
refs:
JSTOR: The Method of Infinite Repetition in Pure Topology: I
E(f) will be called the infinite repetition space formed by E and f. ... Consider also, the example of an infinite repetition space given in 8, Example 1, ...
links.jstor.org/sici?sici=0003-486X(196409)2%3A80%3A2%3C201%3ATMOIRI%3E2.0.CO%3B2-W -
Visual Arts 3-5
6.08 Critique artwork in relation to design principles: emphasis, movement, repetition, space, and balance. COMPETENCY GOAL 7: The learner will perceive ...
www.ncpublicschools.org/curriculum/artsed/scos/visualarts/v...
| Ken Cox
Local time: 14:14
Native speaker of:  English
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