The Theory

2.2.2 Fundamental problem

A simplified model of communication could be written as:

Sender → Message → Receiver

This project begins with the hypothesis that this representation omits fundamental processes.

Before a message exists, there are processes of perception, interpretation, and representation.

The message requires selection and encoding.

After transmission, the message must once again be perceived, interpreted, and represented by the receiver.

Moreover, sender and receiver have singular trajectories.

Consequently, what participates in the production of the message in the sender is not absolutely identical to what participates in its reconstruction in the receiver.

The general problem becomes:

How do singular individual trajectories participate in the transformation of events into perceptions, interpretations, and representations and, subsequently, in the transformation of part of those representations into messages that will be perceived, interpreted, and reconstructed by another individual?