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messy spaces of the real, imagined
shared and performed Henri Lefebvre views space as a
social product, or a complex social
construction based on values and
the social production of meanings1.
Actual or absolute space, as we
know it, is a representation of the
relationships of those living in it.
Lefebrve also likens the production
of space to a spatial triad, that of
the perceived, the conceived and
the lived.
I would like to frame my discussion
of the different spaces in the
projects with the above notion of
space. In many ways, what we
remember is closely tied to how

we view our experiences. Our
perception of our experiences is,
in turn, cross-referenced with our
world view — a social construct.
Although I will discuss different
spaces in turn, it is necessary
to imagine the spaces to be
interacting with each other
organically. And as memories
?ow from one space to another,
the movement is sometimes
disorganised and messy and
as such, intriguing.

mind as space

The brain is a com
Typically, what we
our senses is trans
brain and subsequ
and stored. When
certain triggers aft
encoded informat
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biological concept
it suffices here to s
divided into differe
responsible for cer

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external stimuli we
each moment, onl
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encoding of these
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information stored
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