2Dogs Art Space - Akashi (明石）- Japan - Research Centre
The 2Dogs Glossary: A-Temporal Research Tools
t₀ (The Absolute Present)
The theoretical point of contact with external reality.
A “now” that is physically inaccessible to human consciousness, existing only as raw data before it enters the mind’s buffer.
D (The Structural Delay)
The cognitive and physical interval where perception is held, processed, and “buffered.”
In this laboratory, D is not treated as a measurement of time, but as a territory — a sculptural space where art is actually constructed.
t₀ → t₀ + D
The fundamental condition of perception: reality is never accessed directly, only through structured delay.
Crystallization
The transition point where the fluid, unformed data within the Delay (D) hardens into a specific artistic decision — a mark on a page or a material object.
It is the moment a thought becomes a thing.
The Offset Yard
The primary research site at 2Dogs Art Space.
It represents the “Shared Yard” where multiple observers inhabit the same physical space while existing in slightly different perceptual registers.
Scintillation
The flickering sensation or perceptual “glitch” produced when the mind attempts to reconcile the Absolute Present (t₀) with the processed Delay (D).
It is the visible evidence of the hypothesis in action.
Metaphorical Physics
The practice of using scientific structures — formulas, diagrams, and laws — not to prove empirical facts, but to provide a stable architecture for poetic and perceptual inquiry.
Orthogonal Stance
A research position that stands at a right angle to the historical timeline.
