Subject and object during an encounter

A visitor interprets a possession, expresses part of the interpretation, becomes available for another person's interpretation through that expression. They can then respond to the institutional account. Staff follow these successive exchanges through attributed records and changed activity.

VisitorExamines anddescribes an objectStaffRecord and interpretthe contributionParticipantReviews theinstitutional accountLater visitorResponds with anotherinterpretation
Read the accompanying account for the actors, permissions, alternatives, and subsequent changes.

For the camera, the visitor first describes a symbol of independence. Operating it reveals a mechanical constraint. The visitor revises the account toward deliberate attention. A curator proposes an interest in constrained creative practice. The visitor explains a more particular concern about family portraits. The curator revises the proposed introduction accordingly.

This sequence includes material evidence, situated interpretation, expression, institutional inference, response. The person and the possession retain further properties and histories beyond those contributions. The conservation proposition examines a possible correspondence across the exchange. Coupled transformation examines changes in each participant and the recognized relation. Staff can preserve incompatible interpretations while recording actual consequences.