stripping things down, wanting to find alternatives to the logic surrounding object making.
moving out of the studio and looking rather than making objects
One replaced making with thinking.
It was muting manual production and opting for an art of mental activation
Physicality in artwork
One was tempted to carry work away from the art context into real time stuctures.
So there was a tremendous thrust to radicalize the whole concept of what artist do. It was a dangerous thing to control.
Going too far with it you completely burnt out your bearings as an aritst, and you open up these tremendous demands for learning other disciplines, the need for information was incredible.

activation:explains plugging in, affecting, overlapping, an on-going real time system.
body work is more close to the material, becoming the material, becoming the object.