To Eat at Another's Table

Abstract

To say they have spent a day in their shoes understates the lifetime they plan to spend under their skin. The host and home are known. When the parasite approaches, it might as well be their home, but it is not. The built environment is, in its essence, a parasite of the earth. Also, buildings themselves seem to represent the humans that have made them. One could state that the built environment is a monument to the sins of humans and embodies their nature. Further in the philosophy of noise (M. Serris) suggests that the parasite is noise within the world. Derived from the French definition of a parasite, this translates to static. People in this context seen as the ultimate parasite, one that manipulates through the social and physical influence on shape others and their environment. This noise/static is the start of the investigation upon people and their scenes first better to understand architecture, then to find the place of parasites within people. To understand parasitic architecture, one must first understand people and how they engage with architecture because the built environment itself is a representation and monument the sins of humans. A building as a person is the method in which e describe our scenes: noise(disruption), sight (contrast), smell (influence), touch (Plasticity), flavor (intimacy). The parasite as a person showcases a human’s true nature, and through this, a person begins in noise, violates selective scenes, and ends with flavor. A relationship such as this is not negotiated or even talked about; the situation becomes hijacked. The parasite creates its place and establishes itself under the illusion of a single being while accompanying its host. Within the hijacking process, the parasite creates a scene of motion and struggle. The actions are in many forms aggressive toward the host, who will then respond with varying types of resistance. Change occurs and will continuously happen as the parasite cocoons itself within the host. To eat at another’s table means to be guests and to receive in the situation. Behaviors and relationships shape further interactions, establishing the context. For this approach, the intention is genuinely neutral; however, what occurs will be measured and weighed. When one approaches the table, they come with a knowledge of the host and their home. At its core, the process is to gain from others. It exists in a genuinely neutral environment. For this meeting to occur, there needs to be a foot in the door before the table. A previous relationship is required, or connection will need first to be defined. A friendship or a family connection is the entry point, and as the connection changes, parasites emerge. Being a natural process, the creation of humankind, these elements are created and are built into their creations. For something to be parasitic means it utilizes the relationship, for something designed to be parasitic creates a story.