Selections from the Haecceities Series

A Haecceity that is distributed algorithmically in correlated sets of matrices appears beneath the image of such a set of matrices. (On the use of 'Haecceity' in Essentialist Abstraction see the video On Haecceities: Essentialism and the Limits of Abstraction. On the algorithmic distribution of Haecceities in matrices see the video On the Haecceities Series.) An individual matrix can be enlarged for viewing by clicking on it in the smaller framed image in which it appears below. (Matrices cannot be enlarged in the enlarged image that results from clicking on “View larger image” that appears beneath the smaller image.)

The language of a circular Haecceity that figures in a work from the series that employs such language can be read by clicking on 'View circular language' that appears beneath an image in which that language appears. The image itself can also be enlarged by clicking on it.

Click on the supporting language of a work with matrices to enlarge that language for reading. (Do this on the smaller framed image containing the language that first appears below. It is not possible to enlarge supporting language in the enlarged image that results from clicking on “View larger image” that appears beneath the smaller image.) The supporting language of circular Haecceities that have such language can be enlarged for reading by clicking on “View supporting language” that appears beneath the image. (On the supporting language of a work see the video On the Haecceities Series.)

Certain contrasts and subtle differences between parts of an enlarged image may be more apparent when viewed from an oblique angle, particularly in enlarged images containing matrices.

Additional selections from the Haecceities Series will be featured from time to time.

The Numbering of the Haecceities Series
A Note on Media and Identity

Haecceity 1.0.0



Left-hand loupe language
Right-hand loupe language

9 and 9/16" x 12 and 3/16" x 4 and 1/8"
Loupes and contact print mounted on Gatorfoam
Maple wood box frame


Haecceity 1.1.0



View circular language
View supporting language

18 and ½" x 20 and 3/16".
Transparent print, screws, contact prints, and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
Maple wood frame

Haecceity 1.2.0



View circular language
View supporting language

24 and ½" x 26 and 1/4".
Transparent print, hex bolts, washers, screws, contact prints, and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver frame.

Haecceity 2.9.0

anything other than this here now that is something other than this here now
only in virtue of now being understood to be something other than this here now

View larger image

32 and 3/4" x 39 and 3/4".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.

Haecceity 2.10.0

what is determined in virtue of understanding that (                                               ) of what this enables to be apprehended is a condition
of what is determined in virtue of the understanding that is dependent on that condition being determined in virtue of that understanding
View larger image

48” x 72”.
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam with film cartridges, Plexiglas, hexagonal bolts, washers.
Black metal frame.

Haecceity 2.10.1

what is determined in virtue of understanding that apprehension of what this enables to be apprehended is a condition of what is determined in virtue of the understanding that is dependent on that condition being determined in virtue of that understanding

View larger image

41 and 13/16" x 50 and 11/16".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.

Haecceity 7.0.0

any current realization of any possible realization that what this is to be understood to be is any
current realization of any possible realization of what is now understood to have been realized

View larger image

37 and ½" x 46".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.

Haecceity 9.0.0



View circular language
View supporting language

25 and 1/4" x 26 and 1/8".
Transparent print, screws, contact print, and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
Maple wood frame.

Haecceity 9.0.0 Version II



View circular language
View supporting language

24” x 26”
Transparent print, plastic, contact prints, and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
Black metal frame.

Haecceity 9.1.0

(                                             ) that (                                             ) what this is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be

View larger image

48" x 92 and 5/8"
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam with Plexiglas, hexagonal bolts, washers, and screws.
German Silver metal frame.

Haecceity 9.1.1

understanding that understanding what this is to be understood to be is
what this is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be

View larger image

31" x 36".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.

Haecceity 9.16.1

that which is understood in understanding that that which is understood in understanding what this is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be

View larger image

41 and 13/16" x 50 and 11/16".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.

Haecceity 9.16.1.4

that which is understood in understanding that everything other than that which is understood in understanding what this
is to be understood to be is what this is to be understood to be is everything other than what this is to be understood to be

View larger image

39 and 1/4" x 50 and 1/4".
Contact prints and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
German silver metal frame.





Haecceity 12.0.0



View circular language

20 and 1/4" x 22 and 7/16".
Transparent print, screws, contact print, and paper mounted to Gatorfoam.
Maple wood frame.