Artist Information:
Bruno Mezic
Zagreb,
Croatia (Hrvatska)
Member Since: Sep 2009
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Artist Statement:
Junk Fleet
(Word History: The word junk
is an example of the change in
meaning known as
generalization, and very aptly
too, since the amount of junk
in the world seems to be
generalizing and proliferating
rapidly. The Middle English
word jonk, ancestor of junk,
originally had a very specific
meaning restricted to nautical
terminology. First recorded in
1353, the word meant "an old
cable or rope." On a sailing
ship it made little sense to
throw away useful material
since considerable time might
pass before one could get new
supplies. Old cable was used
in a variety of ways, for
example, to make fenders, that
is, material hung over the
side of the ship to protect it
from scraping other ships or
wharves. Junk came to refer to
this old cable as well. The
big leap in meaning taken by
the word seems to have
occurred when junk was applied
to discarded but useful
material in general. This
extension may also have taken
place in a nautical context,
for the earliest, more
generalized use of junk is
found in the compound junk
shop, referring to a store
where old materials from ships
were sold. Junk has gone on to
...
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Junk Fleet
(Word History: The word junk is an example of the change in meaning known as generalization, and very aptly too, since the amount of junk in the world seems to be generalizing and proliferating rapidly. The Middle English word jonk, ancestor of junk, originally had a very specific meaning restricted to nautical terminology. First recorded in 1353, the word meant "an old cable or rope." On a sailing ship it made little sense to throw away useful material since considerable time might pass before one could get new supplies. Old cable was used in a variety of ways, for example, to make fenders, that is, material hung over the side of the ship to protect it from scraping other ships or wharves. Junk came to refer to this old cable as well. The big leap in meaning taken by the word seems to have occurred when junk was applied to discarded but useful material in general. This extension may also have taken place in a nautical context, for the earliest, more generalized use of junk is found in the compound junk shop, referring to a store where old materials from ships were sold. Junk has gone on to ... |
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