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the moment a thing stops being a box and starts being a problem solved
means The act of setting something up so it's ready to use — software, a fixture, an appliance, or a person taking on an official role — or the thing thus set up.
from From Latin 'installare,' built from 'in-' (in) plus 'stallum' (a stall or seat), itself borrowed from a Germanic root for a standing-place — the same family that gives us 'stall' and 'stand.' The original sense was ceremonial: to formally 'seat' a cleric or official in his stall, his appointed place in the choir or chapter. The mechanical and digital senses — bolting in a boiler, loading software — came later, the word quietly migrating from putting people in their seats to putting things in their places.
- art world
- Spaces became the artwork once frames felt too small
- step skipped
- Most failures trace to ignored instructions
- software origin
- Term migrated from machinery to code seamlessly
- military root
- Originally meant placing someone formally in office
- hidden cost
- Often pricier than the product being installed
the guggenheim bilbao — titanium-clad museum building by frank gehry completed in 1997 in spain
the lightning field — walter de maria's 400 stainless steel poles across 1 mile in new mexico desert, 1977
christo's wrapped reichstag — berlin parliament building wrapped in silver fabric for 2 weeks in 1995