The word Periproxology itself is a syzygy of syllables: a neologism minted out of the allignment of the prefix “peri-”, the root “prox-” and the suffix “-ology”. All of these syllables exist, reference a meaning; their combination points towards a possible cosanguinity of the meanings they make. The existence of the signifier Periproxolgy alludes to a signified which is formed through the dereference of meaning from these syzygetic syllables.

Embracing the distance between itself and what it studies, Periproxology is about metaphors and aphorisms. It understands that metaphors and aphorisms themselves aren’t the thing, but are simply about the thing, or that they signal prepositionally to the thing. The thing could be a duck – as in “the thing to do is duck!” –– whether the duck to you is a lovely green headed mallard with a little purple in its wings, or a simply dazzling fulvous whistling duck standing in a dark abyss in your minds eye, is up to you, [and is information we hope you’d be kind enough to keep to yourself.] Periproxology mines metaphoric, aphoristic and poetic language for its own knowledge-building and seriously playful projects.

Some topics of Periproxology are: