Bourriaud speaks of topology as a geometry of translation.Topology is the study of the properties of figures or solids that are not normally affected by changes in size or shape, this usually is the surface structure or the arrangement of parts of an object. Translation, in this sense,is the "transition from one condition to another...thus it refers to movement,to the dynamism of forms, and characterizes reality as a conglomeration of transitory surfaces and forms." Topology is a model for the study of the sociological phenomena we know as art.
Bourriaud defines "precarious" as a right of use that could be revoked at any time, and compares it to the life span of commodities whose decreasing usefulness affects our perception of the world. To me,this precarious aesthetic seems to be about risk, and while these seem like precarious times, I suspect inhabitants of any period would share this sense of urgency.He quotes Hanna Arendt as saying "an object is cultural to the extent that it can endure; its durability is the very opposite of functionality." This dichotomy between the enduring and the functional is rejected by Bourriaud as failing to apply to contemporary art work. No fixed forms, fragility, and a sense of the ephemeral are all qualities of this aesthetic precariousness. Urban chaos and a wandering journey become metaphors for the type of response we feel when regarding the work of many current artists.
The parade is a type of journey-form cited by Bourraid as an example of art that is not rooted in the material, but rather an event that occupies a "time-specific" place. He gives many examples of artists whose works convey this sensibility of the explorer,
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