So Whitehead's reply to Berkeley is, in effect, that matter really does matter in the
ordinary sense of the word, since whatever acquires
material existence is always capable of influencing by means of signs the becomings of subsequent «things.»
In a process of welding the artist's vision to technical necessities, industrial
materials are transformed from
ordinary «workaday»
existence into lyrical multi-dimensional expanses that immerse the viewer in vibrant fields of color.