Without passage

Aporia (ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ "lacking passage") — a state of puzzlement, a declaration of doubt. This project explores the relation of aporia & epiphany, in moving to a state of certainty from a state without, and offers an opinion on syntactic (form) versus semantic (meaning) epiphanies. Throu...

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Main Author: Chee, En Cui
Other Authors: Gray Hodgkinson
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: Nanyang Technological University 2021
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-1496822023-03-11T19:51:36Z Without passage Chee, En Cui Gray Hodgkinson School of Art, Design and Media ghodgkinson@ntu.edu.sg Visual arts and music::Arts in general Aporia (ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ "lacking passage") — a state of puzzlement, a declaration of doubt. This project explores the relation of aporia & epiphany, in moving to a state of certainty from a state without, and offers an opinion on syntactic (form) versus semantic (meaning) epiphanies. Through the processes of solving puzzles, we reach syntactic epiphany from uncertainty. Like most games, there is a definitive way to the end. However, whether the same can be said of the semantic — in understanding the narrative — is less clear. After all, mazes have objective truths: this is either the solution, or not. Meanings don't. They change across perspectives. I see a girl exploring her psyche. Maybe you see a witch trying to escape a prison? Maybe the person beside you sees a magician having a conversation? Please feel free to find your own passage into your own epiphany, your own way of understanding. Bachelor of Fine Arts in Design Art 2021-06-07T09:04:52Z 2021-06-07T09:04:52Z 2021 Final Year Project (FYP) Chee, E. C. (2021). Without passage. Final Year Project (FYP), Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149682 https://hdl.handle.net/10356/149682 en application/pdf Nanyang Technological University
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Chee, En Cui
Without passage
description Aporia (ᾰ̓πορῐ́ᾱ "lacking passage") — a state of puzzlement, a declaration of doubt. This project explores the relation of aporia & epiphany, in moving to a state of certainty from a state without, and offers an opinion on syntactic (form) versus semantic (meaning) epiphanies. Through the processes of solving puzzles, we reach syntactic epiphany from uncertainty. Like most games, there is a definitive way to the end. However, whether the same can be said of the semantic — in understanding the narrative — is less clear. After all, mazes have objective truths: this is either the solution, or not. Meanings don't. They change across perspectives. I see a girl exploring her psyche. Maybe you see a witch trying to escape a prison? Maybe the person beside you sees a magician having a conversation? Please feel free to find your own passage into your own epiphany, your own way of understanding.
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