✧✧ Charlie's T4 Assessment Presentation ✧✧

Introduction

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I have always felt there to be an inherent connection between Magic and Art..

but..

What is Magic, in the first place?

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Although I think there might not exist a definitive answer to it, I ask this question within the first chapter of my thesis, by formulating three working definitions:

① Magic as a force

② Magic as a mode-of-thought

③ Magic as connection

I chose these three varying perspective on defining what Magic is, because individually, and concurrently, they act as a narrative framework to analyze and compare opposing positions on Magic. At the same time, I use them to form a timeline of the historic evolution of Magic within Western public discourse, its relation to Art, and directly reflect on the material implications of these definitions via examples placed on this timeline.

(Personal position/definition)

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Ultimately, I believe that Magic can mean many different things and appear in a variety of ways, experiences, forms. Whether one views Magic as something supernatural or as a representation of the human subconscious, to me, Magic represents something inherently human. — The seeking of agency and purpose in life.

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Magic as a connecting force enables us to find meaning and create a sense of control over our material conditions. Magic becomes a tool for transforming and overcoming what bind us to our current state. However... (Magic in knowledge.. and understanding "the systems")

Art can be Magic's conduit. It exists in the in-between of the tangible and ephemeral state of being.

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In retrospect...

Protocol for Retroactive Magic

/or an exercise in Magical thinking/

① Retrospectively/retroactively find Magic in the projects of last year

② Reframe it as a form of Magic

SI#25 ✧ Sounds of Marmalade ➭

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The jam sessions created an environment for Magic through the collective act of creation and I think the jam session performances of that night reflected that..

The beginning resembled a cacophony of sounds as people were getting to know, experiment and intuitively play their instruments. Yet in both of the two sessions came the magical moment, in which everyone suddenly attuned to each other..

~Magic through the collective act of creation.~

SI#26 ✧ A 3DS Webzine ➭

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Understanding and overcoming limitations as a form of Magic based in knowledge and navigating systems.

SI#27 ✧ Almanac'34 ➭

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In some ways I see divination as a form of manifestation (...).

Radical hopefulness as an action against the pessimism bred through the current capitalist system. (...) You need hope and a vision of a better future to make it happen.

Other..

Alternative forms of divination:

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Omens from the Dog Park ➭

Although I have not been keeping up with the project in recent months, I have continued my search for omens and little moments of Magic on my dog walks.

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Prior to my prototyping workshop, I asked people to bring a found object to craft with..

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Reflection

(...) accessible art and tools (...)

(…) "maintaining anti-capitalist.. approach." -> but should be more explicit as a central concern to the project’s design

"anti-capitalist epistemology " ->

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Graduation Project..

Protocols for Magic

My research project investigates:

What lays at the intersection of Art and Magic,

and how can it serve as a ground for forming novel and idiosyncratic Magic practices

through creative expression?

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In alchemy..

"Solve et coagula"

"As above so below"

Protocol for Alchemical Questioning

① Break down the question into its base components

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③ Reconfigure it to form a new question

What lays at the intersection ..

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.. of Art and Magic ..

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.. and how can it serve as a ground for forming ..

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.. novel and idiosyncratic ..

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.. Magic practices ..

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.. through creative expression ..

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.. ? ..

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What lays at the intersection of Art and Magic, and how can it serve as a ground for forming

novel and idiosyncratic Magic practices through creative expression?

or

What lays at the intersection of Art and Magic, and how can it serve as a ground for forming

novel and idiosyncratic Magic practices through creative expression?

or

What lays at the intersection of Art and Magic, and how can it serve as a ground for forming

novel and idiosyncratic Magic practices through creative expression?

or

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Prototypes

Protocols for Magic Circles 1

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Key feedback

Prototyping Workshop

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Key feedback

Try-Out Night Prototypes

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Key feedback

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What lays... ahead?

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