User:Charlie/Protocols for Magic
Workshop by Charlie ~ coming soon ~
Description
- Part of my graduation project
- Protocols/Methods to engage with Magic through art/crafts
- Facilitate (others') individual connection to Magic
Material research
- Different forms of Magic via different mediums of art
- Protocols with versatile/reusable components
- Templates for personal "customization"
What I want to investigate through the workshop
- What are people's relationship to the concept of Magic coming in?
- How may the protocols affect people's perception of Magic?
- Can they gain something from it?
✧ Prototyping Workshop ✧
Introduction
Question to the group: What is Magic?
Most general definitions describe Magic (noun) as a force, or the employing of a force outside of the bounds of Science or measurable natural laws, able to affect reality, attributes of reality or someone's perception there of. With the specific interpretation of the "force", in other words, the "source of magic" depending on cultural and historical contexts.
Other sources may frame Magic as a “mode-of-thinking”, the lens through which one may perceive and engage with the world. Through this view, Magic isn’t necessarily described as the conceptual manifestation of “invisible forces” but rather a observable psychological phenomena. Often as a means to distance Magic from supernatural implications. (Sorensen, 2006) (Dukes, 2002)
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✧ Protocols ✧
References
- L. O., Haute (2023), ' Talismans pour celles qui ne savent pas de quoi ils parlent'
- P. E. Moore (2019), "Art and Magick in the 21st Century; Reflections of a Neophyte", TULCA Festival Of Visual Arts, TULCA, Galway, IE.