Sponges, Objects & Worlds
This thesis seeks to offer a social commentary on contemporary reality, framed through a fictional narrative crafted by the author. It delves into the creation of a world characterized by free will, emerging from a critique of the exaggerated societal conditioning that creatives endure within a capitalist framework, where hypernormalization is imposed by authorities, leading to a collective loss of individual identity.
To conceptualize an ideal world as an experimental reality, an intangible methodological approach is employed. This involves an escape from the real into the realm of fiction, where the author can establish the foundational parameters of a creative commons, free from the constraints of actual reality. Within this fictional world, various autobiographical versions or alter egos of the author coexist, each possessing distinct interests and skills that they mutually benefit from. Despite this, the fictional world remains under the author’s control in an ongoing quest for order.
The central inquiry of this exploration questions the viability of such an ideal world. Is it paradoxical to seek order within chaos? The research methodology revolves around this concept, utilizing the author's alter egos as sources of interdisciplinary work through performative creations. These creations foster dialogue and bridge the gap between current reality and fiction. Later in the research, such a world [unreal-real and unreal] are visualised surrounding the two questions: How may identity be communicated after spatial personification? And, How may its parts coexist as alter egos for a creative commons?
Ultimately, the project aims to transcend the limitations of identities, places, and worlds, personifying and leveraging these conditions through surrogate actors and architectural forms to uncover meaning and generate a research body for the author's inevitable understanding of himself.
