| Summary: | 碩士 === 國立臺北藝術大學 === 科技藝術研究所碩士班 === 95 === The theorization of “Wave” is based on Alfred North Whitehead’s organic philosophy. According to Whitehead, Nature is a gigantic organic entity constituted by countless small organic entities. These entities interact with each other and form the working of nature. If we follow the traces of these entities, we can see that in the course of time they lie in parallel and unfold as different progressing structures—these are the waves. Each wave is like a temporal model. By analyzing each wave’s progress and its theme allow us to glimpse at the state of a being in the course of time.
In this thesis, there are two important concepts: progress of cycles and force and counterforce. To unfold a certain theme as a progress of movement is to see it as a wave that implies a progress from a starting point to an end. It also implies a force of purpose and its counterforce, both as one dimensional. These two forces move a certain wave from its beginning to an end. When a consciousness interacts with different waves, reality/world is perceived at the moment, in which our consciousness allows us to form a partial understanding of the reality/world. After the moment is passed, what’s left in our consciousness is a fraction of our understanding. Nature still moves on.
Mr. Lunc is the identity of my consciousness. Although this identity is not textually visible in the thesis, it carries double meanings: firstly; one’s consciousness is an independent existence. Secondly, I am my consciousness. Mr. Lunc acknowledges my own awareness and contemplation on the independent consciousness. It voices the message that every consciousness is an independent expression of itself. Each consciousness interacts with this reality/world and creates countless moments working along with the great law until the end.
This thesis consists of four thematically interlocking chapters. The first chapter “Wave” presents the pattern of wave in a concept of physics. In the second chapter “The Inter-crossed Structure of Big and Small Waves,” the synchronized existence of waves is explained and the idea of consciousness discussed. The third chapter “The Union Theory or Counterforce” solely interrogates the environment of consciousness. The last chapter presents three pieces of works created corresponding to the concept of and thoughts on the wave and delineating the meaning of the works and their process of creation. The four chapters progress from the concept of wave and moves on to the relationship between the concept of wave and I. From the consciousness of I, it goes to my works. This structure in turn reflects the concept of wave itself.
The theory of wave is not only a theorization of the work but also my personal belief of life and the cosmos. I was filled with bliss to explore the world in this way. When I was in the process of creating the world of Lunc, I was overwhelmed by the beauty of emotion. In Modes of Thought, Whitehead once mentioned, “philosophy is akin to poetry.” A person’s philosophy of oneself is the poetry created after the refinement of emotion. Mine is as well.
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