Essays about: "The Uncanny"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 48 essays containing the words The Uncanny.

1. 6. Stalking the Zone of Sentience : A Journey with Glass

   University essay from Konstfack/Keramik & Glas

   Author : Mira Davida; [2023]
   Keywords : glassart; flameworking; glasscasting; emotion; imaginednature; mysteriousness; uncanny;

   Abstract : In this writing, I guide the reader through different aspects of the emotional understanding and experiencing of art. The general purpose of the research is to argue that aesthetic experience is intertwined with various emotional stages. READ MORE

3. 7. Local collaboration in a Mixed Reality environment : Adding virtual heads to improve social presence

   University essay from KTH/Skolan för elektroteknik och datavetenskap (EECS)

   Author : Lucas Detto; [2023]
   Keywords : Mixed reality; Augmented reality; Social presence; Avatars; Uncanny valley; Video see-through; Blandad verklighet; Förstärkt verklighet; Social närvaro; Avatarer; Kusliga dalen; Video genomskinlig;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates the use of virtual avatar heads to enhance local video see-through collaboration in a mixed reality environment. When users engage with each other using a head-mounted display, the device sits atop their head and obstructs their view, concealing their gaze and facial expressions while collaborating. READ MORE

4. 8. Facing Anthropocene Threats : Rational Bureaucracy vs. Anthropocene Climate Change in The Southern Reach by Jeff VanderMeer

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

   Author : Lora Ivanoska; [2023]
   Keywords : Anthropocene; Climate Change; Bureaucracy; Rational Bureaucracy; Climate Change Bureaucracy; Jeff Vandermeer; Southern Reach; Annihilation; Authority;

   Abstract : Jeff Vandermeer’s Southern Reach series has been a talking point for many ecocritical papers exploring themes of Anthropocene, uncanny, and hyperobjects. Despite the plethora of themes being investigated concerning climate change in Southern Reach, an important aspect, the climate change bureaucracy of the Southern Reach agency, is glossed over. READ MORE

5. 9. The Uncanny and AI: Reimagine Goya's Deaf Man's Villa

   University essay from KTH/Arkitektur

   Author : Puqiao Liu; [2023]
   Keywords : The uncanny; AI; Midjourney; Goya; Black Paintings; Deaf Man s Villa; Quinta del Sordo;

   Abstract : In the uncanny feeling I experienced from Goya’s Deaf Man’s Villa, an estranged Deaf Man’s Villa was created but also repressed in my subconscious and thus invisible. How can I use AI to derive this Deaf Man’s Villa hidden in my subconscious? The aim of this project is, with AI Midjourney, to deduce the uncanny feeling I experienced from Goya’s Deaf Man’s Villa to an architectural design. READ MORE

6. 10. Adrift in an Unfamiliar Place: Exploring the Architectural Uncanny in Rachel Cusk´s Outline Trilogy

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för språk och litteraturer

   Author : Alonso Mochales Rodríguez; [2022-12-05]
   Keywords : Rachel Cusk; Outline; uncanny; Freud; architecture; Jacques Lacan; Anthony Vidler; uncanny architecture; extimacy;

   Abstract : This essay explores the uncanny as an overarching element of Rachel Cuk´s Outline trilogy. This is done within the theoretical framework of Freud´s uncanny, the architectural interpretations of the concept, as well as with the help of Lacan´s extimacy, a concept that will be defended as closely related to Freud´s. READ MORE