Discover students, collections and events through four overarching Themes that contextualise the work on the platform within the here and now. They are tied together by the suffix -ness, which is used with an adjective to say something about its state, condition, or quality of being.
Themes
The past, present and future are a trilogy of terms we hang our understanding of time upon. These fixed concepts of linear progression help us to measure journeys through events at both a local and universal scale. While these simplified labels help us understand the concept of time effectively, they don’t fully explain how we experience it. While we can use our senses to engage with most aspects of the world, what faculty do we use to gauge the passing of time?
Filmmaker Adam Curtis often discusses the rise of individualism in his work, a term that describes the dominance of the views and expression of the singular over the collective.
In the works of Dr Seuss, Thing 1 and Thing 2 are chaotic entities disrupting the world around them and altering the state of materials before being captured and put away.
Give. Give again. Keep giving. Don’t stop.
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