Ritualuri de separare – descrierea proiectului
Ideea centrala a proiectului meu consta in recreerea experientei emotionale asociate ritualurilor de separare (prima etapa a ritualurilor de trecere). Aceste ritualuri sunt ceremonii menite sa extraga individul din etapa existentala si sociala in care se afla, prin dizolvarea legaturilor sociale existente, astfel incat, prin intermediul ritualului de trecere el sa poata accede la o noua etapa a vietii. Sunt puse in scena ca o moarte simbolica; subiectul unui ritual de trecere “moare” in prezent pentru a renaste intr-o noua etapa existentiala. Elementul emotional este esential pentru functionarea acestor ritualuri, pentru ca ele opereaza prin perturbarea psihicului uman, dezechilibrandu-l, fortand astfel trecerea de la o etapa existentiala la alta. Proiectul meu insista asupra acestui soc emotional, central acestor ceremonii, incercand sa-l recreeze, pentru a induce o experienta de invatare observatorului. Construit cu acest soc emotional ca element central, proiectul lucreaza simultan cu lucrarile individuale de arta (busteni gravati) precum si cu design-ul spatiului expositional. Cele doua sunt create interdependent, operele de arta formand podeaua instabila a unui spatiu cu o geometrie inselatoare, obtinuta prin efecte optice concepute pentru a induce observatorului un dezechilibru emotional. Pentru a obtine o dezechilibrare mai acuta, spatiul este proiectat sa afecteze mai multe niveluri senzoriale, cu efecte optice, tactile si sonore. Ideea este de a oferi observatorului nu o prezentare didactica a ritualurilor de separare, ci o experienta de invatare, provocandu-i socul emotional care este cheia functionarii lor.
Rites of Separation - project description
The central idea of my project consists in recreating the emotional experience associated with the rites of separation (first stage in a rite of passage). These rituals are ceremonies which serve to remove the individual from his present existential stage , by dissolving existing social ties and status, so that through the rite of passage he can reach a new existential and social stage. They are staged as a symbolic death; the individual “dies” in the present to be reborn in a new existential stage. The emotional element is essential for the functionality of these rites because they operate by disturbing the individual psyche (introducing an imbalance), therefore forcing the passing from one existential stage to another. My project insists on this emotional shock, central to this ceremonies, trying to recreate it, to induce a learning experience to the observer. Constructed with this emotional shock as the central element, the project works simultaneously with the individual works of art (engraved logs) and with the design of the exhibition space. The two are conceived to be interdependent, the works of art forming the unstable floor of a space with a deceptively configuration obtained by optical effects designed to create an emotional imbalance for the observer. To produce a more acute imbalance the space affects multiple sensory levels with optical, tactile and sound effects. The idea is to offer the visitor, not a didactic presentation of the rites of separation, but a learning experience, provoking him the emotional shock which is the key of their functionality.