Appropriation and Drawing →

October 25, 2021

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A man sets himself the task of portraying the world. Over the years he fills a given surface with images of provinces and kings, mountains, bays, ships, islands, fish, rooms, instruments, heavenly bodies, horses, and people. Shortly before he dies he discovers that this patient labyrinth of lines is a drawing of his own face.

Extensions of the Self: Architecture, Bodies and Tools

The thesis reflects on how we appropriate and inhabit the world through the mediation of objects, which we use as tools and extensions of ourselves. It is an exploration of the writings of Giorgio Agamben, Martin Heidegger and Bernard Stiegler.