Teleportation and Transformation: approaching the 'impossible' through storytelling and technology by Eirini Sourgiadaki

This research delves into the enduring human desire for immortality, omnipresence, and boundless existence, contrasting with the finite nature of human life. Employing language tools like metaphor and analogy, the project explores the metaphysical realm embedded in everyday culture, investigating the in-between moment of teleportation and transformation. This moment, often overlooked, is a threshold of change and ambiguity, prompting questions about the body's presence-absence in time and space. The research methodology remains open, evolving organically through exploration, experimentation, and engagement with hypnosis, meditation, storytelling, and somatic practices. In a parallel exploration, the study draws inspiration from the historical origin of the term "Metaphysics," tracing its roots to Aristotle's works beyond the physical world. While acknowledging the dualisms inherent in metaphysics, the research embraces entanglement and recognizes the contemporary relevance of metaphysical inquiries in new materialism. Navigating the nostalgia for the past and the future, the study examines metaphysics as both a connection and a separation, akin to conjoined twins, contributing to ongoing philosophical conversations about existence, agency, and the interconnectedness of the material world.

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Superpowers, manga, magic, old times, technology, back from dying, ring, watch

Yes, it is possible, you just need to find something to help you get the superpowers. I know Superman and Alice of course but this one, no. Many people are looking constantly in several places to find a magic ring or a watch or a necklace. Most of these people are usually children. I do not have one but it is common to find, absolutely possible, yes.

The Mangas I watch can transform into different things by eating certain fruits. Then they can also reverse the transformation and control it. The only thing that is not possible in these mangas is for someone to come back to life after dying. You know, Magic does not exist anymore, it existed in the old times. Nowadays you can use technology to build your own ring or watch, not necessarily find it hidden somewhere.

Device: ring

Transition: instant

Interface: animation

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Eirini Sourgiadaki - Teleportation and Transformation: approaching the 'impossible' through storytelling and technology - 2023

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