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Circulation of the Light: Mandalas, Alchemy, and Non-Linear Cinema

Wade, Tom H
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors149441657291478

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2017, Bachelor of Science of Media Arts and Studies (BSC), Ohio University, Media Arts and Studies.
This thesis explores the relationship between non-linear cinema and the psyche through a Jungian lens. Non-linear cinema is argued as distinct from all other linear cinema, and divided taxonomically into various `imperfect' loops as well as `perfect' loops. Perfect loops are such that one cannot distinguish a beginning or end point, so one automatically applies the spatial metaphor of a circle rather than that of a line to the visual experience at hand. Therefore, perfectly looped animation projects the image of a circle into the subconscious, where it cannot be seen but can be experienced as a feeling, contributing greatly to the psychic phenomenon of mesmerization. I believe that the feeling arising from this mesmerization is due to the temporal image of the circle evoking the archetype of the mandala, which creates a sensation of psychic wholeness, related to an inner `god-image', narrowing the focus of the viewer into the present moment. This thesis also details the planning and exhibition of 'Circulation of the Light', a video art gallery designed to address and explore these themes through stop motion, computer, and direct cinema animation.
Kate Raney (Advisor)
Beth Novak (Committee Chair)
72 p.
Art Criticism; Experimental Psychology; Film Studies; Fine Arts; Motion Pictures; Philosophy; Spirituality
animation; cinema; loop; mandala; alchemy; non-linear cinema; Jung; eternity; ritual; time; video art; instillation; stop-motion; direct cinema; meditation; mesmerizing; mesmerization; cyclical time

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  • Wade, T. H. (2017). Circulation of the Light: Mandalas, Alchemy, and Non-Linear Cinema [Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors149441657291478

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Wade, Tom. Circulation of the Light: Mandalas, Alchemy, and Non-Linear Cinema. 2017. Ohio University, Undergraduate thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors149441657291478.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Wade, Tom. "Circulation of the Light: Mandalas, Alchemy, and Non-Linear Cinema." Undergraduate thesis, Ohio University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ouhonors149441657291478

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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