Lecture 1: The Overview

• This module aims to turn theory into practice and deepen our understanding.
• The structure for CoP2 will be similar to CoP1, with Practice branching off from Theory (Real difference is the slightly higher academic level, and the project essay being a 3000 word one instead of 1000...).
• By CoP3, Theory and Practice will hopefully fuse together into a more harmonious synthesis (Ziggy, ziggy).
• While CoP1 focuses on more historical points, CoP2 is primarily more focused on the ideas and theories of philosophers, and incorporate them into our own work, as well as perhaps aid us in changing/improving our outlook of the work.
• Plato came up with an allegory that represents how people perceived the world around them. In Ancient Greece, prisoners that have been trapped nearly all their lives in dark tunnels, begin to perceive the shadows they see in the lit areas outside as the real world, their slave masters took advantage of this and played games with them, using shadow puppets to trick them into thinking they are real creatures.
• One man however managed to escape one day from those dark caves,  marveling in the new world that he had never ever seen before, and learning that what he had previously thought of the world was indeed a lie… Returning back to the cave to tell the others, he was however killed by these people, who simply considered him insane for his findings.
• What people believe they know as the real world is perhaps a lie, not accepting that there could be more than what they so firmly believe.
• Get out of the cave and open yourself up to an alternate reality.

• Interestingly CoP3 commences at the very end of CoP2, which will give us more time to work on our final project during the summer...
• CoP3 requires a synthesized Research project, including a 6000-9000 word dissertation and related practical work (To be completed before summer break).
• Research for, in through, behind and in front of creative practice (It's not just about researching into art history).