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/  TAIGO ITADANI
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The definition of figure and ground is expanded, from a simple perception based on contrast, to include abstract binary concepts such as melody/harmony, positive/negative, public/private, and inside/ outside. Both a series of material experiments revealing an emergence of rust from within and the interpretation of The Last Judgment by Michelangelo provide analytical tools which are of considerable value in assessing the epistemological importance of these terms. Spatial and ephemeral aspects of these concepts are recognizable through the complexity, variety, and abundance of an individual, clusters, or chunks of bodies with their postures, movements, gestures, and expression. As a contemporary confession, my thesis examines a house shared with various occupancies in which a linear story does not exist, but different realities coexist.
/ A House of Revelation