2024. Epistemic Ghosts. Catalina Escalona. Photo (c) Jorit Aust/Angewandte
Epistemic Ghosts
Where does knowledge come from? How do we know what we know? And how do we know what we don’t know?
Through a modern reinterpretation of a nineteenth-century illusion technique called a Pepper’s Ghost, I attempt to create an experience that represents the process of coming to know. Importantly, in coming to know something, we must encounter a liminal space between knowing and not-knowing—a space inhabited by epistemic ghosts. What happens when we catch a glimpse of these ghosts? How do we behave, and what do we learn when we reach this frontier?
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Through a modern reinterpretation of a nineteenth-century illusion technique called a Pepper’s Ghost, I attempt to create an experience that represents the process of coming to know. Importantly, in coming to know something, we must encounter a liminal space between knowing and not-knowing—a space inhabited by epistemic ghosts. What happens when we catch a glimpse of these ghosts? How do we behave, and what do we learn when we reach this frontier?
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Epistemic Ghosts
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Date
June 19, 2024
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Students
- Catalina Escalona (Master Graduate)
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- Catalina Escalona (Master Graduate)
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