Mia Bencun, This cycle is entirely godless.
Throughout history, humans widely sought the intervention of divine powers to understand their fate. Certain individuals created divinatory artifacts in an attempt to communicate with ancestors, spirits and gods in order to obtain insight into human quandaries.
The term “divination” describes efforts to foretell future events or to discover hidden knowledge by supernatural means. The legacy of such efforts is evident in works that display an especially diverse range of artistic expression. The style of the religious figures and objects reflect a collaborative endeavour, joining the skill and creative talent of artists with the expertise of ritual specialists.
This style is often mirrored and utilized in modern RPGs as to invoke a sense of religious importance or solemnity.
The aesthetic qualities of the works in this exhibition represent an essential dimension of their original role as instruments designed to further the immersion into divinatory quests in the realm of gaming. The abstract forms and objects most often act as bridges to a magical or spiritual realm.
„Whatever the form, all divinatory practises reveal the human quest for a larger context of meaning, a means by which to understand and respond to the many faces of suffering and uncertainty. Inherent in all these practises is the assumption – or faith – “that the world order in its totality is, could, and should be a meaningful ‘cosmos’.”
John Pemberton III: Divination in Sub-Saharan in LaGamma, Alisa: Art and Oracle: African Art and Rituals of Divination. Singapore. Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 2000.
Necessary cookies are absolutely essential for the website to function properly. These cookies ensure basic functionalities and security features of the website, anonymously.
Cookie | Dauer | Beschreibung |
---|---|---|
cookielawinfo-checbox-analytics | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Analytics". |
cookielawinfo-checbox-functional | 11 months | The cookie is set by GDPR cookie consent to record the user consent for the cookies in the category "Functional". |
cookielawinfo-checbox-others | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Other. |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-necessary | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookies is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Necessary". |
cookielawinfo-checkbox-performance | 11 months | This cookie is set by GDPR Cookie Consent plugin. The cookie is used to store the user consent for the cookies in the category "Performance". |
viewed_cookie_policy | 11 months | The cookie is set by the GDPR Cookie Consent plugin and is used to store whether or not user has consented to the use of cookies. It does not store any personal data. |
Functional cookies help to perform certain functionalities like sharing the content of the website on social media platforms, collect feedbacks, and other third-party features.
Performance cookies are used to understand and analyze the key performance indexes of the website which helps in delivering a better user experience for the visitors.
Analytical cookies are used to understand how visitors interact with the website. These cookies help provide information on metrics the number of visitors, bounce rate, traffic source, etc.
Advertisement cookies are used to provide visitors with relevant ads and marketing campaigns. These cookies track visitors across websites and collect information to provide customized ads.
Other uncategorized cookies are those that are being analyzed and have not been classified into a category as yet.