“If human growth is fueled by emotion, can a world built on perfection still nurture the complexity of being human?”
Topic Re-Introduction
- heart of this project lies in the role of emotion — especially frustration
- force that drives growth, learning, creativity, and transformation
So we ask: If a “solved world” erases friction, does it also erase the very mechanism that makes us evolve?
Connection & Relatability
- naturally gravitated toward emotional dimension of future
- Frustration is universal — it shapes humanities evolution
- mirrors already present trajectory of a society increasingly optimised to comfort, efficiency and emotional smoothing
- Speculating about what happens to this emotion in a world without obstacles felt like a genuine question worth asking
As life becomes easier, what happens to our inner complexity?
Research Results
Gaining understanding of Frustration through a Professional Point of View
“Essentially, frustration describes the emotional state experienced when facing failure, disappointment, or a lack of success due to unmet or disappointed expectations.”
“… frustration can also lead to motivation (e.g., through new problem-solving strategies, creative approaches, reflection on existing and setting new (realistic) goals, but also through reflection on one’s own expectations. “Failure as a driving force” for further development, opportunity to learn, stimulation of creativity and strengthening of resilience.”
“In cultures where people value politeness highly and in strict regimes, frustration is often suppressed.”
Setting the Scene
… imagine a future that appears near-utopic at first glance— a solved world.
- humanity seems to have finally reached the state it always dreamed of
- Beneath, something essential has begun to fade
- Emotional depth is quietly diluted in the name of harmony
- Discomfort, frustration and inner turbulence are seen as unnecessary, impolite or even inappropriate
- Result: erosion of humanness
Our world explores the collision between the performed ideal of perfection and the unchanged truth of human imperfection.
The Community: An Art Movement
- Their role is to make people awake thought and feelings that are not socially accepted
- consists of people who are driven to meet up with others to express their frustrations
Reasons for Frustration
- AI has made machinic perfection the standard
- Social norm to not critisize this perfect society
Gain of joining the Community
- reconnect with your humanness
- Outlet for bottled up emotions
Community is showcased through
- Art pieces put out in the cityscape
- Theatre Group
Character Introduction
Making Of: Sound and Storytelling
- documentary will follow a single storyline centered on one protagonist who is a member of our community. Through this character, we aim to portray a personal story that reflects the collective spirit and connections within our community.
- We have chosen to begin by focusing on storytelling through sound, using it as the primary medium. Moving images will then be added to complement and enhance the narrative.
- Our goal is for sound and image to merge seamlessly.
In the 1500 opera was revolutionary: they were saying “let emotion and story lead, not rules.”
→ So opera’s origin was already a liberation of human expression → a return to emotional truth and individuality
Questions for us
- How can we portray the tension between our community and this world?
- How can we get the watcher/listener engaged and relate to our story through sound?
- How will the emotional curve of our story and rhythm look like?
Questions to you
- Do you want the exact story of the protagonist by mid-terms?
- Anything that is unclear?
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