A digital multi-media approach on a search for the ‘soul’ through Jungian terminology

Abstract

The Dissertation project entitled “A Digital multi-media approach on a search for the ‘soul’ through Jungian terminology” is a practice-led research project which focuses on reproaching certain philosophical and psychological narrative detailing our ‘soul’ in relation to the unconscious through the lens of a creative mind. Such has been witnessed through Carl Jung’s renewal of the ‘soul’ in ‘The Red Book’ (Jung, 2012), his oeuvre, where written and visually depicted are Jung’s vivid experiences during a period of his life prior to developing analytical psychology (2012, p. 95). In the practice as with Jung’s approach, appeal is made to the unconscious fascinations keeping man astray, enclosing the inner creative ‘soul’, yet exploring the connection between the two aspects, while the ‘soul’ takes precedence as an expressive dance, blooming out of the ordered chaos. The aim of this Dissertation project is to assess the researcher’s artistic reflections in correspondence with Carl Jung’s writings and adapting both into a practice meant for public viewership.