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Kirjandustudengist semiootikuks ehk kuidas minust sai Hortus Semioticuse sotsiaalmeedia praktikant

Reading Time: 3 minutesIngrid Udeküll Kui Arno isaga koolimajja jõudis… – ei see on küll vale algus… Ja semiootik ei ole ma ka tegelikult… Minu lugu algab nii: kui teised kõik veel oma suvevaheaja viimaseid päevi nautisid, olid minu päevad täis semiootikat. Üks päev istusin vanematekodus köögilaua taga ja lugesin meile – üks, hiljem vägagi oluliseks muutuv, intrigeeris […]

Interview: Dylan Michilsen on Zines, Art, Semioculus, and ‘IMPRINT’ at TYPA Gallery

Reading Time: 16 minutesInterviewed by Andrew Mark Creighton Introduction IMPRINT, an exhibition on dark-themed collages and print art, is currently being hosted at TYPA Gallery. The exhibition, which opened on November 30th and will continue until December 30th, is the initiative of Dylan Michilsen and Agve Urm, the editors of Semioculus, a zine dedicated to the “worlds of […]

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3

Reading Time: 18 minutesThis paper aims at providing a critical analysis of the video game “Persona 3”, examining the resemiotization and intersemiotics involved, in order to construct an intricate narrative, and build a new world. The plethora of cultural elements, and mythologies from all around the world, in combination with Carl Jung’s psychoanalytic, and the complex game-play, provide a unique experience for the player that can be perfectly analyzed under the light of semiotics. This video game could work as an example to illustrate and explain different notions of semiotics; beyond that, this dissertation could be the basis of further research that will, hopefully, contribute in the field of Semiotics of Video Games.

Variations of an Elephant

Reading Time: 11 minutesHongjin Song The Theme In China, all pupils will learn this story in their first or second grade in primary school: there was an elephant and a group of blind men. The blind men wanted to know what exactly an elephant was like, so they fumbled the elephant. The one who touched the ivory declared […]

The Struggles of a Wanna-be Tartuvian Semiotician – Blog entry #22

Reading Time: 7 minutesMore ketchup, please! It was a rather cold night, and I was sitting in the kitchen,. Having just finished eating my night snack, French fries with ketchup, I let the guilt and shame of calories fill the remaining empty space in my body. Once on the lips, forever on the hips. Where is self-love and […]

A kaleidoscopic view of the future

Reading Time: 2 minutesBy Siiri Tarrikas The latest Hortus Semioticus cover art was inspired to fit the issue’s theme: the future. I used bold colors and frames because the future unfolds before us as a kaleidoscopic world of mesmerizing colors, shapes, and emotions, shifting in response to changes in the environment or significant events—much like the patterns in […]

When we refuse to suffer: Nonhuman technology.

Reading Time: 6 minutesAndrew Mark Creighton I am a big Jonathan Richman fan, and I’ve listened to his music continuously since I first heard the Modern Lovers’ recording of Road Runner when I was a teen. His music (along with the Modern Lovers) feels very sincere, rugged, or even unrefined. Listening to Richman feels like listening to a […]

Kuidas õppida filmi vaadates mesilaste hingeelu kohta?

Reading Time: 4 minutesKarmen-Eliise Kiidron Ma pole kunagi tahtnud õpetajaks saada. Samas on aga haridus mulle alati oluline olnud, kas siis lihtsalt puhtast õpihimust või isegi (üli)õpilaste õiguste eest seistes. Semiootikatudengina on mulle palju huvi pakkunud meie transmeedia rühma töö. See on ütlemata põnev, kuidas film võib saada oluliseks osaks õppeprotsessis. Nii on transmeedia rühm loonud juba õppematerjale […]

A Performing Artist in Semiotics or a Semiotic Student on Stage

Reading Time: 5 minutesBy Shion Yokoo-Ruttas Last September, I found myself spontaneously being on stage, taking part in a dance audition for an upcoming performance project. I did not aim nor obtain the position I auditioned for since the project looked for a dance coach, preferably without any previous relation to performing arts as an art form. Nevertheless, […]