TITLE:
Extinction and Revival
AUTHORS:
Yiwen Tu
KEYWORDS:
Extinction, Revival, Destroy, Resurrect, Civilization, Culture Heritage, Relic, Culture transmission, Trace, Art and Design Methodology, Design Language
JOURNAL NAME:
Voice of the Publisher,
Vol.7 No.4,
December
13,
2021
ABSTRACT: It is through human instinct that people preserve the endangered and
resurrect the extinct. Protecting endangered animals, retrieving indigenous
languages, rebuilding archaeological relics are just three examples. This also applies to larger historical
events. After reaching the extreme of one ideology, any society is bound to
swing back to the opposite side as it seeks a new future. While searching for
this opposite idea, people usually look back into history for references,
thereby reforming through revival. The revived is transformed into a weapon
against current unpromising situations rather than simply as a process of
reproduction of the original. Through case studies and experiential analysis,
this thesis aims to study the language of extinction and revival in art and
design field, and how annihilation and resurrection can be applied in design as
a methodology, and how it can shape future human understanding and behavior.