Nietzsche Contra Caillois Presentation

Nietzsche contra Caillois Beyond Play and Games Dan Dixon PGC 09

Caillois

ludus ilinx mimicry alea agon paidia

ludus agon alea mimicry ilinx paidia

For it is only as an aesthetic phenomena that existence and the world are externally justiﬁed. - Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy

An experience is aesthetic just in the case • valued intrinsically, that is not exclusively as a means to some end • intrinsic or ﬁnal value is preponderant in relation to its instrumental value • an absorbed and active contemplation • content is not a matter of a possessive attitude

Nietzsche

Apollo & Dionysus

Dionysian Apollonian • physical • cognitive • ecstatic • individuating • chaotic • understandable • intoxicated • illusions • music • visual arts • dance • narrative

Play is less the opposite of seriousness than the vital ground of spirit as nature, a form of restraint and freedom at one and the same time. - Gadamer - The Relevance of the Beautiful

playing gaming • physical • cognitive • ecstatic • individuating • chaotic • understandable • intoxicating • simulation • interaction • rules • rhythm • narrative

Mature manhood; that means to have found the seriousness one had as a child at play. - Nietzsche - Beyond Good and Evil

playing

To be beautiful, everything must ﬁrst be intelligible. - Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy

gaming

Tragedy & Fun

The Birth of Tragedy [...] it smells offensively Hegelian - Nietzsche - Ecce Homo

No ontology necessary Focus on the aesthetic experience Gaming and playing as separate and intertwined Apollonian and Dionysian as start points ... but it is not Nietzsche Summary

So tremendous is the power of the Apolline epic that it enchants the most terrible events before us with delightful illusion. - Nietzsche - The Birth of Tragedy

Not everything is ﬂow Dionysian playing is intoxicating/addictive New physical interfaces Forget narrative as a route to 'art' Conclusion

Digital game aesthetics Pervasive game aesthetics Apollonian and Dionysian are limiting Different kinds of 'fun' Future

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