Nosso objetivo é expor e avaliar as concepções filosóficas contidas na teoria da individuação de Gilbert Simondon, considerada especificamente em seus aspectos físico e biológico. Começaremos apresentando as concepções ontológicas básicas do autor acerca da natureza do processo de individuação; mostraremos, em seguida, alguns aspectos específicos do ambiente filosófico francês aos quais o pensamento de Simondon será articulado, o que nos permitirá captar as influências que incidem sobre o modo como o autor pensa a questão da individuação. Em nosso percurso, o foco central será averiguar e esclarecer os sentidos que possuem os conceitos de forma, informação e transdução na teoria da individuação de Simondon. Estes sentidos aparecerão, já na individuação física, em três momentos: (1) com a reconstrução do diálogo crítico que Simondon realiza com o hilemorfismo aristotélico, (2) com a exposição das razões que levam o autor a eleger a cristalização como paradigma do processo de individuação e (3) com o exame que faz dos estudos da física quântica relacionados à partícula. Os conceitos citados terão, por fim, seus papeis evidenciados na análise a que Simondon submete a individuação biológica. / Our purpose is to expose and evaluate the philosophical conceptions contained in the theory of individuation of Gilbert Simondon, considered specifically in its physical and biological aspects. We begin by presenting the author\'s basic ontological conceptions about the nature of the process of individuation; then we will show some specific aspects of the french philosophical environment to which Simondon\'s thought will be articulated, which will allow us to capture the influences that affect the way the author thinks the question of individuation. In our course, the central focus will be to ascertain and clarify the meanings that have the concepts of form, information and transduction in Simondon\'s theory of individuation. These senses will appear, in physical individuation, in three moments: (1) with the reconstruction of the critical dialogue that Simondon performs with the Aristotelian hilemorfism, (2) with the exposition of the reasons that lead the author to elect the crystallization as paradigm of the process of individuation and (3) by examining quantum physics studies related to the particle. The concepts cited will have, finally, their roles evidenced in the analysis to which Simondon submits the biological individuation.

This project is an exploration, through art making processes, of a relationship between the interpretation of symbols and the interpretation of everyday life experiences, with a view to evolving a metaphorical visual language that might translate these experiences. Individuation is a process within Jungian psychology that relates the interpretation of symbols to the interpretation of life experiences and places their common meanings within a definitive framework of individual human development. The archetypal pattern that this framework outlines is the development of a healthy relationship between an individual’s consciousness and the unconscious. The word metaphor originates from Greek metapherein – “to carry over, transfer; meta` beyond, over + fe`rein to bring, bear. It is the transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation… the statement “that man is a fox,” is a metaphor” (Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 2008) Due to its particular relationship to time, space, memory and light photography has proven to be an ideal way to engage, record, and present this exploration. Our personal photographs operate as visual metaphors for our personal experience, we transfer the experience into the photograph, we consider the photograph is that moment in time, that place, that experience, rather than being like that experience. The interpretation of personal photographs is entirely individual and emotional. When photographs are placed into the public arena their emotional value changes, their interpretation, purpose, and authenticity can become questionable. In this project the experience and the photographs are placed within the context of individuation, which is a model that guides the interpretation of the photographs and include the individual and emotional values as a necessary part of that interpretation. In this project the symbols and visual metaphors interpreted in the photographs operate as a narrative of the personal experience of the archetypal journey of individuation.

This project is an exploration, through art making processes, of a relationship between the interpretation of symbols and the interpretation of everyday life experiences, with a view to evolving a metaphorical visual language that might translate these experiences. Individuation is a process within Jungian psychology that relates the interpretation of symbols to the interpretation of life experiences and places their common meanings within a definitive framework of individual human development. The archetypal pattern that this framework outlines is the development of a healthy relationship between an individual’s consciousness and the unconscious. The word metaphor originates from Greek metapherein – “to carry over, transfer; meta` beyond, over + fe`rein to bring, bear. It is the transference of the relation between one set of objects to another set for the purpose of brief explanation… the statement “that man is a fox,” is a metaphor” (Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, 2008) Due to its particular relationship to time, space, memory and light photography has proven to be an ideal way to engage, record, and present this exploration. Our personal photographs operate as visual metaphors for our personal experience, we transfer the experience into the photograph, we consider the photograph is that moment in time, that place, that experience, rather than being like that experience. The interpretation of personal photographs is entirely individual and emotional. When photographs are placed into the public arena their emotional value changes, their interpretation, purpose, and authenticity can become questionable. In this project the experience and the photographs are placed within the context of individuation, which is a model that guides the interpretation of the photographs and include the individual and emotional values as a necessary part of that interpretation. In this project the symbols and visual metaphors interpreted in the photographs operate as a narrative of the personal experience of the archetypal journey of individuation.

Nosso objetivo é expor e avaliar as concepções filosóficas contidas na teoria da individuação de Gilbert Simondon, considerada especificamente em seus aspectos físico e biológico. Começaremos apresentando as concepções ontológicas básicas do autor acerca da natureza do processo de individuação; mostraremos, em seguida, alguns aspectos específicos do ambiente filosófico francês aos quais o pensamento de Simondon será articulado, o que nos permitirá captar as influências que incidem sobre o modo como o autor pensa a questão da individuação. Em nosso percurso, o foco central será averiguar e esclarecer os sentidos que possuem os conceitos de forma, informação e transdução na teoria da individuação de Simondon. Estes sentidos aparecerão, já na individuação física, em três momentos: (1) com a reconstrução do diálogo crítico que Simondon realiza com o hilemorfismo aristotélico, (2) com a exposição das razões que levam o autor a eleger a cristalização como paradigma do processo de individuação e (3) com o exame que faz dos estudos da física quântica relacionados à partícula. Os conceitos citados terão, por fim, seus papeis evidenciados na análise a que Simondon submete a individuação biológica. / Our purpose is to expose and evaluate the philosophical conceptions contained in the theory of individuation of Gilbert Simondon, considered specifically in its physical and biological aspects. We begin by presenting the author\'s basic ontological conceptions about the nature of the process of individuation; then we will show some specific aspects of the french philosophical environment to which Simondon\'s thought will be articulated, which will allow us to capture the influences that affect the way the author thinks the question of individuation. In our course, the central focus will be to ascertain and clarify the meanings that have the concepts of form, information and transduction in Simondon\'s theory of individuation. These senses will appear, in physical individuation, in three moments: (1) with the reconstruction of the critical dialogue that Simondon performs with the Aristotelian hilemorfism, (2) with the exposition of the reasons that lead the author to elect the crystallization as paradigm of the process of individuation and (3) by examining quantum physics studies related to the particle. The concepts cited will have, finally, their roles evidenced in the analysis to which Simondon submits the biological individuation.