Play as [a] Symbol of the world:

• Eugen Fink- research on play
  • Describes play as a ‘basic existential phenomenon”
  • Want to understand existence and beyond
  • About resignifying reality

Resignifying Play:

‘Play is always a confrontation with Being’

• When we play we overlay the real world with a special world:
• This is an entirely different existence, time, and space separated from our own
  • This is an Illusion (Schien) but we are aware they aren’t real
• The play world uses the real world → Real things are given new meanings

Semiotics:

• Charles Sanders Pierce:

• Can be separated into 3 moments:
  • Iconic sign- Shares some characteristics with the objects
  • Index sign- Indicates the object through evidences
  • Symbol- The sign has a pre-established meaning that’s been agreed upon