Title

Left, Right & Blind: Escaping the Political Cave

Creator

Michailidi, Anastasia
Orfani, Efthalia

Abstract

We molded a modern version of Plato’s allegory of the cave out of clay. The sculpture demonstrates that each person’s brain represents a cave that they ought to escape from in order to find the truth and not rely on misinformation. The sculpture shows a classroom, whereas the wooden hand that is outside of the brain represents the main fields that influence one’s character: education, religion and politics. Strings hanging from the hand represent different types of information passed on the students and are colored blue (liberal) and red (conservative) to focus on the political scene in the United States.

Keywords

Timeless

Relevant

Thought-provoking

Subject

interdisciplinary

Date Available

May 23, 2025

Type

Sculpture & PowerPoint Presentation

Course

HSE/HSS 2224 Hot Politics

Course Offering Term

Spring Semester 2025

Instructor

Petropoulos-Petalas, Diamantis

Session

Honors Creative Projects

Location

Student Lounge

Event

Year 2025 | 9th Annual Student Research and Creative Arts Symposium