Meaning from noise

In a world of constant stimulation, the boundary between chaos and meaning is increasingly blurred. Every day, we are bombarded with sounds, images, and sensations. Meanwhile, we are trying to organize this overwhelming input into understandable patterns almost instinctively. Our collaboration project explores how we navigate this sensory flood. How do we extract meaning from noise? When does information begin to feel coherent, and when does it collapse back into disorder? Most importantly, do we all experience this threshold in the same way? The project takes the form of a build-your-own-adventure game composed of evolving audiovisual material. Through shifting layers of abstraction, participants encounter stimuli that move gradually between chaos and coherence—blurring shapes into legible text, scattered sounds into recognizable speech. By tracing these perceptual thresholds, the game invites reflection on the fluidity and diversity of how we experience meaning in an increasingly complex world.