Semiotics

Semiotics will feature predominantly in our collaborative was, as the conveyance of our desired meaning relies heavily upon the visual element to support the theory.

"A sign must have both a signifier and a signified. You cannot have a totally meaningless signifier or a completely formless signified." "A sign is a recognizable combination of a signifier with a particular signified." (Course in General Linguistics; Saussure 1983, 101; Saussure 1974, 102-103)

this alludes to the 'bridging' element of the piece, and in a broader context infers a state of transition within everything. Space and time, light and dark, cognition and perception, birth and death.