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destruction. Disclosure of all the possible zones and interzones culminates in the
self-disclosure of the protagonist’s own sombre fate; only as she or he steps over
the threshold does the path to the general issues of the human self open up.
In the clea r space, from which they cannot escape, the characters are compelled
to experience direct confrontation with the most profound existential issues. This
space — artificial, artificially driven and exponentially intensified — is styled by
artistic means so that the individuals in it are put into the state of ecstasy, which
often enables even dialogue with (techno)transcendence. The clea r space is F