Kid A In Alphabet Land/Imaginary
Imaginary
Kid A In Alphabet Land Is Immersed in the Imaginary!
The Imaginary names the register of images, identification, and misrecognition. It is the domain in which the subject comes to see itself as a coherent whole by identifying with an image.
Lacan locates the Imaginary most clearly in the mirror stage, where the child identifies with its reflected image. This identification produces a sense of unity, but one founded on illusion and rivalry.
Relations governed by the Imaginary are marked by comparison, jealousy, and fascination. The subject seeks confirmation in the image of the other, while remaining trapped in misrecognition.
Within Kid A In Alphabet Land, the Imaginary seduces Kid A with promises of wholeness. The image seems to offer completion, even as it conceals division.