THE_MORIBUND_INSTITUTE // DEWEY CLASS 700

700 – Arts, Games & Recreation

The Institute wing for art, music, games, performance, visual culture, aesthetics in motion, entertainment, design, recreation, VTuber whatnot, and the strange human habit of making things beautiful, playable, watchable, collectible, theatrical, or emotionally inconvenient.

Shelves in 700

700 Arts The main shelf for art, games, music, performance, design, and recreation. Visual Art Painting, drawing, illustration, composition, image culture, and visual analysis. Painting Painters, styles, movements, artworks, color, symbolism, and image interpretation. Design Layout, typography, interfaces, visual systems, posters, covers, and practical aesthetics. Music Artists, songs, albums, genres, listening notes, music history, and the music offshoot. Word and Song Lyrics, language, poetics, song interpretation, and the border between music and literature. Film Movies, scenes, actors, directors, cinema history, visual storytelling, and commentary. Television Series, episodes, characters, drama, broadcasting, streaming, and serial storytelling. Anime Anime series, characters, studios, aesthetics, openings, tropes, and fandom trails. Korean Drama K-dramas, actors, tropes, episodes, emotional machinery, and viewing notes. Gaming Video games, game design, mechanics, worlds, characters, play, and player culture. VTuber Virtual performers, avatars, streaming culture, character design, and digital stagecraft. Performance Theatre, persona, stagecraft, comedy, ritualized presentation, and public self-making. CRT Aesthetic Terminal visuals, retro interfaces, pixel decay, scanline atmospheres, and old-screen charm. Experimental Aesthetic Odd styles, strange visuals, genre hybrids, mood experiments, and intentional weirdness.

Use this class when the post is mainly about art, music, games, film, anime, performance, visual culture, recreation, or aesthetic experience. If the post is mainly literary or rhetorical, also consider 800 Literature. If it is about building art tools or software, also consider 600 Technology.

Suggested Lesson Types

Art Studies Guided observation of images, style, symbolism, composition, and visual motifs. Music Notes Listening guides, artist notes, lyric commentary, genre maps, and song trails. Game Studies Mechanics, design, worlds, characters, interface patterns, and player experience. Media Commentary Notes on shows, films, anime, dramas, channels, performances, and public spectacles. Aesthetic Guides Style breakdowns, design systems, visual moods, color discipline, and theme notes. Interactive Exercises Tap-to-build, flashcards, quizzes, image notes, listening checks, and embed-based lessons.

Example 700 Lesson Embed

An arts lesson can pair a compact explanation with an interactive vocabulary, description, or interpretation exercise.

This is useful for art vocabulary, music terms, game design concepts, film analysis, anime commentary, and style recognition.

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  {
    "prompt": "Put the art sentence in order:",
    "phrase": "Composition guides the viewer through the image.",
    "answer": ["Composition", "guides", "the", "viewer", "through", "the", "image."],
    "distractors": ["quietly", "machine", "under", "forgot"]
  },
  {
    "prompt": "Build the music sentence:",
    "phrase": "Rhythm organizes sound through time.",
    "answer": ["Rhythm", "organizes", "sound", "through", "time."],
    "distractors": ["stone", "purple", "river", "ancient"]
  }
]'></div>

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