Word & Image Fine Art - 10/01/14
In this seminar-workshop we will look at how artists and designers have explored the interaction between words and images, and how others have developed theories about how this relationship operates. Whenever we put words and images together the effects of one upon the other can often be both complex and subtle, we will explore this.
Symbol Index Signified by contiguity. (eg. foot prints in the sand somesome has been there.)
Icon Signified by resemblance. (eg. vector graphic looking like/ resembling William Shakespear.)
Signified by intellectual operations. (eg. traffic lights - we understand what each colour communicates.)
The task we were given during our workshop was to create a news paper front page that reflected ourselves, using images and typography cut out from other news papers. I have to admit I did not find this educational or helpful in anyway. Along with a few others, we felt this was a waste of time and would not be a technique that could benefit us further during our course. This is my outcome (right) and as you can see it doesn’t look like it could be beneficial to me in the future. I did however have come interest in the short lecture we had before hand which helped refresh my memory on key words such as index, icons and symbols.