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The Documentation of An Artist Work as an Artefact of Knowledge

Do you believe in knowledge? Knowledge is the product of our living culture. It is a social artifact that reflects our society as a living organism. The visual documentation on an artist work, the process of making artworks is not just a mere data only, according to Foucouldian sense, the shared documentation amongst a living organism can be referred as an artifact of knowledge. Furthermore, any kind of documentation on any kind of working person, not exclusively just an artist, is an important artifact of knowledge that we need to share.

Visual Musicality and the problem with self-expressionities 02

There is a great power in the images that we see, create and given (Edwards 1986, p. 246) which Sturken & Cartwright (2004) describe further that we are in the practice of looking to make sense of the world. They argued that to see is a process of observing and recognizing the world around us (p. 10). As human visual experience is important, Dondis (1973) suggests taking a new view of the function of not only the process but also the visualizer in society. A research demonstrated by Betty Edwards (1986) on analog drawing shows the link between visual perception, drawing, and creativity that in learning how to draw, people will learn how to see differently (p. xiii). It demonstrate that there is a ‘vocabulary’ of the visual language of drawing, a vocabulary that includes line, form, and structure – all of which can be ‘read’ for meaning (p. 95). Woolman (2002) explained that every genre of music is associated with a visual language, normally portrayed in the faces of the musicia

Visual Musicality and the problem with self-expressionities 01

visual musicality is not an instant product or a cookbook for student or anybody who want to quickly learn about dynamic visual. It is a concept to study visual through experiencing or sensing. In this case we use music as a stimulation . The process of learning visual combines with music enhances the designer or somebody sensitivity. The morphology provided later here is not a formula to create a good design, but it is a conceptual thinking format for student or anyone who wants to use it as a tool for generating thought and feeling. It is a search for feeling and its form. From the surface, it doesn't look significant because seems like nothing could change by learning something with music accompany. But we must remember, musical treatment has been proved to benefit young people minds. Mozart Effects is a prove about how musics give positive effects to baby and kids. In the world so full with images, sound and musics we should be more alert, there are something lies beneath those