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Words into pictures
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posted on 2017-02-16, 03:03 authored by Mutard, BruceComics, also commonly called graphic novels, graphic narratives, graphic stories and sequential
art to name a few, suggest an uncertainty about its definition. I define comics by what I believe
is its chief signifier, juxtaposed narrative images, but what does it mean to say this? I aim to
explore this by producing a work specifically for a gallery space, which may highlight the
disparities and commonalities in the methodologies and modes of encounter between comics
and the visual arts, specifically the concept of reading. I make reference to narrative fresco
cycles as a source and comparison. From this, I propose some properties that can be
extrapolated to any work that uses images in juxtaposition that contain recognisably identical
elements such as figures and ground. Comics' images generate within a reader a sense of time
occurring, and a 'feel' for a place-key components of narrative. This 'reading' generates an
immersion in the depicted images, principally through developing a relationship between the
reader and the characters similar to that between people, primarily by utilising two visual
languages we use every day: facial expressions and body language. This is an intersection where
the literary arts merge with the visual in a distinct way.
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AustraliaPrincipal supervisor
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2014Department, School or Centre
Fine ArtCourse
Master of Fine ArtDegree Type
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Faculty of Art, Design and ArchitectureUsage metrics
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