Thesis 1 Fall 2009

‘Visual literacy is not limited to the ability to decode the meaning and impact of existing visual images in art or visual culture, but also includes comprehension of how knowledge and reality are constructed and interpreted through making images. Visual images are seen as part of practice; an evolving process that includes questioning, resource gathering, analysis, hypothesis, and especially, creating. Understanding this process requires experience in creating and reflecting on one's own visual interpretations (Elkins, 2003). It is a way we learn from ourselves.’Image as Insight: Visual Images in Practice-Based ResearchJulia MarshallStudies in Art EducationA Journal of Issues and Research2007, 49(1), 23-41

‘pictures of thinking’Mathew Ritchie

How are we to represent the rich visual world of experience on mere flatland?Edward R. Tufte, Envisioning Information (1990)

"Shape or form is how we make senseand use information-how you inoculate yourself against informationoverload and get on top of it" Mathew Ritchie

Jonathon Harris (http://thewhalehunt.org) a sequence of 3,214 photographs, taken at 5-minute intervals, even while sleeping (using a chronometer), establishing a constant “photographic heartbeat”.