The Visual Rhetoric of Traumatic Histories Among the problematics that guide my understanding of the possibility of visual rhetorics are three. Each might be considered to exists within/bring together the nexus of history, images, and power. This nexus helps to form a framework for an economy of verbal and visual images that, in turn, might become the fabric of a visual rhetorics. The first is what I want to call the "enigma of unrepresentability." The second is that images become especially
Distinctively visual texts use a variety of techniques to convey the experiences during the war. In John Misto’s 1996 play ‘The Shoe-Horn Sonata’ which is about women nurses enduring Japanese POW camps, such distinctive experiences as power and survival are shown through techniques like lighting, projecting image, sound, symbols, dialogue and body language. In Kenneth Slessor’s 1942 poem ‘Beach Burial’ he also comments about survival in war and the power in distinctively visual ways through
contemporary culture is dominated by images. Furthermore, it is widely understood that images articulate ways of seeing the world. Given that the average American is confronted with up to 5,000 advertisements a day, it is difficult to refute the legitimacy and impact of these claims. Advertising, film, print media, and the digital world all rely on the visual to transmit potent messages to the public. These images are rarely just aesthetic displays. Each visual put before us is replete with meaning-
The image that I have chosen from Artstor, to demonstrate the understanding of the visual culture is a painting titled, “Hockey Game”. This image was created by Andy Warhol who was an American painter, printmaker and filmmaker from 1928 until 1987. There is no date on this piece. The actual size of this image is 8 by 10 inches and the material used is Gelaton silver print. Among the images found in Artstor, there is more than one image called the Hockey Game, created by the same author which
words are king. However, there are times when images trump words. Visuals can serve a function beyond embellishing a written document, leaflet, or brochure they can also communicate very key ideas. It is believed that the human brain picks up visual cues more directly than written ones (Mueller et al, 2011). This means that imagery should not be overlooked in planning an effective communication. For example, in order to grab someone's attention, clever visuals can help cut through advertising clutter
the sensible, and they can do so through visual activism. An example of an artist who engages in such practices is Adrian Piper, with her recent artwork Imagine (Trayvon Martin) in 2013 (see fig. 1). Figure 1. Digital image, Adrian Piper, Imagine (Trayvon Martin), Adrian Piper Research Archive Foundation, 2013; Web. Rancière argues artists ought to rupture the distribution of the sensible. The distribution of the sensible is a concept explaining how power relations are enacted through sensation
prosthetic that could completely substitute its functions. It is clear then, that the main goal of visual prosthesis is to restore vision in blind individuals, providing stable, safe and long-lasting devices, in parallel with improvement of quality of life, meaning that each person is different, and not always an enhancement in visual function translates into a better life. To be able to understand and upgrade visual prosthesis, one must first understand the eye operates. A schematic representation of
The Power of Comics in Storytelling Scott McCloud’s graphic essay “Show & Tell” demonstrates how the relationship between pictures and words can be used to convey a message efficiently. By showing many visual examples of the different ways images and words can be used together, McCloud establishes that information is easier to interpret when paired with visual aid. By also pointing out that people are naturally inclined to show something visually as means of explaining, McCloud demonstrates his
Visual Language – the ideal language of communication in 21st Century Abstract We are a generation of tech-savvy people and digital technology has great importance in our lives for communication. Thanks to internet, people of various cultures around the globe can connect and communicate, irrespective of the limitations of their knowledge of different languages. Human beings love to socialise and language which is one of a barrier for socializing can be overcome if we communicate through a language
it is a powerful institution in which the act of looking becomes a source of relational power. The practice of fixed attention upon something that is appealing to a viewer or that is the object of the image being viewed. The Gaze is a term made known by Jacques Lacan, psychoanalyst and theorist. A legend to film theorists, Lacan provided an understanding of the unconscious desire through the power of images. And how the act of passive voyeurism merely makes one the subject of the gaze ,in turn,