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Seeing and knowing: Johanna Drucker, the federator

9/16/2014

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Introduction

PictureJohanna Drucker
Johanna put together the agenda of the conference this year. I counted 13 areas of expertise for 15 speakers! Communication, neurosciences, computer sciences, archaeology, art, anthropology, design, information science and technology, psychology, philosophy, history of art, private sector, and aesthetics. I heard two opposite types of comments: an artist suggested there should be more artists talking about the visual essence of their work (not "rational art"), while a scientist was hoping for presentations with less words and more data to chew on. I am thinking: what about joint presentations for next year? This would be the ultimate ice breaker between disciplines. And that is what I am the most interested in.

Talking about building bridges: during his presentation, Aaron Marcus suggested that design ethics should be mandatory in graphic design schools. Later, at the end of the conference, Jessica Ferris incisively questioned what differentiated her work as a performance art director, from shooting a marketing commercial, since in both cases the (visual) tools used to convey the message or please the audience, were universal and thus similar. I had the same question regarding painting: what makes it different from graphic design? I think meaning is what differentiates art from design, and ethics is needed in both. That could be a topic for the next conference: meaning / ethics of the visual language. I foresee endless controversies and animated joint presentations!

This is part of a series of posts on the 11th International Conference on Neuroesthetics (September 2014).

Posts on the11th Conference on Neuroesthetics
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