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TY - JOUR
T1 - Lines of engagement
T2 - drawing walking tracking
AU - Casey, Sarah
AU - Davies, Gerald
PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - This article explores a fresh approach to discussing the walked line in artworks. We look at literal symbolic and temporal functions of line as they operate in the connections formed between artist, audience and events in examples of participatory practice. We propose that a plural understanding of line can reveal agency in line that is otherwise overlooked. Our position is informed by theories of line from the field of fine art drawing to identify a particular type of line, a line of exchange, in which participants become active agents in forming the artwork. This less visible line of exchange has the capacity to ‘draw out’ information and make public personal experiences, events and histories that are otherwise unseen, unconnected or disregarded. This in turn reveals a particular aesthetic which offers a fresh approach to discourse around the line which goes for a walk.
AB - This article explores a fresh approach to discussing the walked line in artworks. We look at literal symbolic and temporal functions of line as they operate in the connections formed between artist, audience and events in examples of participatory practice. We propose that a plural understanding of line can reveal agency in line that is otherwise overlooked. Our position is informed by theories of line from the field of fine art drawing to identify a particular type of line, a line of exchange, in which participants become active agents in forming the artwork. This less visible line of exchange has the capacity to ‘draw out’ information and make public personal experiences, events and histories that are otherwise unseen, unconnected or disregarded. This in turn reveals a particular aesthetic which offers a fresh approach to discourse around the line which goes for a walk.
KW - drawing
KW - walking
KW - line
KW - participation
KW - exchange
U2 - 10.1080/14702029.2015.1010366
DO - 10.1080/14702029.2015.1010366
M3 - Journal article
VL - 14
SP - 72
EP - 83
JO - Journal of Visual Art Practice
JF - Journal of Visual Art Practice
SN - 1470-2029
IS - 1
ER -