The main questions during this lecture were ‘What is narrative? How do you tell a story?’
We began by looking into a couple of different theorists, the first of which was, Colin Rowe who worked with ‘the issue of formalism.’ He toyed with the idea that negative space could be used as a form in itself. The second was Merleau Ponty, a french phenomenological philosopher. The third was Rudolf Arnheim, a german author, art and film theorist and perceptual phycologist.
My team and I came up with the statement:
Illustration is so vast it cannot be defined in a single sentence. The narrative itself is largely the process and journey to the final piece. The final product is never clear until it exists.
Suzanne Hodgetts Illustration 