Abstract
Mise en Abyme: Drawn intersections between image, body, and space
By Armando Chant, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia.
The aim of this paper is to explore the nature of the drawn image when considered as a ‘activator’ or ‘disruptor’, within an expanded and performative context. Drawing in connection with ‘time’-based media is considered to be an interactive, reflective, and durational gesture that highlights fluid intersections between body, image, and screen. It is contextualized in relation to a particular film work, ‘Mise en Abyme’, which explores the notion of the image within an image, its inter-related intersected spaces, and the potential for singular drawn elements to become infinite through acts of mirrored reflection. The paper proposes that drawing created through acts of subtle ‘disruption’ can be considered a catalyst for evolving forms of drawn interpretation, facilitating the expansion of art and design practices and its outcomes. New hybrid drawn images and forms can appear and be revealed – part body, part image, part constructed space – in this in-between space of drawing practice that engages the viewer in a visual and imaginative dialogue; a form of visual and imaginative wondering through the ‘act’ of drawing enables the viewer to question how these drawn images/forms came into being and their existence.
Author keywords
Drawing, Gesture, Space, Performance, Disruption