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Theses are collaborative drawings created during a workshop at the Metropolitan Museum of Art during the International Drawing & Cognition Research 2013 Symposium. I found it truly inspirational to explore materials and mark making with a group of people (most of whom I did not know.) I was transported by the energy of bodies moving, marking and shifting around the table from seat to seat and tool to tool.
Read MoreThis drawing was made using white pen on 100 year old paper from a 19th century Yale medical student’s notebook. The ground is prepared for receiving the mark. Clearing the mind and making the mark. Focusing the attention and making the mark. Stilling the thoughts and making the mark. Feeling the pen and making the mark. Closing the eyes and making the mark. Hearing the mark as it is made. Feeling the mark as it is laid. Seeing the mark as it is made.
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Our fingers are electric. They emit electromagnetic frequencies that allow us to interact with touch screen technologies. It’s called “finger capacitance” and it’s this conductive property of our fingers that makes capacitive touch sensing possible. Mobile devices, such as my iPod Touch, are designed to respond to the taps and caresses of my fingertips, providing access to necessary but mundane information or allowing for moments of unique creative exploration. For decades, it has been possible to draw with a computer using a mouse or stylus, but now we can carry electronic sketchbooks in our pockets with the tools for mark making at the ends of our arms.TRACEY: Drawing and Visual Research, Loughborough University School of Art & Design, Loughborough, Leicestershire, UK
