Multimodal thinking
Your task:
Examine and respond to three different communication modes; a painting, the written word, and a piece of music. Explore and abstract new context and meaning from these modes.
Create three different visual, verbal and auditory outcomes. Make sketches, take photographs and record your findings during your research.
Instructions:
Use the ‘Research Notes Sheet' supplied, to document your findings. From the media provided in class, discuss, examine and interpret three different messages. Devise a way of communicating these messages by delivering an alternative, innovative response to each message/statement, using a different communication mode. Choose the most effective modes and media to deliver your messages.
1: Visual - Painting: De Kooning - verbal or auditory outcome
2: Verbal - Prose: Cormack McCarthy - visual or auditory outcome
3: Auditory - Music: "Guaglione" by Perez Prado - verbal or visual outcome (www.freesound.org)
Attach copies in your Process Diary. You will also need to write a 150 word reflection, outlining your findings.