WK 15 Blog Exercise - Interactions Between the 3 Levels

Representational

This is an image of a chemical tanker that looks like a giant cigarette. The representational of it is to highlight the toxic smoke in cigarette. If you say "cigarette" to anyone, they will have an image stored in their mind of smokes, cancer, addiction, etc, from their environment or experiences. From this picture, viewers can think of or know how serious and dangerous of a cigarette is.

Abstract

This is an abstraction of a cigarette. Even though it already is a abstract image of a cigarette, but the shape of it can never be erase. From this image the viewer can see a cigarette cannot be done without smoke. The impact of it can be really serious, like it can affect the grow of children. The abstraction in the photo is symbolic to the meaning and the representation is the whole in the abstraction. 

Symbolic

his is a symbol of a cigarette. It is an abstract image that has been given meaning by being placed on a forbid sign. The viewer can see this sign everywhere, it communicates to its viewer a message of no-smoking area. This is an alert for the smokers to not smoking. There are more and more different symbols of SMOKING image for people to quit smoke because it is not only affecting yourself, it is affecting others too.

Visual Information

DESIGNED visual information: Representational, Abstract, Symbolic

Representational - Sculpture

The Statue/sculpture of a police with children represent the protector of the community. The statue was built for a memorial of Hamilton Police officers killed in-the-line of duty. Also, Sarcasm aside, and religion aside, it is still interesting to think that a city’s sculpture may be a reflection of who are the people, or, more likely, who the government is.

Abstract - Sculpture

In Italian, 'Due Anime Deventano Un,' means two souls become one. Without having similar form in any kind of object in the world, and it doesn't retain its realistic, it makes this sculpture abstract. Moreover, The intricate elliptical design was conceived of during the artist's reflection on the meaning of love. The sculpture is focused more on its form, color, and mood to replicate the artist's idea of love.

Symbolic - Sculpture




In budha or hindu, sculpture or a statue is believed to be a symbol of something. For example, Guan Yin is the bodhisattva who is symbolic of wisdom, Ganesha as a symbol of intelect and wisdom, etc. And each parts of Ganesha sculpture symbolize something, such as: Big head - think big, small eyes - concentrate, to pull nearer to the highest goal, large ears - listen more, small mouth - less talk, and so on.