What is it about?
This publication explains how drawing can be analysed using Rudolph Laban's movement theory, also known as Choreology. It details Leonora Oppenheim's research at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance into the connections between performance, movement, and mark-making.
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Why is it important?
Breaking down drawing into its constituent parts helps visual artists understand each part of the process, giving them a greater awareness of how the articulation of the body influences the outcome of their work. The result gives artists more control over their choices in mark-making.
Perspectives
This research helped me to transform my visual art practice. I can now rearrange how I represent the world and I am empowered to make new expressive choices in my art-making. I have moved from representing the body through figurative drawing, to using my own body to represent itself through physical mark-making in collaboration with others – a participatory audience.
Leonora Oppenheim
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This page is a summary of: A structural model for drawing: Investigating mark-making through Choreology, Drawing Research Theory Practice, April 2022, Intellect,
DOI: 10.1386/drtp_00084_1.
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