Sketching in Practice Symposium

Category: Updates

  • Around the Room: Suk Kyoung Choi on drawing physical spaces

    Suk Kyoung Choi

    If you can feel you can draw.

    The spaces we inhabit shape us in countless ways—some of those universal and some unique. Expressing those experience through sketching is one way to capture that diversity so that we can begin to more deeply understand how the physical world impacts us.

    Suk Kyoung Choi is a Korean artist and current PhD candidate at the School of Interactive Arts. Come to her SkIP session to explore and uncover hidden dimensions in the everyday world through the power of sketching.

     

  • Drawing in the 3rd Dimension: Lorraine White-Wilkinson on full body sketching

    Can you use your cheek to draw? Your collar bone? Your clavicle?

    According to Lorraine White-Wilkinson, the act of dance and body presence can help stimulate the creative capacity of the mind. And in doing so, expand the very meaning of what it means to sketch—with stunning results.

    White-Wilkinson is a Sessional Instructor with SFU’s Faculty of Education with over 30 years experience teaching dance to all ages.

    Explore drawing in the third dimension at her SkIP session.

  • Moving beyond the Roman Alphabet: Gabe Wong on sketching language

    Gabe Wong

    Just last month an Israeli judge based a ruling  on the meaning inferred by a flamenco dancer emoji.

    With the rise of digital communication—such as texting and Facebook messaging—visual representations of spoken language are broadening beyond letters and punctuation.

    But how far can it go? What does moving beyond the colonial ‘Roman’ alphabet open up?

    Gabe Wong is a graphic designer and Emily Carr lecturer. Come to his SkIP session to explore how reimagining writing systems can be used to help reclaim and express often marginalized cultures and identities.