Abstract
This paper draws on my recent design practice, “Imago Images”, which was inspired by the butterflies I frequently observe in my Norwich garden. The work includes two distinct visual elements, a limited edition set of artist books and a self-generated animation produced by creative coding. The animation provides a companion counter-piece to the books. Viewed together, the books are fixed, static, direct and formative whereas the animation is indirect, constantly evolving, unlimited and summative. In explaining the creative process and the visual methodologies associated with Imago Images, ideas of unpredictability, ambiguity, visual change and altered states are explored. The contrast between the books and the animation can be likened to a butterfly’s transformation from the immobile and still chrysalis to the active and moveable adult or imago stage. The work shifts from representational images of particular single species to the construction of heterogeneous forms through observation and conjecture. In doing so, imaginary butterflies populate an imagined world. Imago Images is aimed at those interested in developing the interface between writing, drawing, typography and creative coding in order to make new and alternative connections through hybridised visual design practice.
Digital Media
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