Františka Orságová

2.43 From Image and Word to the Action: The Transformative Role of Imagination (Paper)

Františka Orságová – Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Blahoslav Rozbořil – Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Abstract:

In the context of the dominant image culture (the invasion of audio-visual media), the paper puts forward a banal thesis: thinking is an imaginative process, it refers to images (or rather concepts) generated by the mind. For Nietzsche, a metaphor is a channel for articulating unconscious thoughts and emotions, potentially enhancing human understanding of the world. Without imagination, which Komárek describes as “the constant realization of things in the other”, even knowledge is inconceivable. The transformation of the one into the other, this ‘meta-phoric’ element of imagination, is also part of the basic arsenal of artistic practices. In the 20th century, it led to the acceptance and demand for the “intermediality of art.” One of the promises of imagination is its relationship to meaning, which has been undermined by the emphasis on function. The paper points to the cognitive potential of translating sound into image, image into word, word into action, and so on. What begins with synaesthesia and references to the corporeality of perception and cognition moves towards action, performativity. It is also about living through. Imagination builds the capacity for alternative visions and emancipatory endeavours, empowering utopian action. Imagination has creative and transformative potential for the pedagogical process. That is why education needs to be constantly renewed by intentional openness to the imagination; maybe it is difficult task, especially for students who are attracted to a technical environment.

11.21 The Poetics Concept: From Visual Poetry through Experiment to Concept and Action (Poster)

Františka Orságová – Faculty of Education, Masaryk University, Brno, Czech Republic

Abstract:

The poster, based on the author’s master’s project, addresses new perspectives of the intermedial theme – a word and an image – specifically the interplay between verbal and visual elements across media. This project aims to broaden our knowledge of the analogical development of experimental and conceptual poetry and the use of its intermedial potential at the interface of language, literature, and fine arts. The outcome of the thesis is a set of didactic materials in the form of worksheets that are beneficial in both areas that produce innovative trends in creative writing, thinking about language and art thinking. The worksheets present examples of works and suggestions for creative activities based on the processes and themes discussed, that they are intended to facilitate discussion about intermedia art forms through creative understanding. The worksheets are designed to introduce the following artistic strategies: the use of language as a medium for visual expression, particularly in the context of early experimental and concrete poetry, as well as the influence of conceptual art and contemporary post-conceptual art on this practice. The students will be able to comprehend and master the methodologies of artistic creation and the diverse perceptions of the nature of language and the visual. The sheets can also be used as a supplement to the teaching Czech language and literature and art education in secondary schools.