Interweavings: Threads of art education, poetry and phenomenological grapplings

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Boyd White
Anita Sinner
Darlene St. Georges

Abstract

This three-authored paper describes our individual responses to a video, Dwelling, by Japanese artist Hiraki Sawa.  The nine-minute video is a wordless, but not soundless, presentation of jet planes flying within the confines of the artist’s apartment. We chose the Youtube video in order to be able to share an artwork although we were working in three different cities at the time.  Our responses consist of our individual poetic and visual (photographs, collage, paintings) interpretations of the video in conjunction with theory.  We use phenomenology  as our theoretical framework and underlying philosophy, and connect it with arts based research. 


Keywords: Art Education; Poetry; Visual Art; Phenomenology.

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Boyd White, McGill University

Boyd White

Associate Professor, Department of Integrated Studies in Education

Faculty of Education

McGill University

Montreal, QC.

Email: boyd.white@mcgill.ca

Tel: 514 398-4527 ext 00730

Anita Sinner, Concordia University

Dr. Anita Sinner
Associate Professor
Art Education, Faculty of Fine Arts
Concordia University
1455 De Maisonneuve Blvd., West
EV 2.821
Montreal, Quebec
Canada H3M 1M8
Email: anita.sinner@concordia.ca
T: 514.848.2424, 5199

Darlene St. Georges, University of Lethbridge

Darlene St Georges

Assistant Professor of art education, 

University of Lethbridge, Alberta

Email: Darlene.stgeorges@uleth.ca

Tel: 1-403-380-1823

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