'Shu-Fei-Shu' : a digital strategy for modernising Chinese calligraphy
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- Thesis
- Issue Date:
- 2008
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Chinese calligraphy has undergone a revolution over the last decade. The traditional
brush and ink have been replaced by various materials and tools, and artists have been
transforming calligraphy both technically and conceptually. Through the use of various
graphics programs and pressure-sensitive stylus tablets, the aesthetics of calligraphy
have shifted into the postmodern era. Two important questions are addressed in this
research: firstly, in the journey from paper to new media how has calligraphy changed?
And secondly, what kinds of new values are propagated in the art of calligraphy today?
I undertook a thorough overview of the field then in response I produced a creative
project titled Shu-Fei-Shu. The primary aims of Shu-Fei-Shu are to theoretically
articulate and practically present artistic approaches to modernising Chinese calligraphy
in the media age.
The first section of this project is a theoretical and critical analysis of the historical
developments, relative literature and key art works of modem calligraphy. In the end of
this section, I concluded that the concept of 'digital-generation' is a strategy for
modernising Chinese calligraphy. Also I argued that three main genres can be identified
as, namely: 'illegibility', 'digital mosaics' and 'interaction', within this new digital
calligraphic form.
In the second section, I present my artistic experiments, whish I have done through out
the process of research, and lastly, my final multimedia work, Shu-Fei-Shu. It is an
interactive web site that offers users a platform to browse, learn and create their own
digital calligraphy on line.
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