Abstract
The extent to which experiential and spiritual perceptions of the senses - in response to an event or place - can be transformed into visual art as a vehicle of communication, is yet to be understood. This paper, therefore, examines if a cohesive physical representation from a structured, visual art system is capable of developing a Christian experiential visual language that communicates a sensorial and transcendental experience of place; in this case North Queensland. Commentary on the physical representation subsequently tests if a holistic integration of one human’s sensorial response to place and an internal experience of Christian spirituality in that place can be communicated to the viewer through an art exhibition. The analysis found evidence to suggest that a spiritual essence of place - seeing place from inside and out - could be communicated and experienced by viewers of the exhibition.
Highlights
In the literature of art, communicating the way in which physical sensorial perceptions cohere into a spiritual experiential response to place in north Queensland, does not appear to be researched and documented
A review of historical aspects that address the separate topics of perception theory, visual language and spiritual visual language and place was undertaken
Spiritual visual language and place is a vast theme that has been represented in many faiths across the world for thousands of years
Summary
The ensuing methodology to translate a natural structured system for a Christian Experiential Visual Language (CEVL) involved four different sites from which four suites of artworks were developed through nine exploratory steps (see Figure 1 below). Installation – One set of three shields hung on a Perspex stand (Encompassing Visual work of Summative Senses). These four north Queensland sites, (see Figure 2 below), were monitored over several years. In order to reduce the number of sites to four, which was determined as the appropriate number for the creative work, spiritual responses to these sites were categorised using the following terms: security, stillness/peace and spiritual freedom. Each of the specific stages of the process were considered separately to allow for the analysis of the ways in which particular steps trigger a spiritual mindset that excites a personal response to a particular site. To develop a CEVL, the physical and the spiritual were interwoven in order to reproduce the entire experience of place
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