Guidelines for a Drawing Conversation
Phase I
I would be interested in having a drawing conversation through the medium of the Sketchbook. For me, it has yet to have some sort of a definition. So this exercise at the School of Arts & Aesthetics for two days (march 9 &10th) is about understanding what could be a drawing conversation.
How to Participate
So one proposal is that you could use the medium of a pen, pencil or any drawing, writing, mark-making tool to draw, write and leave a mark. As a broad example, it could be a sketch, doodle, scribble, text, message, story, equation, riddle, a note, a clue or anything that you feel could be content for the sketchbook in this moment.
We could see this as a starting point for me to draw something. It could be an introduction about who you are, anything that you might be thinking about, a set of inquires, instructions to make something, a map, a diagram, or something which may or may not make sense.
You can come back to the book as many times as you wish, and keep working at it for the time period the book is here at the School of Arts and Aesthetics. You can respond and carry forward marks, suggestions left by others in the sketchbook.
The Sketchbook as an idea is as open and flexible as you want it to be. You can explore it in any way possible.
My role
My role is to respond by going through the content created in the sketchbook and create a series of Drawings.
If you would like to see how I responded with a Drawing after seeing your Sketchbook page, then please email me on (gobind1699@gmail.com) with an attached image of your page or leave your email ID details in the book so that I can email you the same.
My Interest
I’m interested to understand the role conversations play in creating a drawing, illustrating a thought. What does it mean to draw through a conversation? How does this communication process occur? Does it transform the way we understand things? Does it help us understand how Drawing functions as an Activity?
Drawing Conversations is a project under RIDS (Research in Drawing Space) by Gagan Singh. Gagan is an artist based in Delhi exploring the relationship between Drawing and Thinking.
