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APPARATUS: THE ROLE OF TECHNOLOGY IN ILLUSTRATION
15TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
21–22 NOVEMBER 2025, KOÇ UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL
Machines, appliances, gizmos, and contraptions have always been a part of illustration, enabling illustrators to transform their thoughts into real-life forms. The machine’s abilities, aesthetics, and impacts on humanity have always been a source of inspiration and concern. With the discussion raging around artificial intelligence as a game-changing technology, and when computers seem to inextricably serve as parts of creation and of our lives, perhaps it is time to take stock and consider the long-established but fluctuating relationship between illustration and the machine.
15TH INTERNATIONAL RESEARCH SYMPOSIUM
21–22 NOVEMBER 2025, KOÇ UNIVERSITY, ISTANBUL
Machines, appliances, gizmos, and contraptions have always been a part of illustration, enabling illustrators to transform their thoughts into real-life forms. The machine’s abilities, aesthetics, and impacts on humanity have always been a source of inspiration and concern. With the discussion raging around artificial intelligence as a game-changing technology, and when computers seem to inextricably serve as parts of creation and of our lives, perhaps it is time to take stock and consider the long-established but fluctuating relationship between illustration and the machine.
Latest issue
Volume 11, issue 2 of the Journal of Illustration is the second Special Issue on ‘Illuminating the Non-Representable’ (IN-R) – the title of the multi-year research series initiated by Hilde Kramer, professor emerita of the University of Bergen, Norway. It has been the largest, longest and best-funded research initiative to date in the field of illustration research.
COMMUNITY
The latest research and projects from the illustration research community
Kimberly Ellen Hall and Omar El Masri talk about community-oriented projects
Stephanie Black discusses the complexities of working with archives
OPEN CALL for a conference
Carolyn Shapiro talks about the upcoming 'Illustration and the Paper Artefact' symposium
Tom Hubmann talks about his research practice between illustration and environmentalism
Joel Lardner shares his PhD research in progress
ARCHIVE HIGHLIGHTS
The 14th Illustration Research
symposium posters
symposium posters
The 14th Illustration Research symposium was organised by the Illustration Programme at Camberwell College of Arts, and hosted at Chelsea College of Arts, University of the Arts London (UAL), United Kingdom. These are some highlights from the poster exhibition at the event.
Ben Jones
John Kilburn, Darren Aoki, Victoria Squire
Gemma Burditt
Christy Burdock
Geoff Grandfield
Hyunjin Seo
Maisy Summer
Matthew Booker
The 11th Illustration Research
symposium posters
symposium posters
The 11th Illustration Research symposium was hosted by Kingston School of Art in February 2021 was the first fully online Illustration Research event. These are some highlights from the online poster exhibition.
Marcus Diamond
Jamie Mills
Joanna Rucklidge
John Miers
Glyn Brewerton
Hayfaa Chalabi
Laura Slater
Call for illustration researchers
If you want to highlight your recent illustration research project, take part in a discussion, or publicise an excerpt from your paper/dissertation on our website, send us an email!
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