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Now out Journal of Illustration 11.1 !
Edited by dr. Jaleen Grove.
This journal presents papers resulting from the international collaboration, and artistic research project Illuminating the Non-Representable, coordinated and led by professor of illustration, Hilde Kramer. This cross disciplinary project, over a period of three years, delivered a range of symposia and projects exploring the boundaries of representation now and in the past, but also the role of illustration in breaking taboos or revealing truths. The project brought a wealth of papers resulting in Volume 11 consisting of two issues ( issue 2 out early 2025)
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HILDE KRAMER
Introduction to Special Issue: ‘Illuminating the Non-Representable’
JALEEN GROVE
What is illustration? A shadowy definition for illustration research
LUISE VORMITTAG
Illustration as an announcement of a world
KAREN JIYUN SUNG
Sketch Circle: Using collective drawing to illuminate the personal identities of South Koreans
SUBIR DEY AND DEEPIKA ANANDAN
Resisters: An illustrated project addressing shame among women
DANIELLE RIDOLFI
Building bridges between images and the tangible world in children’s picture books
TYMON ADAMCZEWSKI
Speculative illustration: From thinking with images to speculative visuality
SUSAN DOYLE
Generative AI and illustration: Questions from the field
NINA MARTINEZ
Paint me a picture: When AI goes
THILDE LOUISE DALAGER
(Visual Research) The face between us
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