CROSSING THE LINE 2, 12-14 SEPTEMBER 2014, AUD, DUBAI
Accepted papers and presentations
1 Drawing as a transdisciplinary practice
Drawing: the Active Desire from Design. A Case of Designing Architecture
Graça Magalhães, Communication and Art Department, University of Aveiro, Portugal
‘Complex Histories in Architecture’: Drawing as a Method of Design Discover, Makkah- Saudi Arabia
Samie. I. Kayani, Architect/Researcher and Co-founder of Carpet Philosophy, experimental design studio, London, UK
2 Drawing as an intersection
Speculatio Through Drawing
Venantius J Pinto, New York, NY, USA
The Intermediary Between Space and Surface in Current Drawing Approaches and Practices
Dr. Kelly L. Devrome, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
“Writing Culture” with Arabic Letters
Dr. J.R. Osborn, Culture and Technology Co-Director, Technology Design Studio, Georgetown University
3 Crossing the Line: hand and technology in a changing world
Editorial & Political Cartoons in the Age of Web 2.0: Definition, Drection & Diversity
Miriam Sturdee, Lancaster University, UK, doctoral candidate
Copying in the Digital Age of Drawing
João dos Santos, Philip Cabau, School of Arts and Design, Caldas da Rainha
Polytechnic Institute of Leiria, Portugal
4 Drawing: portrait and landscape-notations of our time
The Resurrection Lands: Art Book meets Graphic Novel
Stefan KK Messam, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
Step Away from the Computer: Why Drawing Still Counts
Suzanne Albanus, Education and Training, Amnesty International, Australia
The Expanded Line
Dr. Jan Hogan, Tasmanian College of the Arts, Hobart, Australia
Not Just Splitting Hairs – The Displays Project
Christos Chatzichristos, Chrystalleni Loizidou, Program of Architecture, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus and University of London, UK
Visual Language: A Key to Cross-Cultural Communication
Valerie Hird, Saint Michael’s College, Vermont, and Art Student’s League, NYC, US
5 Pedagogical applications
Reluctant Image Makers: Teaching Drawing in Arabia
Bob Dahm, College of Architecture, Art and Design, American University of Sharjah, UAE
Figure Drawing in a Culturally Sensitive Environment
Stefan KK Messam, College of Arts and Creative Enterprises, Zayed University, Dubai, UAE
Formal Analysis Methodology. Drawing as a Thinking Tool
Dr. Beatriz Itzel Cruz Megchun, Belén Hermida Rodríguez, Juan Roldán Martín, College of Architecture, Art & Design, American University of Sharjah, and Scuola Del Design, Politecnico di Milano
Forward ever_backward never {avoiding hesitance} fostering confidence
Brian Dougan, College of Architecture, Art & Design, American University of Sharjah
Tools for Identifying Typical Errors in Young Adults Drawings as a Way of Assessing Progress in the Learning of Drawing
Sahra Kunz, Research Center in Science and Technology of the Arts, School of the Arts, Portuguese Catholic University, Porto, Portugal
Art and Illustration: Are Educators Missing the Big Picture When Developing Studio Curriculum?
Keith Webb, Department of Design, University of Central Oklahoma, US
6 Kinesthetics and Performance
The Specious Line: The drawn line as a method for recording the ‘specious present’
Joe Graham, Loughborough University, UK
