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Central and Western Desert art - Australia.
I have chosen to study this particular region's aboriginal art because I can see a correlation between social media icons and the symbols those artists use to represent important places. In addition, the lines that represent journeys or pathways between these locations can be interpreted as communication lines. The dot painting method used by Western Desert artists has always really appealed to my keen sense of order and this project will give me an opportunity to adapt these patterns for use in my animation.
'The works feature a symbolic language of U shapes, concentric circles, journey lines and bird and animal tracks. Artists used a limited number of motifs to express many meanings. A concentric circle, for example, may indicate a camp, a waterhole or corroboree place. It may also represent all or part of a person, the stem of a tree, the centre of a food plant ancestor or a natural feature such as a hill'.
(National Museum Australia, 2013)
National Museum Australia. (2013, April 26). Retrieved April 26, 2013, from http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/highlights/papunya-collection
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