Category: Visual Culture
Visual Culture and Brand Communication: How Chinese Beauty Brands Engage Japanese Consumers
With the acceleration of internationalization among Chinese beauty brands, the Japanese market, characterized by its mature consumer base and unique …
Deconstructing and Reconstructing Realities: Collage as a Feminist Tool of Empowerment, Protest, and Expression
This paper explores the multifaceted role of collage as a feminist strategy for empowerment, protest, and expression, highlighting its significance …
Knotted: In(weave)—My Autoethnographic Inquiry Into Practice
"Knotted" was a video series engaged in an autoethnographic, practice-led research approach that served as a reflective exploration of my …
Visual Heteroglossia in AI-Generated and Human Photography
The argument presented here denies the originality of the artist in photography. It chooses to connect human and AI photography …
Exploring Non-human Language and Vision in Virtual Reality Within the Context of Visual Culture
This study investigates non-human communication and perception via virtual reality (VR) in the field of visual culture. It seeks to …
Exploring Online Memes as Pedagogical Tools in Health Knowledge and Behaviour
This exploratory workshop consisted of a rapid, intuitive, exploratory session around the following briefing: create a meme that displays understandable, …
Art X Instagram Filters: A New Aesthetic Experience for Seeing Artworks in the Contemporary Era
In this contemporary era, technology has become quite important in the field of art. Recent innovations include the phenomenon of …
Carbonization of the Aesthetic and Aestheticization of Carbon: Historicizing Oil and Its Visual Ideologies in Iran (1920–1979)
The protracted history of consuming carbon-based energy sources in Iran culminated in 1908 with the momentous discovery of the inaugural …
Using Visual Culture to Inform Assessment Tools in the Era of Artificial Intelligence
With the launching of ChatGPT and other Artificial Intelligent (AI) tools, educators and researchers in tertiary organisations are concerned with …
The Interpretation of Wayang Characters in Cyberpunk-Styled Digital Art: A Case Study of Mr. Lakon’s Artworks
Wayang, an Indonesian traditional puppet performance, represents a centuries-old tradition that has been passed down for generations. The extensive journey …
The Framing of the Semiotic Codes in Five Filipino Movie Posters
A movie poster, as an adjunct to a film, is not only a powerful instrument of mass visual advertisement, but …
Aerial Waste: the Rhetoric and Politics of Drone Environmental Photography
The purpose of this paper is to examine aerial photography of bicycle waste and bicycle graveyards constructed during the bicycle …
The Reimagined Migrant Portrait – Exploring the Lives of Chinese and Taiwanese Minorities Living in South Africa
This multimedia project explores the lives of Chinese and Taiwanese migrants living in South Africa and how language, culture, community …
Record and Reflection: COVID-19 Pandemic Documentary in Japan, China and Korea
Documentary has always been used to characterize nature, history, and social reality. As a medium text with the spirit of …
Attitudes of Thai Male VDO Game Players in Choosing to Use VDO Games’ Women Characters
This study aims to investigate the online social phenomenon related to the attitudes of Thai MALE GAMERS opting to use …
Reflections on the Creative Cultural Art of an Ibibio (African) Artist – Sculptor Sunday Jack Akpan in the Global Scence
The arts of the whole world reflect various unique cultures and creative ingenuity of humanity. Ibibio cultural art works of …