AN IMAGE IS THE CONNECTIVITY OF THINGS, AS SAID BY VILLEM FLUSSER AND JOHN BERGER. IMAGES ALWAYS HAVE A DIFFERENT MEANING BECAUSE OF EVERYONE'S DIFFERENT INTERPRETATION FROM THEIR OWN FRAME OF REFERENCE.
WORDS, ON THE OTHER HAND, ARE DIRECT AND LIMITED IN THEIR OWN INTERPRETATION. IMAGES HAVE MULTIPLE PERSPECTIVES WHILE A WORD OFTEN HAS A CERTAIN MEANING. BUT WHAT ABOUT SIGN LANGUAGE? WHICH IS LITERALLY THE IMAGE OF WORDS IN THE MOVEMENT OF THE HUMAN BODY? HOW FREE IS THE INTERPRETATION OF THAT IMAGE? SINCE THERE IS A DIRECT MEANING TO THE IMAGE.
PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE KNOWLEDGE OF SIGN LANGUAGE WILL UNDERSTAND WHAT IS MEANT BY THE GESTURES. HOWEVER, SOMEONE WHO DOES NOT HAVE SUCH KNOWLEDGE WILL UNDERSTAND IT MINIMALLY OR BE ABLE TO GIVE THEIR OWN MEANINGS TO THE GESTURES.
LOOKING AT THE SETTING OF JOHN BERGERS VISUAL ESSAYS, I WONDERED WHY BERGER CHOOSES TO BE THE CENTER OF THIS. AND WHY IT WORKS SO WELL TO COMMUNICATE A MESSAGE, IN AN ALMOST INTIMATE WAY THAT FEELS LIKE JOHN BERGER IS SPEAKING TO YOU PERSONALLY? COMBINING THIS INTIMACY AND THE BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE OF SIGN, LED TO MY VISUAL ESSAY.MY OTHER SOURCE FOR THIS VISUAL ESSAY IS ‘INTO THE UNIVERSE OF TECHNICAL IMAGES’ THE BOOK WRITTEN BY VILEM FLUSSER.