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Vol.25, No.0, 35 ~ 51, 2009
Title
A Study on Minimalistic Symbolism and Deconstructive Experimentalism as Iconographic Entities
신석규 Shin Seok-kyu
Abstract
In the 21st Century, the cultural environment along with the appearance of digital mediums brought upon great change and ameliorated the quality of images in visual communication. The symbol of identity design in the past showed a tendency to be simplified in terms of form. However, with the advent of digital mediums, various symbols of expressions appear especially the experimental characteristics of a deconstructive form, representing a free use of lines and forms to express a post signifiante, post-form, and post-structural type of expression. The two types of tendencies minimizes the artistic techniques and dramatization of the artistic expression, and expresses only the bare necessities as the essence of an object, and realizes true reality through this type of minimalism and provides a new perspective with a experimental yet deconstructive method. As a result, each corresponding form becomes conceptualized, and each classification becomes increasingly structured. The symbol of identity design can be classified by the minimalistic tendencies of the pure expression of absolute form, the expression of the essentials, the repetition of forms of identity, and the expression of what substantiates form. The deconstructive experimentation can be hierarchically classified into post-signifiante forms, post-form, and post structures, which births a more elaborate and intricate classification system. Each level of classification integrates the form of minimalism and the Derrida deconstructive composition principles, with the interpretation of the researcher to establish meaning and concept. The tools used to analyze, and classify the symbols expressed both domestically and internationally by type are the pie positioning maps, along with the positioning maps that implement an indexed and gauged standard. Through this type of systematic classification we are able to conclude that the symbols expressed with the tendencies of minimalism needto be simplified for the purpose of efficient expression and symbolism, while at the same time, as a corresponding concept, an experimental deconstructive symbol must reveal an affinity to reject conventional framework to reveal a variety of expressions while realistically being able to communicate with the expansion of analysis and meaning,and the freedom of form, not the distortion of the essence of what is to be expressed. Whatever the symbol may be designated to express, the symbol must retain essential vitality, and must be efficiently expressed to the desired recipient, while providing a platform for liberal analysis during the processes of achieving expression of the form in question. In conclusion, the minimalistic simplification, the concept of deconstructive experimentation, and hierarchic classification can recapitulate a creative methodology of identity systems that correspond to the digital age of today.
Key Words
도상, 미니멀리즘, 해체주의, 심볼, iconography, minimalism, deconstruction, symbol
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