Como se constrói uma casa: moving and interactive typography in digital and audio-visual environments

Authors

  • Alexandre Catarino Oliveira Martins Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte
  • Bruno Mendes da Silva Universidade do Algarve

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2022.205278

Keywords:

Typography, Text, Moving image, Digital media-arts

Abstract

This study aims to briefly analyze the semantic and aesthetic role of the written word and typography between the end of the 19th century and the present, paying particular attention to its perception and use in audiovisual and digital systems. Analyzing a wide range of periods, works, and artists, we aim to understand the potential of typography in the contemporary artistic discourse and explore the visual, dynamic, and interactive components in modern and contemporary typography. This study also aims to find new possibilities for using typography as an artistic component in a computational and videographic system. We will show one of our first experimental works in this field, a short stop-motion film we developed to assess original ways of converging text, image, and movement in an audio-visual and digital environment.

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Author Biographies

  • Alexandre Catarino Oliveira Martins, Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte

    PhD student in Digital Media-Arts, with a Master’s degree in Heritage, Arts, and Cultural Tourism. Currently collaborates with Direção Regional de Cultura do Norte (DRCN), providing support in the revision and edition of the “Património a Norte” collection and with Cine-Clube de Avanca in the organization of its archive. Researcher at Centro de Investigação Transdisciplinar – “Cultura, Espaço e Memória” (CITCEM) and at Centro de Investigação em Artes e Comunicação (CIAC). His research fields include Film Studies and Digital Arts.

  • Bruno Mendes da Silva, Universidade do Algarve

    Post-doctoral fellow in Communication, Culture, and Arts at the University of Algarve (UAlg). PhD in Literature and Cinema by UAlg. Vice-coordinator of the Research Centre for Arts and Communication. Coordinator of the Communication Sciences Area at the UAlg School of Education and Communication (ESEC) of UAlg. Director of Rotura – Revista de Comunicação, Cultura e Artes. He has participated in 22 scientific projects (as responsible researcher or research member) and is the author of several books, book chapters, and other scientific publications (around 80).

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Published

2023-02-11

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Vol. 11 No. 2 (2022)

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Como se constrói uma casa: moving and interactive typography in digital and audio-visual environments. (2023). Novos Olhares, 11(2), 49-60. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2238-7714.no.2022.205278