Computers as a Vehicle for Integrated Creativity
Joan R. Truckenbrod · Leonardo · 1990
New directions in artistic expression and communication design are multidimensional, integrating different modes of human experience. Artists are exploring the potential of interactive art forms facilitated by computer systems that are used to integrate sound, images, text and animation. Designers are expanding the traditional elements of design to include voice, music, movement and time. Thus artists and designers are creating multidimensional experiences that weave together a complex set of experiences. Artists and designers integrate music, sound or voice with drawings, typography, photographs and movement in time. The vehicle for this integrated creativity is a computer studio. Thus, the computer is an essential component of art and design education today and will be increasingly so in the future. Computer systems provide a natural vehicle for teaching students design principles, composition and color theory. Computers can be used in a spontaneous, fluid manner for exploring the visual dynamics of a composition. Increasingly, students are becoming familiar with how computers work and can use them effectively in the learning process. The significant potential of computers, however, is in the stimulation of creative thinking and in the creation of new forms of artistic