An altar is a narrative event. The believers are narratively approaching it to express their fears, sufferings, wishes and hopes. When one stands before an altar there is a need to communicate, but at the same time there is also a capacity whereby one can express oneself aesthetically.
From the icon to the altarpiece, altars bring together different ways of representing things; each one of them tells a specific thing or event in a precise and different way. In this space, we can work with the symbolic qualities or characteristics of the figures represented. If not, it is also possible to work on a sequence by narrating the exemplary life of the character and his or her sufferings. And why not, it is also possible to punish the vices and excesses concealed by that exemplary life.
When working on an ideology-free view, in this case when working on illustration, we can achieve a different, amazing perspective by adopting the aesthetic approaches of our traditional cultures.
The building of an altar will give the participants in this workshop the chance to work on various aspects: the non-sequential narrative of a character, symbolic register and, among all, aesthetics and colour.
This workshop will be a place to encourage fun, reflection, personal creativity and to create together. In it, we will be proclaiming the need to experiment with traditional language.
Methodology
In the initial sessions of the workshop we will be focussing on the reflection on and imitation of graphical representativeness.
We will start with scapulars and amulets by way of introduction to the subject of the symbol, and we will be immersing ourselves in our iconographic heritage, as well as in its psychological meaning.
We will then go on to work on the narrative models that have a religious origin, like the Russian popular prints (lubki) and the ex votos; after studying their structures and subjects, we will then proceed to create our own stories.
We will be continuing with our reflection by creating a calendar of saints’ days, and from it we will be choosing a person, animal or whatever we admire.
After performing the necessary sanctification, we will move on to narrating his/her life and miracles.
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