‘SHAN-SHUI-HUA’ – TRADITIONAL CHINESE LANDSCAPE PAINTING REINTERPRETED AS MOVING DIGITAL VISUALISATION

This paper is based on a practice-led research project and includes the demonstration of video art. It investigates how East Asian traditions of landscape art can be understood through reference to the condition of Western contemporary visual culture. Proceeding from Chinese thought and aesthetics the traditional concept of landscape painting ‘Shan-Shui-Hua’ is recreated in modern digital visualisation practice to explore form and question linear perspective that aims to represent realistic space.