Drawing in the dark: involuntary drawing

Authors

  • Tatiana Lotierzo UnB
  • Susan Moris

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2025.195562

Keywords:

Involuntary drawing, Motion capture drawing, Automatism, The bodily unconscious, Vision and subjectivity

Abstract

Susan Morris approaches the subject of involuntary drawing from the point of view of an artist trying to make a visual record of that which escapes or exceeds deliberate action or conscious intention. In this paper Morris discusses her own work in the context of a wider consideration of the theme, which touches on the work of other artists as well as the writing of psychoanalysts, philosophers and art historians.

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Published

2025-11-20

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Section

T.I.R. - Translations, Interviews and Reviews

How to Cite

Moris, Susan. 2025. “Drawing in the Dark: Involuntary Drawing”. Translated by Tatiana Lotierzo. GIS - Gesture, Image and Sound - Anthropology Journal 10 (1): e195562. https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.2525-3123.gis.2025.195562.