I see images

Abstract

Linguistic approaches restrict possible alternatives to engage audiences in other ways of knowing and include other communities of practice. Arts-based research allowed me to combine my roles as a researcher and artist to describe, interpret and make meaning of the mentors and my experiences as a critical friend from our work together during two participatory action research studies. Crossing the boundary to communicate knowledge production through a variety of visual arts media, "I see images", is a collection of artworks that reify my growing understanding, ongoing learning and identity development as a critical friend. Curated to explore the processes, context and influences that underpin the artworks, my exhibition, "I see images" provides an experience that engages the audience in visual, linguistic and auditory ways of knowing. Furthermore it provides the audience with a unique insight into my cognitive processes of material and symbolic use to create the artworks.