Deconstructive Montage and Virtual Reality

Deconstructive Montage and Virtual

Reality

Deconstructive Montage and Virtual Reality

Deconstructive montage refers to the visual strategy involving implementation of a well-known image and subverting its meaning through the concept of juxtaposition. Data artists such as John Heartfield mainly use this concept. The emergence of photo-editing tools such as Photoshop enabling downloading of images and redeployed through the internet continues to facilitate the development of deconstructive montage. Virtual reality strategy focuses on the integration of unclear images, information/messages, and directives to the development of a clear meaning of the image and its relationship with reality encounters in the modern society (Jenkins 2006, p. 208). This relates to the implementation of critical meaning behind the development of the image and relevant message.

The modern society continues to experience massive number of digital manipulation of images thus the use of montage as a visual technique. Photomontage refers to the process of combination of picture for the purposes of re-contextualization or construction of new meaning for the image. The main objective of this research exercise is to offer extensive exploration of two major visual strategies in relation to photomontage: deconstructive and virtual reality strategies.

It is ideal to note that virtual reality and deconstructive montage integrate every single piece of photograph and mingle them with the aim of making vital meaning. It is also critical to note that there is implementation of different techniques in the re-contextualization of the pictures in relation to making new meaning while implementing the two montage strategies (Jenkins 2006, p. 211).

In the context of deconstructive montage, there is the essence of the development of the pictures through an array of elements between the images which might not make any relation or supportive significant to the audiences. Despite the existence of this notion, juxtaposition enables montage to deal with cut and paste contradictory pieces and the concept of visual language. This enables the achievement or development of new meaning of the images. It is ideal to note that mass media images were put together, though fake and clumsy, are productive in the production of documentary picture in relation to history (Jenkins 2006, p. 214). This enables the audiences to look at the existing images and grab its contextual meaning immediately. They also have the opportunity to relate its meaning to the current events in the society. This is an indication that fragments and ruptures in relation to deconstructive montage have the ability to appeal to the audiences through political or social aspects. There is also element of fun in the development of images through the application of the deconstructive montage strategy thus minimal aesthetic aspect of the image. This indicates that deconstructive montage strategies are deconstructing and destroying the canon of any element considered art.