Final deconstruction as part of the Adaptive Play tests

For the final part of the Adaptive play test I asked my FdA Animation and Multimedia Design students to deconstruct Hogarth's Marriage A-la-Mode: 2, The Tête à Tête (1743-5)



Students found the task quite difficult this time around and had to be prompted to reveal their thoughts about the meaning of the painting. As time went on the conversation became lighter and the students started to open up and discuss the imagery used. Some intersting comments were made and it was good to see an improvement in their understanding of the task.



The deconstructions done in the real world and in Second Life gave them a good grounding in Semiotics allowing them to approach their work from new perspectives.




The students will explore semiotics with much more detail later on in their course, specifically within the History of Design and Visual Culutre module.