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A Phenomenological Reading of the Urban Sketchers Manifesto through Mikel Dufrenne: From Representation to Presentation in In-Situ Drawing

Author(s) Mr. Dionisius Bowo Purnomo, IMade Gede Arimbawa, INengah Wirakesuma, Iwan Gunawan
Country Indonesia
Abstract Abstract: This article advances a phenomenological reading of the Urban Sketchers (USk) practice by interpreting the Urban Sketchers Manifesto through Mikel Dufrenne’s theory of aesthetic experience. We argue that USk is best understood as presenting an event in which the world appears as a “felt presence” rather than as a representation of imitation. Methodologically, we develop a structured textual and conceptual analysis of the Manifesto’s eight principles, elaborating a three-moment process, Perceptum–Affectum–Imaginatum, to explain how in-situ drawing discloses meaning through the interplay of perception, embodied affect, and imaginative synthesis. Results show: (1) each Manifesto point operates as a pathway of presentation; (2) the experiencing body (Merleau-Ponty) and tacit knowledge (Polanyi) are central to USk’s authenticity; (3) intersubjective co-perception in sketchwalks constitutes a communal aesthetics of care; and (4) pedagogical and practice-based research implications follow from presence-driven assessment rubrics. We discuss strengths (activation of presence, ethical attentiveness), limitations (environmental constraints, risk of romanticism, digital mediation), and future directions (comparative studies with photo-based drawing, “presence metrics,” and interdisciplinary applications). We conclude that USk repositions drawing as a mode of being-in-the-world that “shows the world, one drawing at a time” as an ontological claim about presence.
Keywords Urban Sketching, Mikel Dufrenne, phenomenology, aesthetic experience, presentation, aesthetics
Field Arts
Published In Volume 7, Issue 6, November-December 2025
Published On 2025-11-11
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i06.60044
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