Grafika jako narzędzie badawcze. Dwugłos o matrycy

In the article “Graphic art as a cognitive tool. Two voices upon the matrix”, Sebastian Dudzik from the perspective of an art historian, and Marek Glinkowski as an artist, analyse a range of issues constituent for the field of graphic art. Presenting the potential of research rarely used in the discipline of graphic art, they consider its crucial strategies, attitudes and categories. The matrix takes the most important position, the process of creating the matrix, the use of creative strategies and analysis of printed images as a record of cognitive processes. The graphic artist as a researcher and observer, his basic tools and their possibilities are presented here in a wide historical, contemporary, media and scientific context. The graphic matrix and multiplication as analytic tools are considered on the basis of the artistic experience of Marek Glinkowski. Matrix and multiplication are treated as cognitive tools used in the field of media and in social and cultural contexts. These considerations serve as contributions to further discussion, which become more and more audible beyond the narrow group of professionals, this recognition owing also to the propagation of art based research attitudes.