Cross Analysis of Gestalt Design Principles and Barnard's reading

This post is to ad lib on the Modernism reading and how I recently employed one of the five themes in my work.

Barnard discusses the second feature of modernism, montage, as essential cut and paste juxtaposing of unrelated objects to create a cohesive, balanced piece of work. I recently used this technique to explore the Gestalt Design Principles in the context of spatial relationships. Through the use of unrelated elements, I investigated the process of perceived spatial relationships where none existed before. This technique yielding some interesting results and was very enlightening.