creating and investigating intertexts

All images relate to other cultural texts such as books, poems, music, and, of course, other images (Wilson, 2003). Images draw from other sources, copy them, parody them, and, in turn influence other cultural texts. Today, students are familiar with this basic idea through the Internet. With computers, intertextuality is known as hypertext, where pressing on blue words, and often on pictures, immediately takes the user to a related screen.

Duncum, P.. (2010).  Seven Principles for Visual Culture Education. Art Education, 63(1), 6-10. 

Visually deconstructing or representing image/artifact's antecedents can be a great way to get students to think about context in artwork.  Duncum's example (below) shows how students can literally physically connect ideas and imagery by creating intertexts.

This can also be done in a more high tech (though not highly complicated) manner using Inspiration or Popplet. In the example below  I’ve attempted to create an intertext which traces 
the antecedents of the work of artist Fred Wilson.  Wilson is located in the center and around 
the periphery are visual and conceptual connections I’ve made to his work.

the entire intertext - as you can see the connections just keep on going

deconstructing the visual connotations of one of his pieces

deconstructing the conceptual connections with objects and collections in his work
(look at all the connections among and between ideas and images!)

How might you incorporate the idea of

intertextuality in your classroom?