A specialization of both Artifact_Generic and InformationBearingThing. Each instance of this collection is an artifact from which information is extracted by viewing it (note that a viewer may need to be familiar with an appropriate set of interpretive conventions in order to do this). Examples of VisualInformationBearingThing include handwritten letters, newspapers, sculptures, television sets, and neon signs. (Thus, the information content of VisualInformationBearingThings may or may not be propositional in nature.) In the proper conditions, instances of VisualInformationBearingThing produce instances of VisualImage (which, unlike instances of VisualInformationBearingThing, are instances of Event). For example, if one shines light on a photograph, a characteristic VisualImage is produced. Likewise, if one electrifies a neon sign, a VisualImage is produced. A notable specialization of this collection is StillImageSource -- sources of VisualImage that do not move (which thus includes all the examples of VisualInformationBearingThing given above except for the television set). See also the predicate visuallyDepicts.