Came across this intriguing junk sculpture outside the little angel theatre in Islington. Might be a good year 6 or 7 project based on the question: 'If objects were alive, what environmental issues would they protest about?". They could then create figures from recycled objects protesting in the form of a group installation, drawing inspiration from artists such as Yinka Shonibare, Richard Wentworth and Matthew Barney.
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Came across this interesting garden sculpture near stoke newington. Would make a fun mini pop up garden project. Ekaterina Panikanova is an artist that paints on books to create large scale installations. Responding to her work and that of Chuck Close in a collaborative piece might be an interesting combination. http://www.thisiscolossal.com/2013/06/book-paintings-by-ekaterina-panikanova/ A fun idea using staples to create a cityscape installation and could be a good start to a workshop of micro landscapes. The Making of Ephemicropolis from Peter Root on Vimeo. An interesting way to get pupils to understand key points or story lines of a book or play is to get them to create dramatic interpretations from the original text. By limiting them to creating scenes through silhouette photographs. The use of silhouettes was a common Victorian artistic method and the following photographs from the US from the early 1900s show how amateur photographers used them to create stories. Preparation Teachers could prepare a number of key extracts from the book/play that have strong descriptive vocabulary and a sense of action. Tasks A quick research tasks for pupils could be to find as many images and illustrative examples of the play from the Internet to build up a visual picture that can be used as reference and displayed in the classroom. Pupils should also be able to identify key characters, scenary and the context within the story I.e mise en scene. This should assist them in staging and photographing their dramatic moments as silhouettes. They should plan for: - poses and still action shots of scene(over dramatic as opposed to subtle) - costumes or props - background scenery if applicable Set Up A simple white backdrop and with diffused lights shone onto it should provide a good backlit scene to photograph. Pupils can then pose in front of it and will appear as silhouettes provided they are not in front of the lights. Artist Reference Lotte Reiniger is an animator from the early 1900s and worth looking at. Kara Walker makes silhouette and collages about slavery and racism. You can reference early Victorian silhouette portraits to give a context. Extension
This project could involve pupils creating collages that could be placed on acetate and projected onto a larger surface and traced for a permanent display. Or, like Kara Walker, a temporary installation could be created using an OHP. If facilities allow, the silhouettes couldl be animated using iStop Motion and made into short clips. Otherwise, simple gif animations might be an option. |
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