Ideas
International Citizens…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/8326279@N08/sets/72157604054534201/ The white is the stadium, the rings are the athelets, their colours are from their national flags. Taking the colours and symbols in OUR flags of origin and identity we created individual fusions. Representing race, nationality, religion, and personal interests.These will become the building blocks of our Olympic Pavilion – A 3d Archive of White City Stories [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Olympic colours
Dimitri Launder is now working at the schools creating sculptural objects that will house the White City Story Archives. The children are using the colours of the flags of the countries their families come from, and exploring concentric circles to form the objects. I found this online animation artwork commissioned by Tate to celebrate the [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Some pictures
Here are some lovely pictures, found on this website: www.deltatango.freeserve.co.uk/amusements.html
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Question Bank
This is the place for Creative Partners and teachers to store their questions about the topic, White City (the exhibition site, the 1908 Olympics and the area circa 1908 and since). We do know the answers to most of these, but this is simply for storing questions.
- What was there before the exhibition?
- Does anything of the pavilions [...]
Questions at the heart
We felt it is important that the Creative Partners are not seen as experts, teaching the children about history and culture, but that they show how they do research in their own creative work, inspire and guide the children to learn research skills, and help the children in turn to inspire others to do research. [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( 1 so far )Themes and Metaphors
In the planning meeting of Creative Partners we started by looking at the image of the symmetrical White City exhibition with its extraordinary pavilions. We discovered that there is a wonderful linking of themes and metaphors across this project.
Concentric circles
- Thinking about the starting point and limits of the exploration in this project, we drew circles [...]
