Workshops
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 )Kevin Graal’s notes from his workshops
1. Roughly, what was the structure of your sessions? Broadly speaking, I adopted the same structure for each of the 3 schools: [1] Introductory teambuilding games & summary of project’s themes through riddles & songs. Emphasis on entente cordiale/friendly agreement between nations and how this can be reflected in the culturally diverse make-up of the children [...]
Read Full Post | Make a Comment ( None so far )Sara Haq’s notes from the first workshops
1. Roughly, what was the structure of your two sessions? (How did you spend your time etc)
DAY 01 -
Morning: Introduction – me and them, the project, the idea of archive – what they were working towards i.e. a personal archive.
Showed examples of a concertina (the post-it notes I got fold out [...]
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 [...]
The first workshop is next week!
Here are some practical details about the first workshop led by Sara Haq:
Monday 4th Feb, all day, St Stephens Primary
Tuesday 5th Feb, all day, Wendell Park Primary
Wednesday 6th Feb, all day, Wormholt Park Primary
Sara will use a range of strategies to get children asking questions and finding out about questions.
Sara is coming with an archive [...]
