26th September
Tomorrow is day 6
Homework:
Explore the provocations website /

Notices: Production
Signed:

Exhibition: Identifying your Issue

For the past week and a bit,  we have been preparing you for exhibition by showing you a whole lot of different ways that people express themselves.  This was to increase your understanding of our central idea:

Our next step is to identify your issue you feel some passion towards, so your teachers can place you into groups of 3.

To do this, we are going to carry out a silent discussion. What is a silent discussion? Around the Room are nine large sheets with a large idea on each:

• Children
• Economics
• Technology
• Environment
• Animals
• Cultural
• Health
• Religion/Beliefs
• People/Families
• Education
• Science

Students were divided around each sheet and had several minutes to write down local, national or international issues under that heading (eg. poverty under 'Economics'). The sheets were then swapped, and the group wrote on a new sheet. All this was to be done in silence.

Once the sheets were full, they were put up around the walls, and in silence, students went around reading the sheets. The purpose was to find issues they wanted to inquire into for exhibition. The purpose of the silence is so students wouldn't be influenced by others because they needed to choose something they were passionate about themselves.

The final step was for each student to write down a first choice topic area and then two issues under it, then the same with a second choice.

An example:

Economics

• poverty
• Cheating in professional sport

Technology

• Artificial Intelligence
• The gap between rich and poor countries' access to technology

Block 1
informer
15m Shared book - The Outsiders

PAT MATHS

Passwords are in the filing cabinet, about 5th tray down...


Block 2
Literacy


Writing / Publishng


Block 3

Maths

IXL - 20m

Rest of block students can explore the Exhibition Website if their eportfolio is 100% up to date for the latest summative task.

Block 4
Teaming

Exhibition - Portrail JR

Exhibition - How We Express Ourselves - Can art cause change?

1. Explore JR's website - Look at the 'Best of' section where others have participated in the InsideOut Project:
http://www.insideoutproject.net/en/best-of

2. Brainstorm some issues that you think could be portrayed through JR's style of Art.
Use the Padlet below to record your ideas:

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3. Create your own protest against your issue.
Use Google Drawing to present your images and reflect on your chosen issue.
- Use explore to find a wall image and import.
- Find or take portrait images and paste this onto your wall.
- Insert a text box and reflect on your chosen issue and how your portraits protest against this.

Example:

Exhibition Issues

Art - Axhibition

Exhibition - How We Express Ourselves - Can art change the world?

Street Art vs Graffiti/Tagging

1. Street Art is constructive, Graffiti Tagging is destructive.

2. Street Art adorns the urban landscape, Graffiti Tagging scars it and accelerates urban decay.

3. Street Art stretches your mind, Graffiti Tagging is a slap in your face.

4. Street Art is about the audience, Graffiti Tagging is about the tagger.

5. Street Art says "Have you thought about this?", Graffiti Tagging says "I must exist because I see my name".

6. Street Art was done with a smile, Graffiti Tagging was done with a scowl.

7. Street Art was done with an outstretched hand, Graffiti Tagging was done with an outstretched finger. 

8. Street Art takes skill, Graffiti Tagging takes balls.

9. We mourn losing Street Art and celebrate losing Graffiti Tagging. 

Do you agree or disagree with these statements? Justify your opinion.

French street artist JR uses his camera to show the world its true face, by pasting photos of the human face across massive canvases. At TED2011, he makes his audacious TED Prize wish: to use art to turn the world inside out.

Street artist JR made a wish in 2011: Join me in a worldwide photo project to show the world its true face. One year after making his TED Prize wish, he shows how giant posters of human faces, pasted in public, are connecting communities, making change, and turning the world inside out.

Brainstorm some issues that you think could be portrayed through JR's style of Art.

Exhibition

Exhibition Link 2017