tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000929217904654420.post1765449949500969211..comments2024-03-21T07:35:27.148+00:00Comments on CREATIVE TALLIS: Food For ThoughtJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04965340477336984223noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000929217904654420.post-53492954172578324712009-03-30T16:34:00.000+01:002009-03-30T16:34:00.000+01:00I really like the idea of the "tour walk" around t...I really like the idea of the "tour walk" around tallis but maybe make it more personal - I mean give students the opportunity to mark this place with their names and memories. Just posters with a sentence or even a word that they associate with the place, i.e. canteen: "I've been told off so many times for jumping the queue!" or "No tuna sandwiches - AGAIN!!!"<BR/>What do you think? Would that work?Danutahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491999002758744404noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000929217904654420.post-6733881611913523022009-03-22T17:30:00.000+00:002009-03-22T17:30:00.000+00:00I don't know if it's bad form to comment on your o...I don't know if it's bad form to comment on your own posts but I've had a few ideas about things we could do in the summer with regard to changing people's perceptions of the building. Here goes:<BR/><BR/>Design a themed walking tour of Thomas Tallis - pointing out sites of interest and historical importance, interesting flora and fauna, art and culture etc. Signs on landmarks with pictures and text<BR/><BR/>A photographic exhibition showing camera obscura pictures made using classrooms as cameras along the concourse plus creative writing about relationships in this space<BR/><BR/>An amusing fake lecture delivered by an ex student about a bizarre body of knowledge containing ridiculous and unprovable "facts" using a variety of visual aids - a kind of upside down lesson<BR/><BR/>Dancing on the stairs to the sound of a digital orchestra<BR/><BR/>Art works installed in lockers and pigeon holes<BR/><BR/>A ceiling wallpapered with subtly altered text book cover designs (like the ones Joe Orton made from library books)<BR/><BR/>A corridor dusted for finger prints tracing our physical connection with the building and its walls<BR/><BR/>Film projections of students playing on the concourse, playing on the concourse (if you see what I mean) but shown after dark<BR/><BR/>Students wearing t-shirts with provocative quotations about the nature of creativity<BR/><BR/>A series of radio broadcasts in the common room from guest presenters discussing the value of inter-disciplinary creative learning - podcasts published on Tallistube<BR/><BR/>The official launch of the school's new generative graphic identity with an interactive display<BR/><BR/>A classroom turned into a library of learning - artefacts representing the social history of learning at Thomas Tallis School - photos, slideshow, old films, books, publications, text books, interviews with ex students etc.<BR/><BR/>That's all I've come up with so far. I rejected the idea of making a city farm on site for a week as too impractical! Looking forward to seeing what you lot come up with...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965340477336984223noreply@blogger.com