tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000929217904654420.post413098006786372234..comments2024-03-21T07:35:27.148+00:00Comments on CREATIVE TALLIS: A Planning Day at Rivington PlaceJonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04965340477336984223noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1000929217904654420.post-25646215843454251312009-03-14T22:19:00.000+00:002009-03-14T22:19:00.000+00:00Here are some thoughts about the summer event and ...Here are some thoughts about the summer event and beyond prompted by our visit to Rivington Place this afternoon. It would be good to know if any of you think they are worth pursuing:<BR/><BR/>1. Rather than one event, perhaps we could arrange a series of happenings/installations around school over a period of evenings.<BR/>2. The purpose of these installations would be to disrupt expectations/conventions about what a school/classroom/learning experience is<BR/>3. For example, we could work with an actor to play the role of a teacher but the content and style of the lesson would be really surprising<BR/>4. We could provide unusual, themed tours of the building (a bit like the various tours around the city for tourists)<BR/>5. We could install art works (video, sound pieces, drawings, photographs etc.) in bizarre places - teachers' pigeon holes in the staffroom, lockers, on the ceiling - and supply a map of their locations<BR/>6. We could have a buffet meal (a bit like the original idea) in which the food is symbolic or colour coded - I once attended an event in Texas called the annual Spamarama in which every meal was made from processed meat, even the ice cream!<BR/>7. We could employ an artist to draw versions of events that occur over the course of a particular period of time on the walls of the building - a kind of graphic novel of what's happening that slowly emerges over time<BR/>8. We could record snippets of lessons, attach them to a keyboard or drum pad and encourage people to remix them<BR/>9. We could create a digital orchestra in which visitors create music together using only digital devices (iPhones etc)<BR/><BR/>Can you think of anything else? Do you think these and other ideas might work together? Do you like the idea of an event taking place across the school building rather than just in one room? Answers on a postcard please...Jonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04965340477336984223noreply@blogger.com