Dr El-Lizzy Dizzy and the Great Shape-Mote Escape by Melvin Tan

Black Square Co. Presents:

Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy and the Great Shape Mote Escape! Math and Design Exhibition 2010

CONTENTS

Constructivism & Suprematism Melvin Tan & Steve Lim Astrid’s History of Graphic design www.gee-o-metric2010.com.sg Copyright © December 2010 Black Square Co. Telephone: 1800-4582 Stock photograph of cover from www.justfocus.org. All other photography, layout, texts and illustrations are done/made up by Melvin Tan & Steve Lim. No need for a Biblography. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, by any information storage and retrieval system, without the written permission of the copyright owner.

Part 1: Problem Sums 7 Getting It Right 10 Part 2: Infusing Art and Mathematics 13 Attracting Those Little Things 14 It’s Story Time! 18 Characters From Simmy Land 20 Part 3: The Annexe Hall 23 Suprematist Section 24 Tectonic Wing 26 Factura Wing 28 Construction Wing 30 Part 4: At A Glance 35 Narrowing Down the Info 36 Archetypes We Target 38 Budget & Dates 40 Sponsors 42 Problem Sums: Answer Key 44 Reflection 46

FOREWARD

We are Black Square Co. Pte Ltd, curators of educational events focusing on art and design for children and youth. You probably are more familiar with our critically acclaimed past events in the asian region: ‘The Modern Day Dada: Lady Gaga’ (2003). ‘Tadanori Yokoo is Not A Food’ (2005) and also, ‘Hello, Are you a Singa-Paul Rand?’ (2007). It is flattering that this year; the Science Centre Singapore has expressed its interest to establish a meaningful partnership with us. This year, they reserved its most sought-after ‘June Holidays Slot’ for an event that we are of liberty to organize. This actually came as not a surprise for us. We have noted its past ‘June Holiday Slot’ events had received lower than expected turnouts and tapering accreditations due to the less than desirable feedbacks from local schools and visitors.

The ‘Walking With Dinosaurs in 3D!’ event led by Evergreen Events Co. back in 2008 saw poor reception as various religious institutions have urged schools to boycott the event entirely because of (quoted)“its satanic and blasphemous endorsement towards evolution.” In 2009, the event, ‘Egyptian Mummys and Pottery Exhibition’ By Events R’Us Pte Ltd was criticized by parents as “an utter waste of their children’s time” because the Egyptian Civilization was not in the Cambridge O-Level Syllabus. This year is going to be different. We have planned a great show for 2010. This year, teaming up with Science Centre Singapore, we have come up with an exciting event/ exhibition infusing art and design with mathematics. To be more specific, we are using Constructivist and Suprematist theories to help students appreciate the forms and capacities of Geometry, which is an academically relevant subject. We hope upon learning our intentions and knowing what we have installed, you would be compelled to come and experience it yourself !

You probably are familiar with our critically acclaimed past events in the asian region: ‘The Modern Day Dada: Lady Gaga’, ‘Tadanori Yokoo is Not A Food’ and ‘Hello, Are you a Singa-Paul Rand?’.

Fondest,

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Examining Examinations & The Classroom Conundrum Chapter 1 In This Section: Problem Sums Getting It Right

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Mathematics Paper 1 Ordinary Level Crambridge Examination 1hr 30mins

1. Do not flip the booklet util the examiners have told you to do so. 2. Calculators are allowed in this examination. But they would be of absolutely no use. 3. There are 4 problem sums with diagrams. Answer all problems. 4. This is not a real examination paper but an examination of the education system.

Problem sums Question 1: Among students in Singapore today, there is an evident side effect caused by the propagation of today’s extensive education schema. It’s the desensitization and the falling appreciation for learning in Singapore. It’s called ‘Scholastic Indifference And Nullification.’ or better known as SIAN. 1 in 8 students suffer from SIAN. The post-cursor trends of SIAN students are academic failure, depression and mild obesity. If schools here are unable to reduce the SIAN pandemic, how can Singapore succeed as a hub of academic excellence in the future? (25 Marks) 10 Years Down the Road

a - amount of syllubus we remember. b - amount we forget/irrelevant to our career. Question 2 In 12 June 2010, five student representatives from ‘neighborhood schools’ (non value-added academic institutions) gathered at the speakers’ corner at Hong Lim Park, denouncing the current structure of their education system. They seek the support for the narrowing down of school curriculum for the young people in Singapore because they truly believe that less curriculum would help children learn more. Cramming the young generation with impractical and excessive science and math would eventually make people lose the joy of learning and the appreciation of the subjects. Unfortunately, there was a lackluster response from the general public who were mostly just passing by to eat at the Japanese food across the road at Central Mall. Will their cries for an academic revolution bring change? (25 Marks)

Venn Diagram: Relationship between the Math Syllubus and Learning Math

Math Syllubus

Learning Math

Question 3 It is not within our control to change these human factories/schools for the betterment of our future generation because we are not the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Education is trying their best and are not to be blamed. We as an education event curator choose to help society and tackle the problem in todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s learning environment. We have time and time again, show through our past events, that we believe that by the propagation of art, in any form, has the ability to throw fresh angles on the syllabus taught, rekindling the love for the subjects and discover meaning in a childâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;sâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; studies. But how much can we reach out to this audience if the institutions are not receptive of our new ways of learning? (25 Marks) c d a

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Question 4 Basic geometric shapes is an evident stigma of our classroom academic system we grow up in where everything we need to know to do well is a standardized book of the syllabus across the board. Children are introduced to basic shapes early for the propagation of more advanced geometry in the later years. When they are in primary three, children learn to count sides and parallel lines to differentiate a triangle from rhombus from a trapezium. They learn how the sums of total angles within different shapes differ. Further down two to four years, with these understanding of geometry, they are expected to find out the degree of angles from complex forms and later on in subjects like trigonometry, the lengths of sides. When they continue even higher up, they find themselves looking so hard into the numbers and algebra within the forms that the form itself is never considered at all. a. What then, would the lines and the space it encloses mean at all? (10 Marks) b. How can a student see a shape in its original austerity? (15 Marks)

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“We need to look to the underlying foundations of Suprematist and Constructivist designs in Russia in the early 1930s.”

Geometry is the topic in mathematics concerned with the properties and relations of points, lines, surfaces, solids, and many other things. Metaphorically, the essence of what we learn is analyzing the corners of a room, or formulating the algorithm of your kitchen tiles. Pointless. We define a circle as a shape with no sides and whose circumference consist of points equidistant from it’s centre, rather than defining it as a round austere, smooth form, that has an eternal, ethereal and uninterrupted personality. As such, geometry is a dread.

‘Tadanori Yokoo is Not A Food’ exhibition in 2005 and also, ‘Hello, Are you a Singa-Paul Rand?’ poster design competition in 2007. Why? Graphic Design establishes a close relationship with everything external. It has established a firm understanding for visual harmony. The many rules in each movement are useful concepts that can be adopted into dozens of non-related matters ranging from Forensic Science to Hydroponic Farming. In Redford, Edinburg, a man with Bi-Polar Disorder, Louis Bernard, sworn to reporters that the Golden Rule set by Joseph Miller Brockman of the International Typographic Style saved him from an alien abduction after he was found naked in the middle of the streets bleeding from his cheeks and ankles.

We seek to make children relearn their understanding of what a circle or a triangle is, if necessary. The saturated syllabus is in need of a much-needed breathing space, a chance where the familiar forms can have a place to reestablish themselves beyond such technical boundaries.

We have come up with a new way in which design concepts can help to make life better. We need to look to the underlying foundations of Suprematist and Constructivist designs in Russia in the early 1930s. This was a period where many new rules were set to redefining a new start for a post-Czar, newly communist state. There was a need to establish a new standard, a new landscape of visual representation away from the upper class snobbish styles. Instead, there was a passion to create a more accessible, pragmatic way of displaying visuals.

In our case, we have always looked towards the masters of the art and design of the early years and down to contemporary times. We used them in our events such as

The suprematists see shapes as wholesome as it is by itself. The geometry of the shapes are no more of a mathematical concern than it’s visual practical capacity.

dagger when overlaid over another form. We observe very strong symbolic (occasionally anthropomorphic) representations of geometric shapes depicted in narratives to bring their political regime to the masses. We also note the use of overlapping shapes to simulate movement and depth in a 2 dimensional plane. This is of a different technicality from the spiraling technical aspect of geometry in our curriculum.

The secondary school students whose advanced geometry in their syllabus not only fit the theme of the event, they are ready to take in knowledge of historical issues and can relate better to the concepts that we are going to educate them. Primary school students are our secondary audience. They would be the group who would be drawn to the games and fun activities we have installed for them. It is never too early to be reminded of the joys of shapes and we would make our event simple enough to allow them to also have a Although a problem through the wide trajectory of students, great time exploring as well. Most children and youths are we mainly target the students who have geometry in their energetic and learn fast anyway. They learn better through syllabus because that way, we inevitably earn ourselves the the notion of play but yet their ability to maintain high level appropriate support from the parents and schools. There of concentration over a long period of time is often not there are 356 Primary, Secondary and Colleges in Singapore. in events such as this. It is important to structure and design Altogether they house close to 500 000 students. If one third our event in such a way that the children would have more of the students attend this, earnings for the event would go than enough options to meddle around, playing and learning over a million Singapore Dollars. This does not even include all at the same time. the teachers and casual visitors.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;If one third of the students attend this, earnings for the event would go over a million Singapore Dollars.â&#x20AC;?

Learn Less, Learn More.

Chapter 2 In This Section:

Infusing Art and Mathematics Attracting Those Little Things Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Story Time! Characters From Simmy Land

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Infusing Art mathematics in art mathematics

This year, we begin with a rather preliminary and introductory event, to get students sit up and notice shapes around them. This is done through revolving the event around the three constructivist rules, Tectonica, Factura and Construction and the rules of Suprematism. After establishing a relationship between our target audience of students with the characters and concept of the event, judging from the turnout, we would decide if we could make this Geometric event a series. Hence, we came up with a more generic title on top of the current, ‘Dr. El Lizzy-Dizzy and the Great Shape Mote Escape!’. ‘Gee-O-Metric’ would be addressing the event on a series basis while ‘Dr. El LizzyDizzy and the Great Shape Mote Escape!’ would be the specific name of particular year’s event. Also to note, if ‘Dr. El Lizzy-Dizzy and the Great Shape Mote Escape!’

proves successful, we would plan for a second and third installment. The trilogy would be as follows. See right for the proposed line-up. >>

2010 - 2012 Line-Up

Because of the scientific and mathematical nature of the arts movement, the technical requirements for our event and our decided target audience, we find the location of Science Centre Singapore fits the event like a glove.

1 Gee-O-Metric 2010: Dr. El Lizzy-Dizzy and the Great Shape Mote Escape!

Science centre was built to house scientific and technological exhibits allowing the National Museum of Singapore to exhibit more art and cultural exhibits. Later on, the Science Centre was restructured to fit the syllabus of science and some mathematics of primary and secondary schools.

2 Gee-O-Metric 2011: Samuel Simmy Chum and the lost Tatlin Tower! *

Through the three rules of constructivism, we can show a more energetic and thought-inducing possibilities of geometry in which students who come by are able to be creative with or simply be reminded of, echoing the kind of enthusiasm and excitement early constructivists like El Lissitsky and Rodchenko had for the very same shapes.

3 Gee-O-Metric 2012: Samuel Simmy Chum’s Final Battle Against the Evil Dr Dizzle Stalone! * * These are prone to changes.

This event would take up the entire hall venue meant for temporary exhibitions. The entire hall would be divided into four sections, each section focusing on one specific constructivist or suprematist law, where people can learn through interactive displays and games. The following page would describe how we would go about doing so. 15

attracting those little things

In order for us to carry out a good children or youth exhibition, we require an illustrative visual consistency that not only appeal to the target audience but also, convey the very adventurous and vibe we intend to bring into our exhibition. For this we had just one graphic design firm that fitted our ideals like a glove. We met up with local comic artist, Jooby Joob to come up with our character designs for the event. Jooby Joob has an illustrative style, many are familiar with. He is well known for designing Mr Super Stylo Coconut and the ‘Charlie’s Angel-esque’ Mystery Girls of Bishan. These are the comic strips that had replaced ‘Chew On It’ that was discontinued from The Straits Times because of the growing reader complaints, regarding it as an eyesore, having these caricatures intrude into every other facet of Singapore’s informative displays. ‘Chew On It’ has been the sole visual voice for too many: SMRT, PUB, LTA, NParks, Starhub, NUH, CapitalLand, NEA, SPCA, MOE, MINDEF, and recently, ZoukOut. We have seen enough of the bulging-eyed snail-nosed wide-grinned characters he draw that look nothing like Singaporeans but rather, depict them in an often demeaning illiterate visage. 16

Far Left: No one gets enough of Samuel Simmy Chum. Middle: Shape Mote Mating Dance Sequence. Right: Samuel surrounded by chicks.

Jooby Joob’s illustrations take on a ‘grotesque adorability’ with an endearing sense of humour. Sometimes, Jooby Joob’s graphics is known to have a rather morbid take on things. However, to the young, these imperfect child-like character designs are more often than not, relatable to many kids who have always never fitted in themselves.

“...these imperfect child-like character designs are more often than not, relatable to many kids who have always never fitted in themselves.” Hey kids, it’s Story-time. 19

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Once, there was a land of cartoon drawing life called Simmy Land. It was a place were trees grew in a light shade of purple and the waters were a pale slick of tangerine. The people of Simmy Land, or Simians loved robots and many owned them. These robots were big, complex and could do some basic chores. The children of Simmy Land however, were more interested in something else. In particular, there was Samuel Simmy Chum, a boy who lives on the corner of Simmy Street. Everyday, he would ride on his bike to Dr El Lizzy Dizzyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s huge Laboratory 22 blocks away to see the Shape Motes that thrived in there. Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy is the only old knack who has these living shapes. This is probably because he was the one

who actually created the first few by accident when he was finding the cure for cancer. These Shape Motes were created by extracting the genetic short tandem repeats from the genome of non-poisonous jellyfish. After which, he would shoot charged ions from new elements such as Warrenium (Wr+3) and Supremium (Su+2) and when left to incubate in a warmer device and UV light, the cells would begin to replicate and thrive into a baby shape mote chrysalis, upon maturity, it would float out of the incubator and Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy would bring the motes to their respective enclosures. These motes grow to about a metre and a half. They are weightless forms that are as light as air, so they can essentially swim in the air, much like the way jellyfish (close relative) are in water. They are intelligent creatures,

almost intelligent as us but fall short of mental brilliance. They however, can learn language and speak.

shouldn’t have made the big red button that big but it was too late.

Young people love Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy because his enclosures are huge and vast, always filled with the cutest shape motes found nowhere else in this world. Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy always let anyone see them whenever they wanted. He loved anyone who shared the same passion as his own for these Shape Motes.

There was a need for an adventurous, clever and handsome person to fix this silly dizzy accident and bring all the Shape motes back into the lab. Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy had only one person in mind. Samuel Simmy Chum. Upon notifying, Samuel went to the tallest hill and shouted for all to hear, “I will get them back to where they should be!”

Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy also loves his strawberry milk every morning. However as he was drinking the pink beverage on his work desk one morning, he accidentally laid his mug on the big red button that releases all the shape motes from their enclosures. He shrieked in sadness as they inevitably drift off out of his open windows, doors and chimneys. He knew he

The echo reverberated for a split second, as if seconding to Samuel’s brave and ambitious words. Would Samuel be able to save the poor Shape Motes from drifting mindlessly into oblivion? Follow him through various parts of the town as he finds the lost Shape Motes. 21

Samuel Simmy Chum

Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy

The Girls

Age: 14 and a half. Hobby: Visiting Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy’s Lab and saving the world from evil of course! Character: Too humble, undyingly handsome and unintentionally charming. Always Says: “Hey hows it going...” (This almost always is followed by loud squealing girls.)

Age: A mystery, but no one bothers. Hobby: Doing science experiments and drinking strawberry milk. Character: Silly, ditsy and forgetful, it hard to believe that he has 8 nobel prizes under his belt. Always Says: “Oh no... Oh no!”

Ages: Their age range from 11 to as old as 34.

Short Description He is the coolest primary 5 boy with a mohawk. an adventure seeker who everybody is in love with. he stands with a stern confident stature, often denouncing evil and saving his friends from the clutches of evil during recess time. Upon hearing Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy’s lost Motes, Samuel sprang into action amidst swooning girls in CHIJ/SCGS

Short Description Dr El Lizzitsky, better known as Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy to humans under the age of 16 owns a big park on his 150-acre property. In it he houses the only motes in the world, there are three species of motes, all of which live in the depths of his special enclosures. Children from all over the town would come to see the Shape Motes and Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy would always let them in.

Short Description Decked in their uniforms because they rush to wherever Samuel is just to catch a fleeting glimpse of the adventurous boy. They essentially serve no purpose in the storyline at all except to enhance the desirability of the protagonist, Samuel. These girls swoon whenever Samuel Simmy Chun says words of wisdom like, “Lets do this, oh yeaaah.” or “I will leave no stone unturned because it’s not of me to do things incompletely. Alrighhhhht...” Sometimes, the girls swoon instantly when he says, “Ladies... please...” to address their distracting giggly fits.

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Circas Scientific Name: Circalupus Castratious Size: 30cm diameter, 4.5g, 14lbs Colour: Sunshine Yellow Skin Texture: Rubbery Smell: Butterscotch and sometimes, truffles Sound they make when excited: Jiggaloooo... Meeeelooooo... Short Description Circa is a perfect circle but does not have a perfect skin complexion. He says itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s because his mother was an orange that had been exposed by the toxic Sarin, so 50% of his genes were inevitably retained his motherâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ugly external texture. They have very low self-esteem and are known to fall in love with wrong things like for example, another mote of a different species.

Squarks

Trigolos

Scientific Name: Squarkus Muddafarkus Size: 25cm diameter, 5.1g, 23lbs Colour: Bumbleberry Purple / Fabulous Pink Skin Texture: Sandpapery Smell: Soy beans and pancakes Favorite Food: Earthworms and stinkbugs Sound they make when excited: Huuuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh...

Scientific Name: Trigonometry Tuts Size: 21cm diameter, 4.8g, 20.5lbs Colour: Beef Red Skin Texture: Like a pillow Smell: No scent Favorite Food: Human skin flakes and finger hair Sound they make when excited: Chit... (30 seconds) chit chichit chit... (30 seconds) chichit...

Short Description Squarks is are shy little things. They tend to go into hiding behind other shapes and things. These motes are also clumsy things. When they hide, sometimes they get trapped in crevices due to their angular, sided forms and many die like that, and never found ever again.

Short Description Trigolo is the most mysterious of the three shapes. Not much is known about this Mote except that it speaks Gurgla, an ancient language spoken by placing your tongue on different teeth at a time to create intonations.

Going About the Exhibition Chapter 3 In This Section: The Annexe Hall Suprematist Section Tectonic Wing Factura Wing Construction Wing

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The annexe hall

The entire annexe hall will be decked with bursts of eye-catching lights. Shape Motes are helium balloons that glow from above. They glow inside from a light source, like stars in the sky. The hall is divided into 4 main spaces where every installation would operate simultaneously. Before the entire walk through,

where visitors would be free to roam, they would sit in the auditorium at the entrance of the hall to watch the ten-minute clip to introduce the storyline and what they are supposed to do. There would be four sections where the visitors can engage in to save particular shape motes in need of help or hiding.

The 4 Sections 1. Suprematist Section 2.Constructivist Tectonica Wing 3. Constructivist Factura Wing 4.Constructivist Construction Wing 25

Suprematist Section Here we focus on the belief in the pure shape by allowing individuals to feel the austerity and totality of what a shape can encompass.

“Colors would be provided for the children to fill in the shape at their own discretion. This allows the children to appreciate the shape and curves, the angles and straight lines of the shapes they paint.”

On display would be some of Malevich’s work, where children would be made to comment and say what the perfectly painted square or the circle remind themselves of, and how these shapes could effectively be everything in which they have said as they are typed and recoded and played back via running text displays around or on top of the works. Imagine blinking, running words across the walls that read: A wheel, a coin, Earth, a basketball. An animation of Dr El Lizzy-Dizzy would narrate the instructions for the children to follow and also give them a brief introduction to suprematist art. The Central main floor space would be entitled, It’s Time to Paint! On the floor would be a hands-on workstation,

allowing the children to paint in a large outline of a circlethe same materials used by Malevich himself. The end product of these shapes would be framed and displayed as works of art in public buildings like libraries or upcoming train stations. The floor would be lined and the children would wear aprons when doing the painting. Colors would be provided for the children to fill in the shape at their own discretion. This allows the children to appreciate the shape and curves, the angles and straight lines of the shapes they paint, much like Malevich’s Black Square on White or his White on White painting. His works would be featured on the walls around the painting space, as inspiration.

A Paint Session On the floor would be a hands-on workstation, allowing the children to paint in a large outline of a circle- the same materials used by Malevich himself. The end product of these shapes would be framed and displayed as works of art in public buildings like libraries or upcoming train stations.

Tectonic wing Conceptualizing ideas through form and integrating them into visual narratives of symbolic abstraction.

“It is interesting to see how, without much rules on what to depict, we can be surprised by the creativity and ingenuity a child can show in this section.”

The event just got more exciting. We move into the section of Tectonics which Constructivists follow to conceptualize their ideas through form, integrating them into visual narratives of symbolic abstraction. Moveable Prouns! An idea adapted from an installation in the National Museum of Singapore, there would be a wall with magnetic geometric shapes and Shape Motes across walls that stick out on ‘easels’ around the area. Children are to construct a picture given 3 minutes via a digital countdown projected on the top right of the wall. After which, the child is told to stand aside as the camera above them would take a snap shot of the design. It is interesting to see how,

without much rules on what to depict, we can be surprised by the creativity and ingenuity the child can show in this section. The Constructivists had their share of using shapes to tell stories like The Story of Two Squares or project ideas like Beat the Whites with the Red Wedge. These poster designs would be displayed with information beside the Moveable Prouns installation. These historical backgrounds would also be displayed on an interactive touch screen booth in the entrance to the Tectonic Section. However, the political specifics would be left out because it might not be fully understood by children of a young age. Regardless, the law of Factura can still be effectively taught nonetheless.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Children are to construct a picture given 3 minutes... After which, the child is told to stand aside as the camera above them would take a snap shot of the design.â&#x20AC;?

Artworks Displayed Constructivist poster designs would be displayed with information beside the Moveable Prouns installation. Historical backgrounds would also be displayed on an interactive touch screen booth in the entrance to the Tectonic Section. 29

factura wing Finding shapes in complex structures and making structures using simple shapes.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;The kids are to pay attention to innate qualities and expressiveness of materials, things that maintain integrity to the material. â&#x20AC;?

The Great Shape Zapper! This section is held at the long curved part of the wall of the exhibition hall where touch sensitive projectors are mounted just above to enable interactive games. The purpose is to recognize the shapes in everyday objects. We look at Factura in its simplest form in order for children to understand. The kids are to pay attention to innate qualities and expressiveness of materials, things that maintain integrity to the material. Zapping away those things that do not concede with the rule. The simplest example would maybe be locating circles as basketballs, and zapping away circles as cupboards, cupboards as

squares not as circles. Most often the things to spot are functional forms ranging from buildings, to everyday things. A simple simulation would be of a scene of a street from Simmy Land. We tell them to tap the screen to zap away things that are not right pertaining to the rules of the game, which are aligned with the rules of tectonica. Bonus points would be given to people who find hidden shapes that make up structures. The right interaction would accumulate points that would be reflected on an accumulative score board above.

Interactive Wall The kids are to pay attention to innate qualities and expressiveness of materials, things that maintain integrity to the material. of symbolic abstraction.

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Bonus points would be given to people who find hidden shapes that make up structures.â&#x20AC;?

construction wing Depicting the creative process of construction and having full consciousness of nothing more than function and it’s practical form.

“We would bring to attention certain permanent installations already in the science centre.”

For this we seek to depict the creative process of construction that takes full consciousness of nothing more than function and it’s practical form. It would be difficult to expect the young to follow the constructivist construction methods but we can allow them to appreciate it through looking at modern sculptures and works of art that uphold this constructivist law.

seem to have a specific purpose, some of which tell time, some, to chime or simply spin when tugged. Children would be directed there as an extension for this section of the exhibition.

These are also permanent installations from the science centre. One is outside of MacDonald’s at the main forum, another, larger one, is in Block D Discovery Zone. These Kinetic Wonderland sculptures are feats of engineering that are a sight to see. We would bring to attention certain permanent installaThe only powered thing is the conveyer belt that brings the tions already in the science centre. The Kinetic Garden has ball up. Upon release, the ball travels through spirals, drops a sculptural installation in the middle of an open space, it and slides, occasionally tinkling and plonk - It’s gone! ” has parts of it’s sculpture moving and rotating in an unsys- Similar to the interactive sculpture, it allows the people to tematic manner depending on how the audience interacts observe how simple strips of metal, planks and spirals can with the various pulley systems and buttons. We observe allow a ball to do stunts. This would be a definite hit with the manner in which everything in the skeletonal sculpture the young people.

“ Upon release, the ball travels through spirals, drops and slides, occasionally tinkling and plonk It’s gone! ”

Kinetic Ball Sculptures Both these sculptures are perfectly functional pieces of engineering that seem to echo the plans of the moving Tatlin Tower meant to not only be a functional building, but also a symbolic monument that seem to spiral into the future.

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the ball travels through spirals,

drops and slides, occasionally tinkling and plonk~ Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s gone!â&#x20AC;? 35

Figures, Facts & Funnies Chapter 4 In This Section: At A Glance 35 Budget & Schedule 36 - 37 Target Audience 38 - 39 Archetypes We Target 40 - 41 Sponsors 42 - 43 Problem Sums Answer Key 44 - 45 Reflection 46 - 47

The amount of hours it takes to set up before and tear down after the event.

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The amount of workers needed to be employed to run the entire event.

500 000 The amount of students targeted who would find this event potentially useful for their understanding of geometry.

52 150 The number of floating â&#x20AC;&#x2DC;Shape Mote Air Balloonsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; suspended down from the ceiling.

The amount of sponsors that would be providing funds and products for the goodie bag.

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The amount of people allowed in the Annexe Hall at a single session.

The amount of artworks by Constructivists and Suprematists on display.

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The amount of goodie bags prepared for the event per day.

90 16-20 The amount of time required to walk through and experience the entire event.

The event will span from 16 November to 20 December 2010

100 The grade we expect to get for this graphic design history project.

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*During the concept stage, 50 hours are required to build a concrete concept to follow upon. The realization stage will require more time due to the need to search for resources to make the exhibition more complete and comprehensive, which will require around 100 hours. Timetable Date Work Remarks 1. 01032010 Planning Phase 1: SCS& Sponsors Infrastucture 2. 03032010 Planning Phase 2: Jooby Joob Graphics 3. 04042010 Design Phase 1 with SEPOM Game Design 4. 05042010 Design Phase 2 with Jooby Joob Graphics 5. 11-13062010 Consolidation of Outsourced Materials Prep for Fixing 6. 22-25062010 Construction Phase 1 & 2 8. 07-08072010 Packing of Goodie Bags Sponsors 9. 09-12072010 Set Moves into SCS + Test Run Full Dress 39

Target Audience There are 356 Primary, Secondary and Colleges in Singapore. Altogether they house close to 500 000 students. If one third of the students attend this, earnings for the event would go over a S$1000 000. (This is calculated through student price of S$6.00) We are not even including teachers and casual visitors.

There are 356 Primary, Secondary and Colleges in Singapore. Altogether they house close to 500 000 students. If one third of the students attend this, earnings for the event would go over a S$1000 000. (This is calculated through student price of S$6.00) We are not even including teachers and casual visitors.

Archetypes That We Target “I would love to see really, how 1. The Clever art can actually Name: Thong Kay Kwee, Paul,17 be of any real Occupation: Student from Raffles Institution, Integrated Programme, A* Scholar good.” Email: quantumelectronicslife@gmail.com - Thong Kay Kwee

What’s your hobby? It actually depends on how you define hobby. if you define it as a pursuit of a sideline interest, it would be Ballroom dancing. If you define a hobby as what I do as recreation, I would say I find it therapeutic to peer into the microscope to watch the electrons fall a level or two when shot with negative charges from a spectrometer. That’s nice.Would you go for our event? I don’t waste time on art. it is an absolutely frivolous indulgence. Something we can all do without. But hey, if it can help me to better understand certain concepts of mathematics, I don’t see why not because you see, I mean it would be really horrible to compare the applications of learning from art

as compared to things like mechatronics or biosciences, this exhibition would be an earth shattering breakthrough for the struggling aesthetics industry. Art would finally actually have a concrete purpose in this solar system. I would love to see really, how art can actually be of any real good. Oh, I see but Paul, the- (Paul Interrupts) ...Ultimately even if it’s intelligence insulting-ly dumb for my soul, I would still gain something upon retrospect because my experience would have been so bad, I would be reminded to push on, do better in life and tell my future Raffliesian kids to make he right decisions as a person in this world.

3. The Leader 2. The Easy-going Name: Robert Chia Hong Peng, 15 Occupation: Secondary 1 Student, Clementi Woods Secondary School Email: robertchiahongpeng92@hotmail.com Hi Robert. What’s your hobby? So many homework, what hobby. Xiao ah. I dunno la. I like to study law. Why of all things to study, why Law? Not study law la. Study LORRR. Eh you sebei lamm leh. As in yah lor the lor la you gundu. Knnb, ccb. I’m so sorry. Would you go for our event? I very suibian(anything) one. Go then go lor.

Name: Danielle ‘Shinee’ Yew Bee Hoon, 13 Occupation: Student of Mayflower Secondary School, Shinee Singapore Facebook Fan Club President Email: Shinee_Luva_Gal@gmail.com Hello Danielle. So, what’s your hobby? I like Shinee! And Superjunior too! And omg Jay Park so hotz too sia! Everyday, I write in my Shinee Luva 4eva Journal a new reason why I love them. And then I kiss the posters of all the 23 Shinee boys on my bedroom walls and ceiling! Kiss until now hor, I got pimple here… you see…

“I will tell all my 1466 friends on facebook to come for your event thing.” -Danielle ‘Shinee’ Yew

I see. So would you go for our event? Maybe if you hor, er maybe you can invite them to come from Korea to Singapore, to sing ‘Ling-Ding-Dong’ and then after that, autograph all my 203 photos, 30 tshirt, and many many more, I will tell all my 1466 friends on facebook to come for your event thing.

SPONSORS & partnerships Sponsorship: A fantastic win-win situation. Everyone gains. Sponsorship effectively lightens the cost of the entire event at the same time; sponsored goods can be an incentive for visitors who want something more. Sponsored products are complimentary to the event as children may get hungry

1. OCBC Bank

2. Gardenia Bread

3. Milo Drink

4. Popular Bookstore

This company has agreed to provide the Goodie Bag Pouch and a Keychain for the event. The goodie bag doubles up as a coin box. It is made of transluscent acrylic, available in many colours.

The famous bread company would provide raisin buns for the eventâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s goodie bag. They will have a rectangular packaging to suit the largely geometric theme of the event.

The cocoa beverage company will provide two cans of Milo per goodie bag. This will be vital for the exhibition because some of the sections are substantially vigorous activities.

The Bookstore would provide the prizes for the quiz as well as pens for the goodie bag. These sponsored items are important for the functioning of the quiz portion of the event.

A Win-win Situation. Everyone sees a win - win situation sponsoring the event. We get our prizes, goodie bag and some monetary fund for the event while they get first hand outreach of 500000 44

and might want to snack halfway through the event. Terms for sponsors would be determined by monetary contribution that can offer on top of their products for they could provide for the goodie bag.

youths and children attending the event. This partnership can last beyond this yearâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s event and some of our esteemed sponsors were confident enough to invest in all three years of this event series with us.

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Area C

Area E

Area F

Omni-Theatre Area D The Observatory

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Three of the five sponsors would be collectively providing $30000 dollars. Due to terms, it cannot be disclosed publicly. But the hierarchy of product placement and advertisements allowed in the event and presiding walls outside of the annexe hall, particularly Area A and Main Entrance(above), are based on the monetary provisions by the sponsors.

Quiz on Content On top of sponsored products for the event, the goodie bag would provide the children a worksheet in which they would have to fill up to win prizes. There are two different quizzes, one for the upper secondary and another for the primary school children. This is done to ensure the children learn something from the event. The quizzes with all correct Goodie Bag answers would be placed in a box and on the last day, the The goodie bag would be distributed via a collection point at winners would be randomly drawn from the pile and the the Main Entrance (above). It is distributed upon first come winners would be notified the prize they won and when to first serve basis as well as prepared via early bird booking. collect them. If insufficient packages, the quiz and some In stock, there would be a surplus of 1800 goodie bags individual items cans till be available in booths inside the prepared for walk in visitors for every one of the five days. Annexe Hall at the Rest point.

Prizes are as follows: Other than the consolation prizes, there is only one set of each prize for the entire 5 day event. 1st Prize: 1x Nintendo Wii 2x Nunchucks 2nd Prize: 1x PSP Lite 1x 2gbThumbdrive 3rd Prize: 1000 Piece Faber Castell Coloured Pencil Set Consolation: 100x Protractor Sets *All prizes are proudly sponsored by Popular Bookstore.

Venn Diagram: Relationship between the Math Syllubus and Learning Math

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REFLECTION Overall, learning from the constructivist and suprematist way of using shapes, we are able to help students find creativity and rediscover the austerity and potential of these shapes. This event shines new light on the magic of shapes in a growingly complex world where shape and form is, like in the story of Simmy Land, lost and awaiting people to catch them back and placed back into the right place. With regards to our wider personal purpose of this project as mentioned early in this proposal, we cannot change the way the education system is. The only thing we can do is to hold a seemingly tame event like this where we primarily seek to use constructivism to educate the young ones of the austerity of pure shapes, help them appreciate and rediscover the fun of these forms. When grow up, there might be a chance that they might remember the period of time in Russia in which the storyline is based on and the beauty of shapes. Hopefully, they would be inspired by the enthusiasm of the Russians and find their voice and maybe make some revolutionary changes if they end up in the education business, inspired by how the people of Russia did during the Revolution. As mentioned, through the three rules of constructivism, we hope that we can show a more energetic and thought-inducing possibilities of geometry in which students who come by, are able to be creative with, echoing the kind of enthusiasm and excitement early constructivists like El Lissitsky and Rodchenko had for the very same shapes. 48