Artistic Pedagogical Experience ELISA LUQUE JENSEN
Gimnasio Campestre
LAND ART PROJECT GIMNASIO CAMPESTRE 10th GRADE TEACHER: Elisa Luque Jensen
Characteristics of the project • Content Area: Urban Cultures and New Media • Cultural Topics: Land Art and Open Spaces • Skills: Development of spacial expression
• Duration: 1 bimester • Visual Elements: Space and Scale
Our perspective of Land Art Land Art was seen in class from the perspective of making an intervention in a open space, using big dimensions in scale, and having materials that interact in some way with natural resources.
Some of the Artistic References used in class were:
Christo and Jean Claude
Robert Smithson
Walter de Maria
Applying our pedagogical strategy • ABCT Model Activities: 1. Tech Tool Workshop 2. Creation Lab # 1 3. Artist Lounge 4. Art Discovery Journal 5. Written Workshop 6. Creation Lab # 2 7. Creation Lab # 3 8. Tech- Studio 9. Cultural Experience 10. Art Network
Steps from the ABCT Model • Step 1: Tech-Tool Workshop Students recieve a short lecture on “What is Land Art”. A power point presentation is the tool used in this excercise. • Step 2: Creation Lab # 1 Teacher hands out printed pictures of an open space in Bogotá. Students draw a utopic Land Art project and insert it in the picture. Concepts of SCALE and SPACE are introduced.
• Step 3: Artist Lounge Show the students different Land Art projects made by recognized artists, in this case, concentrating on:
a. Christo and Jean Claude b. Robert Smithson c. Walter de Maria
Step 4: Art Discovery Journal Answer 3 questions: a. What did I know about Land Art? b. What did I learn in class ? c. How am I going to apply this knowledge on a personal project?
• Step 5: Written Workshop Planning of the project in groups: a. Intention (It had to be related to the “Basic Learning Conditions” at school) b. Materials c. Place d. Dimensions e. Budget f. Sketches from 2 perspectives
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Step 6: Creation Lab # 2
Students draw their project proposal using soft pastels.
• Step 7: Creation Lab # 3 Students make their Land Art Project.
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Step 8: Tech-Studio
a. Students use either film or photography to register the making of the project. b. Students are asked to edit the registered material into a 2-4 minute video on Movie Maker or iMovie. The video must include: music, images, information about materials and conceptual purpose.
• Step 9: Cultural Experience Each group presents their video to the whole class in the auditorium. • Step 10: Art Network Students upload their Land Art project videos to a common you tube account that the teacher gives them. It is a way of socializing all the projects with the other classmates of the 10th grade.
Other projects:
Land Art Videos Paper Spiral: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgdyNKp3Dao Music Waves: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJe0MrnTPQ Umbrella Tree: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81AcARKf21E&feature =related Shadow Shield: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JzYgnBvsMo