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Resources
Tangible Resources
Computer, presentation screen
Human Resources
Artist, designer or architect
Preparation
Arrange a meeting with a creative expert such as an art teacher, designer or architect.
Goals, messages & concepts
Specific goals
- Understand and appreciate the skill of artists and designers.
- Exposure to careers from the creative STEM fields of design and art.
Specific messages
- An idea or concept can be represented through a physical presentation or product.
- Viewer involvement invites enquiry or a connection to the piece.
Main terms
- model
- representation
- viewer
- involvement
Practices & skills
STEM practices
- Developing and using models
- Asking questions and defining problems
- Planning and carrying out investigations
Soft skills
- Empathy
Management skills
- Use of resources
Course of activity
step 1
Students will explore what it means to create a physical representation of an idea. They will look at examples such as videos, museum exhibits and sculptures.
step 2
- Next, they will learn what 'viewer involvement' means in art (a situation where viewers influence, and are influenced by, the artwork). The expert will give examples from the works of the Japanese collective TeamLab. Students will participate in one of the collective's two virtual works and discuss the sensory experience of the exhibition, for example:
- The ‘Flowers Bombing Home’ uses YouTube Live to watch drawings from people all over the world bloom and explode on your screen.
- Download the drawing paper here, choose one of the flowers and colour it in.
- Upload the flower online and watch it appear on the screen, along with contributions from others around the world.