MASS SCULPTURAL ACTIONS
INTRODUCTION
The Unilever Series: turbinegeneration is a project about international collaboration and exchange. Turbinegeneration helps schools from across the globe form international connections. These connections between schools are developed through an online exchange of artwork and ideas. Schools create artwork inspired by themes taken from the turbinegeneration Project Pack that are relevant to young people’s own experiences and cultures. This publication showcases a snapshot of responses from schools across the world inspired by Activity 6, ‘Mass Sculptural Actions ‘ in the 2012 – 13 Project Pack, ‘Collective Collective Actions / Interactions to Explore Around the World‘. World The Project Packs are a available to download from the ‘Resources Resources’ Resources section on the turbinegeneration homepage.
St Michael's University School, Canada
Ellen Wilkinson School for Girls, UK
the e railway. The The location of our sculpture is the playground, looking onto th playground is a hub for the children and is overlooked by many classrooms, classrooms, students udents and staff so the installation was well placed to attract attention. The st were intrigued by the piece and keen to learn of its context. Each clay head is representative of its maker. It bears autobiographical autobiographical imprints of the children and preserves the energy and commitment that was invested in its creation. The seesee-saw was developed from a collective desire to rescue abandoned objects and reinstate them as part of the school. By assembling the parts as a seesee-saw we wanted to rere-enforce the youth and energy of the heads. The see--saw was intended sporadic positioning of the heads on and around the see to imply freedom.
St Cuthberts College, New Zealand. TE PUAWAITANGA
St Cuthbert’s College collaborative installation sculpture involved 70 Year 9 students, 3 days and 800 lei’s. The work is a response to being in the southern hemisphere – Pacific Ocean, particularly New Zealand with its diversity of cultures.
Chad Varah Primary School, UK
Our school mission statement is 'learning to make a difference' and we decided to piece: e: Spreading Our Light. use this, along with our international focus to create this piec Every Year 6 pupil used clay to create two or three pebbles in which which tea lights could sit. When lit, the pebbles represent our world and the light we hope to share with the world as all of us at Chad Varah Primary School learn to make a difference.
Erenkoy Isik Lisesi, Lisesi, Turkey
Langdon Park School, UK
Year 9 Students have been working towards producing a Mass Sculpture. This theme is inspired by Activity 6 'Mass Sculptural Actions' We have also been inspired by the Kite installations created by Artist Jacob Hashimoto. The project began by observing seeds and pods and making observational studies, These images were used as inspiration for a kite design. All of the kites were then strung together into a variety of installations before deciding on our final sculptural form. Each kite was made using tissue paper and sticks, and decorated using watercolours. We discovered the transparency of the tissue paper looked best when lit by a strong light. We took photographs of our sculpture using a variety of different light sources.