TRIPS

Front Row: Zuha Khan, Zaara Mohamed, Zara Khokhar, Raghav Awasthi, Devika Jadeja, Mehek Mandal, Alberto Pamias Lopez, Mrs S Lambert, Mrs R Maguire, Mr B Trivic, Mr J Tate, Mrs S Savant, Laura Iorini, Xiaolin Zhang, Ariya Kukreja, Arnab Ghosh, Iman Ameerzeb, Dhimira Advani, Paridhi Bhandari Mia Ammanath, Aishwarya Srinath, Isabella Surrey, Aria Khan, Samah Tabba, Alexandrine d’Ornhjelm, Omar Farooq, Max Skelton, Rayan Ali, Ruby Sheehan, Jasmine Wharton, Ananya Gupta, Leann Qadan, Iman Humphrey, Eman Habib, Sabie Cipriani, Myra Shahbazi, Sophie Siffre

Row: Charlotte Rose Thorpe, Alexandra Ayre, Sara Aggarwal, Keira Sayde Boucher, Yasmine Caraiscos, Rhea Puri, Yeonju Woo, James Knight, Soumil Mukherjee, Nicholas Tsen, Erin Anderson, Shaan Sethi, Casey Camball, Sophia Arthur, Liang Liu, Sasha Darré-Pavlowsky, Kate Lewis, Eloise Stewart-Smith, Katie Tarr, Aliyyah Khan

4th Row: Zain Rana, Alimahdi Meghji, Zachary McGuigan, Dylan Parekh, Joshua Gustaveson, Raeyaan Raahil Bengali, Brandon Hammond, Nikhil Menon, Rayyan Sheikh, Zayaan Bawany, Hasan Ahmad, Miguel Cafoor Camps, Mohammed Seth, Max Ridout, Joonyoung Ahn, James Ashton, Michael Cordahi, Massimo Vianello, Nakul Pillai Zara Punekar, Tess Ruddell, Tatum Muller, Li Wei Law, Sam Craig, Jodie Qursha, Sophie Duce, Beste Akkaya, Annabelle Garner, Krshna Kakar, Aman Burman, Evie Fuller, Maya Bridgman, Haizea Herrera Larringan, Saira Haider, Inaaya Salim, Shreya Bhatt

6th Row: Christos Papathanasiou, Luke Ebersohn, Oliver Howlett, Amal Dhanesh, Ned Rorison, Advay Chawla, Charles Savage, Thomas Haigh, Zaid Naim Khan, Pranav Sangwan, Jacob Woollard, Ayman Sharif, Ben Morgan, Callum Parker, Nandan Dhanesh, Reice Tran Absent: Zaara Ahmad, Vidhi Bhansali, Matthew Campbell, Sanaa Carrimjee, Sehaj Choukse, Oliver Clifford, Alex Craig, Yash Garg, Sophia Granello, Maharu Gunasekara, Amara Habib, Viha Kedia, Sahil Kewalramani, Ameya Koul, Amolika Madhavan, Namya Manghnani, Amelie Mayne, Bianca Mirpuri, Kabir Mulani, Natasha Pilkington, Ahaan Punjabi, Simon Rhys-Maitland, Zach Saldanha, Joaquim Shukla, Arjun Sisodia, Femke Soens, Aditya Sridhar, Maddison Tetley, Tithira Wijayathilake, Simra Yousaf

Emma Dix, Lorcan Fallon, Madilyn Allen-Paver, Tareq Al Alami, Tara Aksoy, Jafar Jafar, Lily Barnett, Mrs S Lambert, Mrs R Maguire, Mr B Trivic, Mr J Tate, Mrs S Savant, Shrish Janarthanan, Emily Davidson, Kian Kazranian, Maya Makhoul, Abhay Nischal, Mariam Siali, Nikola Pandurovic

Mia James, Nina Hindocha, Tanvi Buddhavarapu, Janice Walder, Amara Singh, Advika Sengupta, Ayla Tosun, Shehara Amarasekara, Simran Barve, Zoya Nasir, Chiara Federico, Tara Malhotra, Sarah Aswani, Lia Zaman, Cara Mitchell, Olivia Ludden, Megan Theocharis, Raja Yasaswini Sriramoju, Khwaish Lakhiani, Afrah Mohideen, Farah Saleem, Zainab Haider

Euan Fernandes, Lilly Geldhof, Tia Borley, Isabella Fox-Gmuer, Emma Wade, Zeenat Javaid, Seoyoon Lee, Georgia Levitt, Maya Gardi, Tarini Tipnis, Vardsinh Turongpun, Chiamaka Mezu, Patrick Debattista, Emily Hatcher, Tiana Lane Williamson, Karina Valrani, Una Milovanovic, Auxane Faye, Megan Levitt, Zara Saleem, Inaya Nagji, Aditi Asarpota

4th Row: Priyanka Israni, Lucija Amizic, Lucy Browning, Annabelle Millington, Catrin Taylor, Aditya Tolani, Syed Mustafa, Agasthya Khurana, Nathan Russell, Thomas Hadden, Omar Belselah, Zia Mussa, Rayaan Ghous, Scarlett Joshi, Mahad Adeel, Aurelien Carretta, Raees Raie, Layal Halabi, Farasha Alimohamed, Maansi Kotecha Taimur Shaikh, Abbas Mohammadi, Pratyush Dwivedi, Aakriti Singh, Phoebe Shaw, Athanasios Trigkonis, Charlotte Clarke, Aman Doshi, Samuel Baldock, Daniyal Morshed Simran Garg, Zainab Hussain Syed, Lauren Agent, Matthew Hunt, Emma Shukla, Manaal Saadaat, Sanyukta Joshi, Tamara Bratchik, Jeongyeon Kim, Ashrita Ganesh

Eddie Zickerman, Mark Bezzina, Josh Morgan, Matt Stewart-Johnson, Thomas Eley, Callum Rose, Kaelan Bhojnani, Andrew Bezzina, Zander Visser, Arjan Vohra, Vali Gadayev, Alecsi Charlton, Tom

Rietjens, Harry Miles, William Farrow, Cameron Richardson, Dawud Latif, Sufian Al Alami

On September 20th, 34 A Level students in Art, Theatre Studies, Design and Technology, Computer Science and Music visited the Theatre of Digital Art (Madinat, Dubai) to see the exhibition From Monet to Kandinsky: Revolutionary Art. ‘To see’, is perhaps an understatement as this particular way of experiencing such great canonic works of art was more about immersion in the moving images and soundscapes that told the seamless narrative, and gaining perspectives unique to the individual through the freedom of self-placement in the theatre. From impressionism to cubism underscored by arrangements of aptly chosen works by Chopin, Debussy, Stravinsky and Piazzolla, such multimedia renderings of these creative masterpieces certainly provided the means to comprehend the significance of the art anew. Perhaps the venue of a theatre expanded the notion of art as performative and the digital animation challenged the notion of the static work bound in time, and this may be viewed as an example of the new materialist thinking in present day arts practice, including notions of temporality.

I think all would accord that it provided a way across art forms to understand in a deeper way the new directions that arts took in the 20th Century. Moreover, this exhibition demonstrated the possibilities for technology as a creative tool and one particular branch of algorithmic art. We hope that this trip might be a catalyst for interdisciplinary exploration and collaboration between arts and technology disciplines. Thanks to Mrs Bailey, Mr Tate, Mrs Doherty and Mr Wood for enthusiastically supporting and accompanying the trip.

Mr Alan Crawford Head of Creative Arts

Our Year 10 and Year 12 artists only had four hours to view the extensive and eclectic range of contemporary artworks on display in the bustling halls of the Madinat at Art Dubai. Before departing we each made our own handmade sketchbooks using a traditional Japanese binding, but there was barely enough time to view, let alone draw, the sculptures, installations, paintings, neons, collages, sounds, ceramics, photographs, found objects, digital and moving images, mixed-media works, hangings, inflatables, polar bears, weavings and other artworks made by over 500 artists. We were extremely lucky this year to have a tour guide for the first hour of our trip who discussed the ideas, processes, and meanings behind some of the highlights. I personally was not convinced by Alaska-based, Paola Pivi’s fluorescent pink-feathered polar bear doing yoga, but if our Dubai College artists start to make quirky animal sculptures in the art department, we will all know why.

Mrs Jane Bailey Head of Art

On March 18th, 154 Year 7 students left the DC campus, heading to Umm Al Quwain Marine Club for their residential weekend trip. Hosted by Northstar, it was a fun-filled weekend where students conquered their fears and learnt something new. Teachers who were present at the camp were as enthusiastic about the activities as the students themselves! The staff helping out with the camp, both DC teachers and Northstar instructors helped make the camp the best experience possible. There was an incredible range of activities, including archery, raft building and wilderness survival. We were able to take a tour on the houseboat, where we saw turtles and jumped off the side of the boat. It took a great deal of courage to dare try, since the height was a little daunting, even if, when you are part of the audience, it can seem like an utterly straightforward thing to do. The stay was in all aspects remarkable, and everyone who attended now have amazing memories to cherish.

Mrs Kate Greenlees Head of Year 7