Here you will find an updated version of the visual arts workshop:
I have been considering approaching the visual arts workshop from a cognitive development standpoint. One of the themes of the workshop is visual understanding through technology and through images in our imagination and memory.
I thought leo's idea for associating images with sound was a great idea to help students draw relationships between the visual and musical. Having students recall individual sounds or musical pieces that are important to them can be a great way for students to understand how we as humans associate images with music or sound and how images assists with out understanding of the world around us. Since IMPACT is a multidisciplinary platform where sound and image are interwoven I think it would be helpful to explore how the two relate.
To explore these themes I would have the class break up into smaller groups. Individuals in these groups will collaborate on smaller group projects. The groups will be asked to recall sounds or musical pieces that are significant to them from their memory, sounds that have a strong visual connection. The groups will be asked to develop a theme based off of the sounds they remember. After the groups initial disscussion they will form images based off of the sounds they remember and paint these images on large format paper. These larger images will be based on the themes they develop.
After each group has developed a painting with a theme the students will be asked to exchange projects . One group will be given anothers theme or painting etc. The groups will be asked to develop a video piece around the theme or painting they have been given. This portion of the workshop emphasis's the theme of visual understanding through technological means via digital video camera's.
None of this is set in stone yet so I am open for suggestions.
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