Vancouver Biennale

Art in the Open: Engaging Public Spaces

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    • Human and Machine
    • Students will investigate the complex relationship
      between human and machine. Students will be
      asked to evaluate where the source of value and
      self worth is derived from.

    • Power and Position
    • Students are encouraged to explore the notion of
      power and position as it is represented in Etrog’s
      machine-like images of King and Queen. Students
      will be asked to evaluate and re-evaluate the
      interplay of power and position in their learning
      environment and their own lives.

    • Heart, Mind and Body
    •   In this lesson students are encouraged to explore
        the disconnect between heart, mind and body in
        our society.  As demonstrated in the Walking
        Figures sculptures, individuals use their bodies to
        transport themselves through the environment
        without necessarily connecting their mind or heart to the
        experience.
        With the placement of these sculptures adjacent to a busy rapid
        transit station, it allows the viewer an excellent opportunity to note
        this disconnect of heart, mind, and body in real life.

    • Pivotal Perspectives
    •    In this lesson students are encouraged to explore how
         Javier Marín’s giant artistic heads- a Head of Cordoba,
         Vainilla, and Chiapas, can represent the multiple
         perspectives that human beings can bring towards a
         subject- be it history or art.

       

    • Where Minds Meet
    •    In this lesson students are encouraged to explore
         forms and structures of communication and learning.
         The act of coming together and assembling people
         to discuss business, social or other purposes occurs
         frequently. These arrangements can range from the most formalist
         of meetings, incorporating structured rules, to an exchange of ideas
         over a cup of tea and biscuits. The circle formation and equanimity
         of the figures is particularly prominent.

    • Equilibrium Unbalanced
    •    In this lesson students will investigate connections
         between political or social commentary and public art.

         What is the BIG IDEA about "Miss Mao"? [View Video]

    • Relating Materials and Product Mathematically
    •    In this piece the artist uses materials to create
         different shapes and forms. Referencing the
         artists work, math teachers have created curriculum
         challenges that incorporates art and calculation.
      

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