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Bishopston comprehensive school
Guided tour
After the initial introduction the group concentrated on unravelling
the meanings behind Rhona Byrne’s work at St. Mary’s Church.
“We see the contrast between the beach and the built up area”(Luke).
Michael says, “you get to see Swansea from a different perspective
because it’s high above”. “The film seems to be
focusing on the church which is old and the new buildings that surround
it”, (Josh). “ The cross on the altar was as though ‘x’
marks the spot there’s also a cross on the runway and the plane
is the shape of an x” (Laura). The situation of the work in
the back room between the windows seemed appropriate to Mike as he
commented on the fact that they were both linked to a space looking
from the sky.
The initial reactions to Torsten’s work were, “wow its
cool”, “sounds like music”(Polly), “it sounds
like percussion” (Ben). It brought up questions about Art in
general, “this piece shows that art can be different, it’s
very expressive”(Michael). Who responded by body popping, which
seemed to provide great potential for a performance piece of his own.
Michael couldn’t believe the amount of wiring involved and was
intrigued on how it worked.
Many pupils had seen Sara Rees’ work prior to the tour and questions
arose such as, “Is it to do with poverty?” “Is it
about someone who has lived on an island?” “ There seems
to be a contrast with the expensive boats surrounding the shack”
(Jack, Michael, James). An interesting comment from Polly, “things
don’t matter what they look like from the outside it’s
the inside that counts”.
Niamh’s sculptural mural was viewed as the background being
a map, polluted air, the earth heating up and birds scavenging on
the lookout for food. “The red sun being associated with Japan”,
“Is the background a cloud or a country?” (Michael, Luke,
Polly).
Generally the pupils were very inspired by the work they saw in Locws
3 and look forward to giving a response to this artwork. Their teacher
was very impressed with how open minded and engaged the pupils were
towards contemporary art.
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