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Penyrheol comprehensive school
Guided tour
Intrigued, surprised, perplexed and very much
inspired are some words to describe the tour. Initially, as eyebrows
dipped to grasp the concept of contemporary art the open mindedness
of the group allowed the students to think outside their normal parameters
of what they perceived to be Art.
Some of the students had seen Sara’s work and had already started
to question what it was. “Is someone trying to escape to an
island” (Jordan)? “Is it a den in a tree that has been
flooded” (Richard)? “Is it where people live in Africa”(Ben).
“Perhaps it’s an immigrants house” (Jamie). “I
wouldn’t think of it as art as it is made from scraps of wood”(Rebecca).
After an explanation of the work many related it to a recent devastating
fire in which their school burnt to the ground on March 18th 2006.
After learning about this work the group is considering a future project
made from some of the debris material left from the fire.
Torsten’s work was very much enjoyed as a few pupils started
jigging when viewing. “There’s a beat, it’s awesome
it’s obviously something to do with music.”(Keelan). I’m
trying to find where different sounds are coming from”(Katie).
“You don’t know what’s making what noise”
(Ben), “It’s a musical masterpiece”(Rhys).
On viewing Niamh’s sculptural mural, general comments were,
“it looks American, is it something to do with war”. “Is
the sun a Japanese Flag symbol”?
There were many comments upon Milena’s work. “We use to
draw like this in primary school” (Ben). “Is it to do
with slavery”(Jamie)? “Under developed countries can produce
thing at a cheaper cost”(Richard).
“Does the artist get her inspiration from children’s drawings
and doodles etc”(Ben).
“Is it influenced by video games and films”(Jordan).
At the end of the tour the group were asked what they thought or the
tour? “We got to see different types of art”. “I
normally think of art as drawing and painting but this exhibition
makes you think differently”. “ It helps you to think
about different ideas”. “Some of the work was strange
but it was cool”. “It was unusual, it was new, it was
inspiring”. “It was way better than any other art trips”
(Joelle).
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