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RoundTripsContact Information
Tim Gore
roundtrips@clayton.k12.mo.usSchool District of Clayton#2 Mark Twain CircleClayton, MO 63105United StatesPhone: (314) 773-6934
Program Type
Individual Program
Program Rating
This program has not yet been evaluated.
Target Audience
Education: Grade(s): 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, Gifted and Talented Coordinator, Teacher, College/University, Media Specialist/Librarian, K-12 Educator
Primary Disciplines
Fine Arts, Technology/Information Science
Program Description
As we spend more and more time in our daily lives with computers, websites, cell phones, television screens, and handheld devices, it is important to shed some light on how the rise of these technologies impacts our place in the world—and how it can offer new possibilities for the creation and experience of art. Designed to stimulate critical thinking about such issues, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum at Washington University is excited to offer its first distance-learning program this fall—Rethinking the Digital: New Media Art and the Active Viewer. Linked to the new media art exhibition WindowInterface currently showing at the Museum and tied to Missouri Grade level Expectations (GLEs) and National Standards in Visual Arts and Technology, this experimental program challenges students, teachers, and schools to rethink ideas of art and learning in the digital age. Join us live from the exhibition as students interact with Museum educators and curators through real-time, face-to-face videoconference interaction. Collaborating with RoundTrips, schools and arts organizations can expand the learning experience beyond their walls with innovative and engaging technology. Engaging not only with artworks that use new technologies, but also with the computer-based interface involved in distance learning itself, students will be challenged to consider the world of iPhones, Nintendo Wii, virtual reality, and computer screens in a very different way. By including a more in-depth look at selected artworks in the WindowInterface exhibition, this program provides students an important opportunity to make connections with new media art and the increasing significance of technology in our daily lives.Exhibition Description:Focusing on artworks from the 1960s to the present, WindowInterface explores the role of windows, screens, and digital interfaces in shaping our multisensory encounter with the world around us. The first section of the exhibition, “Window,” brings together works of art that expand the function of the window and question its limitations as a mechanism for framing sight. The second section, “Interface,” examines a range of multimedia installations, videos, and photographs. Representing different types of interfaces, many of these works are interactive and encourage us to explore the role of all of our senses in the aesthetic experience.The artworks in this exhibition ask us to rethink what it means to experience the world, not just through sight, but through touch, hearing, and movement as well. WindowInterface thus invites us to think about how the window, the electronic screen, and the digital interface underscore the embodied character of human perception. It also asks us to consider how contemporary art engages the viewer in how we see and relate to our immediate environment.
Program Format
The program will focus on four works in the exhibition. Students will have many opportunities to interact with the works and ask questions of the curators as we go through the exhibition. You can learn more about each of the four works in the education guide on the Museum's website at http://kemperartmuseum.wustl.edu. Order of the program is:1. Welcome and Introduction--Will include asking for student ideas on how they interact with technology, what they like/don't' like about it, etc.2. "Seeing Yourself Seeing" by Olafur Eliasson will be the first work we explore. 3. "The Golden Calf" by Jeffrey Shaw will be the next work explored.4. "Prototype for Interface" by Peter Campus will be the third work.5. "The Kiss" by Inigo Manglano-Ovalle will be the final work explored.6. Closing Segment--Including summary of topics discussed and final questions from students.
Objectives
1. The participant will explore the nature of "new media art" and his/her reaction to it.2. The participant will engage in a discussion about the methods of artistic expression in "new media art."3. The participant will interact with artistic works and engage in critical evaluation of the pieces explored.
National Standards to which this program aligns
Featured National Standards (Visual Arts):NA-VA.9-12.3--Choosing and Evaluating a Range of Subject Matter, Symbols, and IdeasStudents reflect on how artworks differ visually, spatially, temporally, and functionally, and describe how these are related to history and culture.NA-VA.9-12.5--Reflecting Upon and Assessing the Characteristics and Merits of the Work of OthersStudents correlate responses to works of visual art with various techniques for communicating meanings, ideas, attitudes, views, and intentions.NA-VA.9-12.6--Making Connections Between Visual Arts and Other DisciplinesStudents compare the materials, technologies, media, and processes of the visual arts with those of other arts disciplines as they are used in creation and types of analysis.Featured National Standards (Technology):NT.K-12.2--Social, Ethical, and Human IssuesStudents develop positive attitudes toward technology uses that support lifelong learning, collaboration, personal pursuits, and productivity.
State Standards to which this program aligns
Featured Missouri Grade Level Expectations (GLE):GLE: FA 3: 1.A--Aesthetics - Investigate the nature of art and discuss responses to artworks.Grades 9-12: Discuss personal beliefs about the nature of art, define aesthetics as the branch of philosophy that deals with the nature and value of art, discuss and develop answers to questions about art, such as: What is art? Why do responses vary? Who decides what makes an artwork special, valuable or good?GLE: FA 3: 2.A--Art Criticism - Analyze and evaluate art using art vocabulary.Grades 9-12: With one or between multiple artworks: describe, analyze, and/or compare and contrast the use of elements and principles in the work, interpret the meaning of the work (subject, theme, symbolism, message communicated), and judge the work from various perspectives.GLE: CA 5 1.5, 1.7, 2.7--Media Messages - Develop and apply effective skills and strategies to analyze and evaluate visual media. (e.g., videos, pictures, web-sites, and artwork) Grades 9-12: Analyze, describe and evaluate the elements of messages projected in various media.
Program Length
60 minutes
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10/16/2007
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
9:30 AM - 11:15 AM
10/10/2007
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10/16/2007
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
11:30 AM - 1:15 PM
10/10/2007
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Date/Time Notes
Join this special event, offered only on October 16! Two times are available.
Connection Type(s) Available and Program Fees
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Program Fee Notes
There are no fees for this program.
Cancellation Policy
Notice of cancellation must be made no less than 24 hours prior to the program time.
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