Thursday, 17 April 2014

Last session: 27th of May


Dear students,

On our last session the assessment will take place.
This will be in the format of a market! We will transform the classroom into a marketsquare. Every student will get a table to present their process. This is an example of how a marketstall can look like:


So make sure that you bring a laptop or tablet to present your blog. Also bring your 'products' (= artwork) which you've made in function of the art class or during the sessions. For example puppets, cartoons,...
If you have any other materials that can be inspiring such as certain books or objects that help to reflect your process please bring them.
Furthermore it can be interesting to bring your 'blog' alive by placing objects which you've talked about on your blog. For example certain artwork (or photos of it) from the region where you come from.
Perhaps it can be interesting for your viewers that you make posters etc.

All together you must make your 'stall' very interesting and attractive for your 'clients' who come and view your stall.


How will the market be organised?

We will work in 2 shifts. During the first shift half of the studentgroup will have to present their stall. The other half of the studentgroup including myself (Philip) will walk around and have a closer look at the stalls. 
Since this is a market, they can freely walk around and go to a stall of their choice. So this will not be a static way of going around. The person presenting his/her stall will have to make sure to give a lot of information in a short time. This is because not every person will listen from the beginning to the end. Make sure that the listeners are also able to scroll your blog on the laptop or tablet at the stall.

When the first shifts ends (around about an hour) we change roles.

Will the listeners just stand there and listen?

No, the listeners will have to fill in an evaluation form about the stall their visiting. 
This evaluation form shows 4 objective criteria that must be evaluated: Elements of design, creativity, effort and skill. These elements do not only handle on the products but also on the process, thus the blog will be evaluated too.
The listeners will mark a score on this form. All forms must be given to the lecturer (Philip). Afterwards I will read these forms very thoroughly and use them together with my own evaluation to mark a final score. This will be your score of the assessment.
You can find this document on the Chamilo course.

Please note that it may be possible that the lecturer (Philip) may not be able to visit every single stall. If so, I will use your blogs to evaluate together with the student's evaluation form.

If you might have any questions, please ask them next session.

Kind regards,

Philip O'Neill





Next session: 20th May

Dear students,

Next art class session we meet at 09:30 at the St.-Baafskathedraal in the city centre:
We meet at the main entrance on the square outside.
At 09:35 we will go inside the cathedral, so anyone who will be late can find us there. Please make sure to sign the attendance list.

We will visit the cathedral and afterwards we will head towards the Designmuseum. It can be interesting for you to bring your photocamera and also a pencil.

Thursday, 27 March 2014

Used media in last session

Dear students,

These are the media/ apps which we've been using last session:





www.inredibox.com

 Flixel (IPad), fotodanz (android)

Color splash

 Stop motion

Wednesday, 12 March 2014

Message for those students who will not be attending the last two sessions.

Dear early-leavers,

Amongst the participants are some of you who will be leaving Belgium sooner.

The last two sessions are on 20th and 27th of May.
On the 20th of May, we're gonna visit the Designmuseum in Gent. On the 27th of May the asessment wil take place.

What do if you cannot attend due to travelling back home?

- Inform me personally via e-mail about your absence.
- Visit the Designmuseum in Gent and blog about it. I want to see a full report in pictures and text. Also discover what the possibilities are for children when visiting the Designmuseum.
- Develop an activity which you can do with your pupils in the Designmuseum. You need to show them the collection. The activity has to last for one hour.

- Furthermore I want you to blog about a museum in your homeplace worth visiting with your pupils.

- At last as a replacement of the assessment you will have to make a video of minimum 2 minutes and maximum 5 minutes explaining the things you've learned here in Gent.
- Post this video on your blog.

Kind regards,

Philip O'Neill

Monday, 10 March 2014

Screencast session 3


Dear students,

Please watch this screencast (4 minutes) before you come to session 3.
It contains the explanation of a little pre-task.

Also if you have a tablet at your disposition or/ and a smartphone please bring it to the session.

Kind regards,

Philip O'Neill

Wednesday, 19 February 2014

Next lessons

As requested you can find here the next dates for the Art Classes:


  • 25th of March
  • 1st of April
  • 20th of May
  • 27th of May
Please, in the meantime keep your own blog updated and check this website also. In a couple of weeks there will be a small pre-task posted here which you'll have to do.

Kind regards,

Philip O'Neill

Monday, 17 February 2014

Wayang



Have a look at what Wikipedia says about Wayang:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayang

This is how the Gamelan sounds like:

Puppetbuskers festival Ghent

Every year during the festival of Ghent the international 'puppetbuskers festival' is being held.
You will find in the streets of Ghent or at cosy theatres lot's of puppetry going on.
Have a look at their website: http://www.puppetbuskersfestival.eu/Engels/ENIPBFhome.html
Especially the pictures are worth looking at.


Steven Groenen with 'François Le Blanc'.

Check out this site about puppetry: http://www.wolkwolkwolk.be





Pierke Pierlala

Pierke Pierlala performing every Saturday at Huis van Alijn http://www.huisvanalijn.be/info/house-alijn


Luk De Bruyker dressed up as Pierke Pierlala

Thursday, 13 February 2014

Session 1: Impressions

Don't forget your homework!

a) Create your own blog and leave the link in this commentbox.

b) Blog about session 1: impressions

c) Add something from yourselves. This can be either from your local context at home or in Gent.

I'm looking forward to your blogs :-)
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Philip O'Neill

Next lesson @ campus Goudstraat

Dear students,

Next week we will gather at campus Goudstraat. This will be in classroom C1.03. If you enter the parking lot, you must go to the right towards the C- building. The plastic arts classroom is situated on the 1st floor.
You can find a map of the campus location through the link.

Locatie

Blue bird movies

Underneath you can find some films of Maeterlinck's story 'Blue Bird':


'Blue Bird' by Gust van den Berghe

This is an adaptation for the screen from 1940 with Shirley Temple
This is the ending of a Japanese animation about 'Blue Bird' in 1980

Friday, 7 February 2014

Brussels is a Duct-tape city

Find out what David Helbich (Dutch speaking German) thinks about Brussels.
Can you see this in Gent too?

http://www.deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws/videozone/Gezienoptv/1.1756629

Also check out his blog:
http://davidhelbich.blogspot.be

He published a book: Belgian Solutions






Slinkachu

The simplest way to describe Slinkachu is as a London-based artist who creates very small street-based installations and then photographs them: from far away and up-close. He could also be described as a miniaturist. He modifies tiny human figurines from model train sets and places them in real urban situations, capturing them sight-seeing, camping, grocery shopping, fighting and dying. A tiny man in a suit holds a spent life-sized matchstick and gazes at his now scorched car (called "Company Car"). A miniature man holding a rifle, who has seemingly just shot a life-sized bee, says to his crouching daughter, "They're not pets, Susan." SOURCE: http://moreintelligentlife.com/blog/gary-moskowitz/qa-slinkachu-artist-miniaturist



To be inspired by. Slinkachu's blog: http://little-people.blogspot.be






Wednesday, 15 January 2014

In the search for happiness.

Maurice Maeterlinck
Some interesting links about this famous writer from Gent:

Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maurice_Maeterlinck

Site about 100 years Maeterlinck: http://www.maeterlinck100.be/en/node/111/

This one is about the story 'Blue Bird' http://www.loiseaubleu.be/en/home