The tunnel of feelings - A project with the French International school in Hong-Kong
THE TUNNEL OF FEELINGS
This is an educational project aimed at children from eight to ten years old. I did it with 4 classes in the French International School in Hong-Kong during the last 2 weeks.
It seeks to integrate two basic areas of knowledge of education, artistic education and environmental education by means of an artistic intervention, in order to create a collective work that registers within the characters of contemporary art.
This intervention aims for the students to have a critical glance towards some environmental phenomena, like for example the importance of recycling nowadays or the importance of a good quality of life. And it is this process of reflection and critical thought that will transform into creativity and artistic expression.
Hong Kong is one of the most polluted cities in world, if we add to that the fact that at the moment undergoes a serious problem of storage of waste, is worth the trouble to use these aspects of daily life to reflect at the school and through art.
2 comments :
Dear Class,
Thank you for inviting us to your sensory room.
We liked the way you hung the models from the ceiling on string.
We liked how you put the sand on the floor because it was like the
desert.
We liked how you used interesting things to make unusual creatures and objects.
We enjoyed being in the dark and being scared of things.
We enjoyed having only 5 people at a time so it wasn't that crowded and we could explore.
Why did you put so much sand in there?
We noticed the different smells and it made us feel like we were in a place made of smells.
Yours truly,
P2B - BULLING Kate
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Just to let you know that my kids really enjoyed the tunnel of senses.
Here are some of the things they had to say:
Looked like there were creepy crawlies everywhere!
Felt like we were standing on dead ants!
I felt like I was on another planet!
I saw faces in the dark!
I felt fluffy aliens!
I smelt flowers!
Merci!
Alicia and P3B
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Bonjour,
Nous revenons du tunnel des sens.
Les enfants ont adoré...trop bien...excellent
Ils ont beaucoup aimé l'idée d'avoir la lumière éteinte puis allumée, d'essayer de deviner les matériaux utilisés, de se rendre compte ensuite qu'ils avaient raison ou tort.
Ils auraient aimé plus d'odeur.
Félicitations,
Yves
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