In museums, I teach art-thinking, following Luis Camnitzer’s art education philosophy.
Middle School Camp
Gego’s Sphere in Hexahedron: Holding a Space of Perspective
Drawing inspiration from Gego's work at the 'Spatial Relations' Seminar, I designed the following exercises:
Objective:
Objective:
To practice comfort with ambiguity and dialogic reflection by engaging with a complex question and viewing it through the metaphor of Gego’s sculpture.
What We Did:
We gathered in a circle at the rotunda, read a brief paragraph on the negative impact of deforestation around the world, and posed a deceptively simple question:
“Should we stop deforestation?”
“Should we stop deforestation?”
Through group discussion, we acknowledged our modern day-to-day needs, the implication of material alternatives, unpacked its complexities, and in doing so, acknowledged our perspectives and blinds spots.
We then moved to Gego’s Sphere in Hexahedron, where students formed a circle around the work and discussed the artistic and conceptual meaning of “perspectives.”
Finally, we revisited the initial conversation through the lens of the artwork, a structure that, like our dialogue, is built of a number of perspective lines that converge in a circle, made of space, holding unresolved convergences.
At the Studio
If you don't run out of time like me, head to the studio to do one point perspective exercises (flying cubes), or more, depending on your student's technical level.
Thanks to arts educator Maria Gonzalez, from whom I’ve learned to put it into practice and to think, question, and learn about life beyond boundaries.