Schools have been visiting our current exhibition at Grundy, called Orbitecture.
The groups have been discussing the artworks and debating about politics, ethics, ecology and coming up with their own alternative ways of living and transport.
The exhibition was easily linked to current affairs and tested their knowledge of the recent uprising in the middle east. It also enabled discussion around the idea of being self-sufficent; living without a car, not using a supermarket and isolating one town's economy.
The images above were created by a group in response to a slideshow of work created by artist, Pim Conradi, from the exhibition. Pim builds large scale spherical structures from wood and metal because he is interested in alternative architectural forms. We had a go at building with cocktail sticks and marshmallows! yummy!
Montgomery Drama group also visited the exhibition and created a performance piece as their response to some of the issues raised in the exhibition. They developed a short, polished improvisation about rules and why they are important but also what can happen when people rebel against them.
Grundy created a special blog for this exhibition where you can find out what we got up to and extra resources click here....... Respond2Orbitecture
