Exhibition Tenth Grade
In our School Wide Exhibition we had this year, we did two projects - a collaboration between Art and Humanities, and a seperate one in Math. The one in Art and Humanities focused on social change - more accurately, social justice as a concept. We made plays, called "hair stories" about a time someone judged us for a superficial thing, like hair, or skin, or clothing, and decided it was who we were. The plays were embellished a bit of course to keep them entertaining, but the whole focus of them was to impart a message. The play I worked on involved a little child who was being ridiculed for her hair, and was a story one of our classmates had told us. We had to create a screenplay, think of costuming, of blocking, and of how we were going to create these characters. Writing the screenplay with some of my groupmembers was fun - I contributed by creating me and another extras's lines, and our roles. As for the setup of exhibition, everyone participated. For the art component, students were tasked with creating any art piece which imparted the same message of awareness to a topic we felt important to our world. Some of my classmates created pieces revolving around racial representation, others womens rights, others the election cycle of 2016. I created a pot (unlike most other students who created a painting on canvas) which I painted gold on the outside, and painted the American Flag in the inside. The catch was that this pot represented something - it represented the United States as it stands in January 2017. The golden exterior is the view that many Americans have, or had, that the United States is the greatest, strongest, and richest thing on this nation. The pot had a hole cut into it, so that this facade we saw is actually crumbling due to petty disagreements. I asked people to write down on slips what they view is the largest problem affecting this pot, the United States, and got some very interesting answers. I had more than a few mention racism, bipartisian politics, some mentioned wage gap, and some shockingly presented what they view is dragging society down - the poor, the disabled, ethnic minorities, etc; and to see this complete anonomity and already conflicting views served to further strengthen the argument of my piece. In math, we made programs based on probability, using the programming site StarLogo Nova. These "games" weren't very advanced - mine was a simplified recreation of Space Invaders, but we had to create them using the math and science that goes into creating games, and it was very fun. Out of all of them though, I feel like my pot piece was the one I was most proud of.
Reflection Piece
I think if I had the capacity to change or atleast have foresight to some of the issues our layout faced during exhibition, I think I would make the presenting area a bit larger - the plays were compact, and due to the rain on exhibition night the tarp covering the stage limited visibility greatly. I was greatly fine with how it played out though.
I really like the element of going out and making what I wanted - while other students made floor to ceiling pieces about diversity in comic books, or simple canvas paintings, I just grabbed a brush and a pot and created this piece. I think having the diversity of ideas and embracing them all to create one fluid structure can work really well if it is planned right, and this exhibition had planned it right.
Again, with the work I have previously put on showcase on this DP, I feel that the attitude of persevering until you get it right, not quitting or jumping ship when you see everything else doing so, is the attitude to get work done. And when I did that, I felt really proud of my exhibition and the work I was showcasing. I guess if I had any advice for people, it would be to have determination. If you can imagine something in your head, as a final product, then it is achievable, and it is up to you to achieve it.
Here is a picture of my pot from the side, without anyone's comments in it yet!
Reflection Piece
I think if I had the capacity to change or atleast have foresight to some of the issues our layout faced during exhibition, I think I would make the presenting area a bit larger - the plays were compact, and due to the rain on exhibition night the tarp covering the stage limited visibility greatly. I was greatly fine with how it played out though.
I really like the element of going out and making what I wanted - while other students made floor to ceiling pieces about diversity in comic books, or simple canvas paintings, I just grabbed a brush and a pot and created this piece. I think having the diversity of ideas and embracing them all to create one fluid structure can work really well if it is planned right, and this exhibition had planned it right.
Again, with the work I have previously put on showcase on this DP, I feel that the attitude of persevering until you get it right, not quitting or jumping ship when you see everything else doing so, is the attitude to get work done. And when I did that, I felt really proud of my exhibition and the work I was showcasing. I guess if I had any advice for people, it would be to have determination. If you can imagine something in your head, as a final product, then it is achievable, and it is up to you to achieve it.
Here is a picture of my pot from the side, without anyone's comments in it yet!