Improvisation & gllery visit

On Wednesday 22nd February,

As part of our improvisation class, Amy asked us to get into groups, and then each find any 3 items tat we could find in the room. This inlcuded things like pens, pillows, a cd player and a miniature model of a skeleton. We had to arrange and reaarange the items in our groups to create scultures that reminded me of abstract modern pieces of art. To further develop this, everybody in class brought their items together to make one large pieve of art. Standing around in circle, we each went to the items one person at a time, then everybody together, moving an item to change the arrangement. After that, we arranged oursleves amongst the items to become part of the artwork.

Finally, we each had to chose one item and dance with it, using it as an inspiration for movement. I chose a blanket, and i waved it above my head, twirled it in a circle, and even ran with blanket whilst leaping through the air.

After finishing class early, we all went over to the Lanchester Gallery to observe some third years experimenting with recyclable materials to create artwork. This included things like bottlecaps, plastic bags, bottles, string, paper ect. They told us that they had spent the  day arranging the items into different categories like colour and size, and we invited to join in. So it was quite like what we did in class.