Mail Art + Pen Friends = Dear You Art Project
I am so honoured to have been invited to write about Dear You on HundrED, a not-for-profit organization, which seeks and shares inspiring innovations in K12 education.
Seeing that Dear You is a mail art exchange, I thought it was best fitting to introduce this project in the form of an open letter. Thank you Milo and Siiri for your good energy, creativity, honesty and open minds!
בכל הכיוונים, אנו הולכים
רב-כיווני, הכוונה היא לקיום בכל כיוון. מצלמה רב כיוונית מאפשרת לנו לבחור תמונה ולצלם ב-360 מעלות. מיקרופון רב-כיווני יכול להקליט מכל הכיוונים.
אמנם, איננו יכולים לראות זאת, אך האם הכוונה היא שזה לא קיים? כיצד ניתן להפוך את הנעלם לגלוי? כיצד אנו יכולים לראות את תחושותינו? כיצד אנו יכולים לצייר את חידוד החושים שלנו? בואו נכיל את התנודות שלנו ונלך בעקבותיהן לכל אשר הן יובילו אותנו.
Omnidirectional refers to the idea of existing in every direction. An omnidirectional camera allows you to pick up images and take pictures from 360 degrees. An omnidirectional microphone can hear from all directions. Let’s embrace our vibrations and follow them in any direction they may flow.
Some students could actually hear their heartbeat and their blinking and breathing as we tried it the second time... some just got a bit silly after seeing their "now" drawings.
It was a fun experience, but I think I would have preferred to do it in smaller groups of students, so that they maybe wouldn't be as easily influenced by one or two "silly" students.
To view the Lay of the Land presentation click here.
Kaarina :)
Kaarina Losey is the 6th grade teacher at Ryerson P.S. in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada. Her group of artists are making and sharing art with the Päivi Huhtinen and her group of 6th graders from The English School in Helsinki, Finland.
