In collaboration with the "Renato Cottini" State Art School, Turin. With the support of Regione Piemonte
Project: in the school years 2015/2016 and 2016/2017, our proposals have involved classes 5D and 3D of the Cottini Art School in extensive programs focusing on the solo exhibitions of Adrian Villar Rojas and Ed Atkins. The classes had the opportunity to visit the exhibitions as early as the installation stage, thus coming in touch with the artists as well as the technical and curatorial staff of the Foundation.
Both programs have three principal aims:
Producing a series of short videos that tell the story of the exhibition, written and shot by students, with English language content;
Activating an experimental program with primary, or 1st-grade secondary, school classes, which should enable high school students to convey to children information about the artist and the exhibition while taking them on a tour of the Foundation, and presenting their final videos at school;
Creating the conditions that enable students to closely follow the installation of an exhibition, to meet the artist, his collaborators and several other professionals, such as the installers and the curators of the Foundation.
Reboot the Planet: in February 2016, the students of the 5D class welcomed to the Foundation the children of two primary schools of Turin and Moncalieri, leading them through the exhibition, and giving a public presentation of the videos they had produced: interviews with Adrian Villar Rojas, with the chief installer of the Foundation Giuseppe Tassone, and the curator of the exhibition, Irene Calderoni, as well as a series of experiments on the movement of the body in space and on sound.
"https://vimeo.com/167808420"
Strange Skin: in January 2017, the students of the 3D class welcomed to the Foundation the children of two 1st grade secondary schools, guided them through the exhibition, and gave a public presentation of the videos they had created: interviews with Ed Atkins, with the chief installer of the Foundation Giuseppe Tassone, and with the curator of the exhibitions Irene Calderoni, as well as a series of experiments on the notion of avatar and on the production of audio and video works.
Strange Skin also ranked 21st in the list for the public call for “Progetti di Eccellenza di Alternanza Scuola Lavoro” (“Projects of Excellence in Work-based Learning”) promoted by the Piedmont Regional School Office, scoring 61 out of 100 points and obtaining a financial reward.
http://www.istruzionepiemonte.it/?p=26998
Target: students between 16 and 19
Numbers: 50 students
Duration: the whole school year
