Class Origami Box Installation

Hello!

Today we continued with our printmaking projects. The students finished their prints and they look great! Some have too much paint on them so you can't see the shapes they drew but now they know that they need to use less paint!

First we talked about being vulnerable. An analogy that the teacher used was that an animal like a fox has to go out from the safety of the bushes to take a drink of water front the river. The fox is vulnerable to predators who could get it but the water is beneficial and will help the fox survive.
We discussed that we all are going to be in a way "vulnerable" while doing this project. We had the students write down on little slips of paper things that they are afraid of or something that they want to improve themselves. No one saw these written statements and these were put into the origami boxes that they made from their printmaking paper. It turned out super cool!

Here is the link to the powerpoint that I used:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1AxWcKENcpJa0rQjptWnUvOgFe4VZFmTTSJzq7ueWLFE/edit?usp=sharing

We then talked about what installation means and how the art sculpture can fill a space and make a conversation. I talked about some of these installations in the powerpoint but also talked about Gonzalez Torres and his reason behind his candy pile installation.

Gonzalez had a friend who was suffering and died from a deadly disease (AIDS) and this sculpture signifies his friend. The amount of candy weighs as much as his friend did and he encouraged those entering the gallery to take a piece of candy and eat it. Over time as people took the candy it symbolized the slow deterioration of his friend's body until it was all gone.

I then explained how we were going to install our boxes in the school. I thought of some ideas of what to do with their installations and the kids followed installing their boxes and then I took a picture of the installation. The super small box is mine, and the orange box is the teacher's. The teacher came up with a few ideas and we had time for one more idea from a student. The children were bursting with ideas, they were so excited!

The front office!

We constantly reminded them how these boxes symbolized them and them showing their fears to everyone in the school without actually showing them. It was a pretty fun experiment and they enjoyed it!