Coming Up With Words - Wordle

Let's think of all the words that come up to your mind when thinking about ART. Create beautiful word clouds out your own brain-storm using Wordle.

Work in pairs and create the biggest cloud in the class.


You can think of places, materials, styles, periods, categories, related to ART.

Urban Art and Museums - Voicethread

Have a look at the following VoiceThread presentation. These pictures depict works by urban artist Banksy.

Most of them were shown in a retrospective at the Bristol City Museum and Art Gallery, his city of origin.

Can you identify any familiar topic or a message that the artist want to transmit with each artwork? Write down or record your voice with your impressions on each slide.

Open discussion: should these works be in a museum? Why do you think that?

Polemic Fresco Restoration

The image of the restored Ecce Homo fresco by an 80 year-old lady in a village near Zaragoza was echoed in the media from all over the World. Have a look the following two headlines from newspaper articles published by British newspaper The Guardian:

HEADLINE 1
Ecce Homo's amateur 'restorer' finds notoriety raises interest in her own art

Cecilia Gímenez, the 80-year-old responsible for the 'worst restoration in history', attracts bids for her own painting on eBay

http://gu.com/p/3ceg5

HEADLINE 2
Ecce Homo 'restorer' wants a slice of the royalties

Cecilia Giménez, who made a painting of Jesus look like a very hairy monkey, wants economic compensation

 http://gu.com/p/3ahp8

Then, try to match the following comments made by readers with one of the two headlines. There are 3 comments corresponding to each headline.

COMMENT 1 "I will throw a jelly donut at a painting in the Louvre for a pound."

http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/18392079

COMMENT 2 "I prefer the restored version."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/17854980

COMMENT 3 "This is much better than the orginial. Good pictures of Jesus are ten-a-penny. There is only one Jesus that looks like an old lady and painted by an old lady."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/17854896

COMMENT 4 "Who's to say Jesus didn't actually look like that anyway?
Anyway, I bet she gets a priority place in heaven because at least she gave it her best shot and that's more than anyone else had ever done."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/discussion/comment-permalink/17855167

COMMENT 5 "This has got to be a joke. she's lucky not to be prosecuted for vandalism."

http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/18391955

COMMENT 6 "Good for her.I bet there haven't been as many people interested in that church as there are now for the last 200 years.
Give her some dosh and let have a go on a few other dusty pictures."

http://discussion.guardian.co.uk/comment-permalink/18392326

Once you have completed the task, we will discuss about the issue. Are there any comments do you agree with? Why?

The Mysterious Vivian Maier

The discovery of thousands of photographic negatives of Vivian Maier has changed the life of John Maloof. Amazed by the quality of the material he has found, he is now devoted to scanning all her photographs and spread the fame of this woman who was not a professional photographer, but whose artistic sensitivity had nothing to envy to the street photographers from her time.

Read the following questions and watch the video. Then, answer the questions:

What was Vivian Maier's occupation?

What sort of pictures did she use to take?

What do you think the reporter meant by 'The picture of Vivian Maier herself is still developing'?

Where did John Maalouf discover Vivian's negatives and personal belongings? Choose your answer from the following options A, B or C:
   a) a flea market
   b) an auction
   c) an abandoned house

Where were Vivian's photographs published for the first time?

Based on what you have learnt of her from the testimonies speaking in the video: how was her personality like? Was she an introvert or an extrovert person? A social person or a lonely one?

A Wall Full of Emotions - Wallwisher

This activity is all about sharing small stories about images and emotions. You will be asked to find an image (it might be a picture taken by you, or an image found on the Internet) that you think that it expresses any of the emotions mentioned in this list:


anger,
friendliness,
boredom,
confusion,
bliss,
contempt,
happiness,
despair,
affection,
fear,
frustration,
joy,
hope,
surprise,
rage,
sadness,
generosity,
amusement,
grief,
love.

Once you have chosen the picture (see below for instructions), stick it to the 'Lost for Words' Wall on Wallwisher. Following Susana's example, write down why the chosen image suggests you a certain emotion.

How to copy images found on the Internet on Wallwisher's wall:

Step 1: Go to the website were the image is located:
Right button click on image: "copiar URL imagen"

Step 2: Go to the Wall 'Lost for Words':
Double click on any part of the wall and a small window will be created 
Click on the chain icon and paste URL. Don't worry if the image comes out too small, when you finish publishing your entry, we can click on it to make it bigger.

Before you start: Go to the next post and complete the activity proposed.


 

Created with Wallwisher

A Wall full of Emotions Previous Activity: A Quick Thought about Grammar

Before you start looking for your images and writing eagerly, have a look at Susana's post on the website:

Identify these tenses within the text:

Present Simple
Past Continuous
Past Perfect

What role do these tenses play within the discourse?

Tell the class about it and take this into account when writing your post.

Trying to Put Feelings in Order - Mindomo

Can emotions be classified and put into a mind map? This will help you to learn new concepts and vocabulary. 

Look at the list of words on Wallwisher's activity list: 


anger,
friendliness,
boredom,
confusion,
bliss,
contempt,
happiness,
despair,
affection,
fear,
frustration,
joy,
hope,
surprise,
rage,
sadness,
generosity,
amusement,
grief,
love.


 Can you make your own mind map with these words using Mindomo? Here you can find an example: 






Make your own mind maps with Mindomo.