group project with Studio Creatio

by Aldona Kaczmarczyk-Kolucka -

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These work is available only on CD photos because after our show they were destroyed. I work with children and youth at art studio "Creatio" and this project were realized according my idea by young people. I involved in this event also youngsters from 3 another countries. The main aim was to learn designing basics, to create a performance art piece, to use imagination for multidisciplinary creativity, to encourage for working with others. I divided students into international groups of 4-10 persons. I assigned each group a different material (we have 4 resources: egg carton, brown paper, toilet paper rolls, garden foil.) Costumes of my students referred to theme "Water, water, water" and its were the free personification of water element. Participants were asked to imagine, invent, and sketch the designs of costume. They were required to remember about using only one kind of material, technical possibilities of material piece's joining, preparing functional pattern, giving art expression, originality and beauty. The groups were asked to find and fit adequate music and simple choreography into their costume performance. They can also use lights and shades, nature places, etc. We prepared it as 5-days cycle from the introduction to the final show. The final presentation of each group's costume was the show to the audience. MY students presented it to the families, friends, public and other students with very positive and enthusiastic reactions. I realized it with students in age 14-18. International work spite of language difficulties was more educational and creative for participating students. It took place during international youth exchange "New Challenges" in April 2004 in Poland. - Aldona Kaczmarczyk-Kolucka & Art Studio Creatio