Title : Techno-Humans
School: Fairfield Methodist Primary School
Artists : Png Yu Xin, Akemi, Koh Xiuwen Maris, Aw Zhuo Xi, Sheryl Chua Yu En, Ang Teng Feng Charoen, Ethan Lee En Ze, Fang Yile, Tobias, Megan Yeo Yutong, Megan Soon, Shereen Ariaana Binte Muhammad Asrin
Age: 9-12 years old
Year : 2021
Medium : Ceramics, Wires, and Air-dry Clay
Dimension: 64 x 30 x 24 cm
Artist Statement:
Technology shapes our lives, however, obsession in technology can result in addiction. Nevertheless, advancement in technology is crucial in meeting the demands in public servies and personal vocations such as doctor, musician, farmer, chef, soldier, sports coach and even students. Technology makes work efficient and accessible, it is no doubt indispensible in our lives.
Students experience both positive and negative effects of technology in their daily lives as well as interactions with their parents. They showed creativity and innovation in expressing their hopes for the future through their art pieces. They were excited to learn and use techniques such as pinching and slab-rolling in exploring ideas and creating their final artwork.
- Mdm Ching
👁️🗨️ Elements of Art & Principles of Design
line, shape, form, value, colour, space
variety, contrast, unity
💡 Artist Reference
Image Credit https://www.renemagritte.org/images/rene-magritte-photo.jpg
There are many different styles of art. These different styles are known as movements.
René Magritte belongs to the Surrealist Movement. He is a Surrealist painter who was born in Belgium.
He will paint objects in places where they didn't usually belong because he wanted people to look at ordinary objects in different ways.
Image Credit: https://artsy-media-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/NBekxMCJR31tQZ7nMbBXGQ%2F12.+Son+of+Man-edit.png
Image Credit: https://arthive.net/res/media/img/orig/work/b0b/299075.jpeg
Watch this YouTube! (Left)
A short, animated video to help us learn more about Magritte with Mati and Dada.
Watch this YouTube! (Left)
https://youtu.be/HBGDRZ8yN6U
A short, animated story by D. B. Johnson for our younger student-artists to learn more about Magritte's and the inspiration behind his bowler's hat.
💬 Let's Talk About Art
Brainstorm a list of at least 12 questions about
the artwork. You can use these question starters
to help you think of interesting questions.
Why…?
What are the reasons…?
What if…?
What is the purpose of…?
How would it be different if…?
What if we knew…?
What would change if…?
Pick the most interesting question you have in
your list and discuss it with someone.
What new ideas/questions did you have about
the artwork that you didn’t have before?
Adapted from:
Harvard Project Zero’s Thinking Routines
🎨 Suggested Activity
Based on Surrealist ideas of juxtaposition - which is combining unlikely things together, or taking inspiration from a dream, compose a surreal artwork using a mixture of different media.
Brainstorm and think of possible unlikely combination that will be sure to capture someone's' attention.
The following activity instruction sheet and YouTube demonstration videos inspire you.
Create a Surreal Creature
Activity created by Tate Kids
Attempting to Paint like a Surrealist Artist
Watch this video to see how we can create surreal drawing using coloured markers.
Art Collage inspired by René Magritte
Watch this video to see how we can create surreal collage of things that we value.