Yr 8 SHARED VIEW homework

Australian Aboriginal art has a wealth of ancient meanings, symbolism and views. The SHARED VIEW project requires that you recognise and explore the amazing qualities of this culture, and locate similarities between it and your own cultural heritage. 

1. Write a paragraph about 'The Dreaming' or 'Dreamtime', a process used by Aboriginal people to communicate about history, origins, spirituality and relationships. You will find some good information here, and here. 

2. VIsit DUST ECHOES - this website contains a series of twelve beautifully animated dreamtime stories, telling tales of love, loyalty, duty to country and Aboriginal custom and law. Summarise one of the dreamtime stories in your sketchbook. You can either write, sketch, or create a comic book. 

R Davies

'changing style' extension work (year 8)

TASK 1: visit this blog about EXPERIMENTAL ALPHABETS where you will see a huge variety of hand-drawn lettering and experimental typography. Now, using the influence of what you see there, design your own alphabet!

TASK 2: Alter a page of text from a magazine or newspaper, in the style of artist TOM PHILLIPS. Experiment with making a totally new meaning as you cover and alter the words on the page. 

TASK 3: Select one of the abstract close-up images from the animation sets from the online GALLERY (don't worry if it's not your own photograph). Print out and, cover with big lettering from your poem (you could use your own alphabet from Task 1).  

R Davies