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TELL TALE HEARTS

2010-04-22T12:12:00.000-07:00

TELL TALE HEARTS

They heard! -- they suspected! -- they KNEW! -- they were making
a mockery of my horror! -- this I thought, and this I think. But
anything was better than this agony! Anything was more tolerable
than this derision! I could bear those hypocritical smiles no longer!
I felt that I must scream or die! -- and now -- again -- hark! louder!
louder! louder! LOUDER! --

Villains!" I shrieked, "dissemble no more! I admit the deed! -- tear
up the planks! -- here, here! -- it is the beating of his hideous heart!"

We began our project using geometric patterns to visualize the climax of Edger Allen Poe’s great short story, The Tell Tale Heart. As we moved on to draw our own rendition of a “hideous human heart”, we thought of a secret in our own lives that we would prefer to bury under floorboards. The words tattooed on the surface of the hearts hints toward these secrets still held within the hearts of the artists who created them.

Ben Volta with Mr. Reinhard and Mrs. Blair and GWJR 7th grade, 2010

YOUNG ARTISTS: Chikodi A. Muhammad A. Brandon B. Awa B. Stecie C. Janelysse C. Tiara D. Christie D. Zianna E. John F. Nazir H. Dejuan H. Alex J. Jessica J. Madjanie J. Amir J. Natara J. Brehannah J. Victor K. Emmanuel L. Robert L. Danny N. Lyndon R. Sage R. Tyshe R. Charles R. Luc-Marie S. Sophonie S. Farida S. Ryan T. Kanika V. Jaron W. Jazmine A. and Malik P.

HEARTS & MINDS

2010-03-08T12:07:00.001-08:00

Students created orthogonal perspective drawings over a digital print of Raphael's painting, "The School of Athens".

On the left students drew their Geo-Emblem drawings vanishing at Plato's chest. These drawings visualize the students' idea of an ideal geometric design.

On the right students drew their Contextual-Coordinate drawing vanishing at Aristotle's head. These drawings visualize the students' experiential relation to the observable world (ie Philadelphia).

GROVER TAP 304 BLOG: CHECK IT OUT

GHOSTLY GALLEON MOONLIGHT (After The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes)

2010-02-09T20:55:00.001-08:00

GHOSTLY GALLEON MOONLIGHT (After The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes)

Created with Grover Washington Jr. Middle School, Philadelphia PA.

48" x 48" Archival Pigment Print

GROVER TAP 304

2010-02-09T20:53:00.000-08:00

GROVER TAP 304 BLOG: CHECK IT OUT

ELECTRO: STUMBLE 1

2009-12-16T06:25:00.000-08:00

GOOGLE GOOGLE GOOGLE
Two great images dug up by students on Monday.

ELECTRO: WEEK 2

2009-12-15T06:25:00.000-08:00

Two collaborative drawings from week 2 with the MG class at Grover.

THE HIGHWAYMAN: STUMBLE 2

2009-12-08T06:23:00.000-08:00

"Then look for me by moonlight,
Watch for me by moonlight,
I'll come to thee by moonlight, though hell should bar the way."
From The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes.

Kiki Smith's Moons

MOON 1997
lead paint on 83 Opal Remi glass panes, 16' x 13' x 3.5" overall

Moon with Stars I

"I See the Moon, and the Moon Sees Me" TIDAL, 1998
Photogravure, phtolithography, and silkscreen
10 1/4 x 9 11/16” boxed, 19 1/2” x 126 1/4” open

ELECTO: WEEK 1

2009-12-07T06:23:00.000-08:00

Today I began a 10 - 15 week residency with Jerry Jackson and MG students at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School. Here is a link to the project BLOG

Our project will revolve around electricity in science, in art, and as metaphor. Mr. Jackson pointed us toward the amazing video below, which reminded me of the writings of Paul Virilio.

"If, according to Aristotle, “the accident reveals the substance,” the invention of the substance is also the invention of the “accident.” Seen this way, the shipwreck is indeed the “futuristic” invention of the ship, the air crash the invention of the supersonic plane, and the Chernobyl meltdown, the invention of the nuclear power station." Paul Virilio

THE HIGHWAY MAN: STUMBLE 1

2009-12-05T06:22:00.000-08:00

VIA GABRIEL SIM-LARAMEE

THE HIGHWAY MAN: WEEK 1

2009-12-02T06:22:00.000-08:00

Today I began a 10-week residency with Mrs. General’s 7th grade class.

In my planning meeting with Mrs. General in November we decided to present two short narrative poems to the class and let students debate on which we would use to direct the focus and imagery of our artwork. The narratives that we chose were The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes and Annabel Lee by Edger Allan Poe.

In class today I led the students to draw and take notes while they listened to the narrative poems. We then broke the students into groups and asked each group to construct an argument to debate why we should choose one poem over the other. I stressed to the class that they must argue why the poem is a good fit for the purpose of art making, and to really start envisioning what we could create for the hallways at Grover Washington Jr. Middle School. Each group created a collaborative drawing to help visualize their argument.

At the end of the class we picked The Highwayman by Alfred Noyes