5 th Grade- Connection to Math and Science Agam Cherokee Elementary -Art Masterpiece 5 th Grade

Biography ▪Yaacov Agam was born in Rishon-le-Zion, Palestine (now Israel), in 1928, the son of a rabbi and kabbalist. Agam is a renowned sculptor. Agam studied in Jerusalem at the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design. He moved to Paris in ▪Agam works almost entirely in sculpture, with many of the sculptures on a massive scale. His sculptures appear in numerous cities around the world, including Jerusalem, Paris, Tel Aviv, Los Angeles, and the Bahamas. ▪The artist currently lives and works in Paris. ▪His works sell from $2000 to recently $700,000!!! ▪Agam is considered one of the founders of kinetic art.

What is Kinetic Art? (art that changes or moves when the viewer moves)

Current of air Water Motorized mechanism Magnetic forces Actions of the spectator. What agents make up Kinetic Art?

Career ▪His first solo exhibition was in Paris in 1953, entitled Peintures en Mouvement (Paintings in movement). In one, grids of painted strips that incorporated different designs on opposite sides created images that merged and changed as spectators shifted their viewing position (eventually became known as an Agamograph) While not the first Optical-Kinetic artist, Agam encouraged spectator participation at a time when such strategies were rare. ▪He exhibited, along with other pioneers of Kinetic art including Alexander Calder and Jean Tinguely, at the Le mouvement (Movement) exhibition at the Galerie Denise René in ▪Notice the use of color, the precision and intention of color! Do you think you would want to run around the fountain to the right? Why? What would you experience? ▪How does Mathematics tie into his art?

Agam sculptural exhibit in Miami Airport Although this looks like a “painting” it is considered a sculpture. "Color & Rhythm, a Visual Orchestration" a multi-colored painted metal sculpture.

New Orleans Holocaust Memorial Notice the different colors from different angles of the panels? What do you see from each side? How do you feel about the objects? Color?

Yaacov Agam Room at the Centre Pompidou in Paris How does this room make you feel? What do the colors mean to you?

Alter(ed) Ego – Agamographs project We just learned a little bit about AGAM, talked about his style, kinetics, sculpture, mathematics, color theory, and how colors can evoke emotions. For example, red can mean love or anger. We took selfies a few weeks ago. You will now get your 2 selfies that you will use to make your Agamograph. The photos act as the contrast between two personality traits of yours. You will make this by folding a stiff paper like Agam’s accordion. You will number and slice your photos reattaching them so that they can be viewed from both sides. Here are some examples. Please give your completed project to a parent. We will display at ArtWalk. Looking straight on Looking from left

Project Agam Selfies 1. Everyone will get 2 lined pictures with 12 columns and 2 lined cardstock paper with 12 columns. (We printed this ahead of time placing a black grid on the photo and bringing it forward so it will print) 2. Fold the 2 cardstock pages with an accordion fold. The black lines are the peaks. Use a ruler to help smooth down the creases of the folds. 3. Tape the accordions together on the back side continuing the accordion (no overlapping). (see photo) 4. Number the 2 photo pages on the back side by gently bending the top of the paper over so the numbers align with the lines (see photo) 5. Slice the first photo sheet into the 12 strips. (leave the other for when you complete step 5) 6. Glue the strips onto the cardstock on 1 side at a time going in 1 direction. Slice the other photo into 12 strips and glue on the other side of the cardstock. 7. Tape the edges to the black matting, ask for a parent volunteer to help you with this. Place a ring of tape in the center to secure your Agam under the center of the accordion. When you are finished, give your Agam Selfie to a parent volunteer for safe storage until Art Walk. Accordion fold, taped along the edge Gently number the grids to keep them in order after the paper is sliced.

Note to parent volunteers: We had the first class doing the folding of the accordions, this took almost the entire class. They did it but it took a lot of time. Second class we had volunteers pre-fold 1 of the 2 accordions. This helped but they still didn’t finish on time. Third class- both accordions were pre-folded for them. They finished within the time period. The kids were sooooo excited and loved the results. We will install them in the cafeteria on 1 big wall for artwalk.