Interactive Digital Resource

How to use this resource This resource is designed for the classroom, displayed on an interactive whiteboard or via a PC/laptop and projector. Information for teachers, and suggested learning activities are contained within the notes section, along with links to further education resources.

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The Wandering: Moving images from the MCA Collection The Wandering features a selection of moving image works from the MCA’s Collection. There are over 4,000 artworks in the MCA Collection. What kinds of work does the Museum collect? Curator Glenn Barkley explains… Pre-Visit Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser

What is new media art? Patricia Piccinini Sandman 2002 Video not working? Click here to view in a browser. Daniel von Sturmer Material from Another Medium (Sequence 2) 2001 Video not working? Click here to view in a browser. Pre-Visit

What is new media art? How would you explain new media art to a friend? Can you suggest a definition for new media art here? Pre-Visit New media art =

New media: new language Can you use examples from the works you’ve just seen to explain some of these key terms? Look up any words that are new. Pre-Visit

Press Pause! During Visit The Wandering : Moving images from the MCA Collection Installation view

Grant Stevens: Focus on narrative Grant Stevens uses animated text to create a visual narrative. Try this Recall Challenge!  Watch The Wandering  Work in pairs - try and retell the story. What ideas or images can you recall?  Watch the work again  What else can be added? Did you miss anything the first time? Grant Stevens The Wandering 2009 Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser. Post-Visit

Grant Stevens (continued…) The Artist’s Voice: Watch an interview with Grant Stevens.  How does the artist describe his practice?  What kind of material does he draw on for his work?  In what ways does Stevens think about his audience when he makes his work? Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser. Post-Visit

Grant Stevens The Wandering 2009 Grant Stevens (continued…) The Wandering: Conducted Performance  Use a fragment from The Wandering as inspiration for a piece of writing.  Stand in a circle around your ‘conductor’ who will direct a performance of your readings.  The conductor may experiment with multiple voices, speed and volume to create a performance! Post-Visit Grant Stevens The Wandering (still), 2009

Shaun Gladwell: Focus on Speed How does the speed of a moving image work change the way we see? Watch these excerpts from Shaun Gladwell’s Kickflipper: Fragments Edit. Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser. Shaun Gladwell Kickflipper: Fragments Edit Post-Visit

Shaun Gladwell (continued…) Show us your ‘slow-motion moves’!  Mime a simple action of a hobby or pastime.  Perform it in slow-motion or speed it up in a ‘fast-forward’.  Record your actions and watch them back.  How does the speed of your movement change the visual impact of your action? Shaun Gladwell Kickflipper: Fragments Edit (still) Post-Visit

Shaun Gladwell (continued…) The Artist’s voice: Watch an interview with Shaun Gladwell. Why do you think Gladwell’s works have been described as ‘moving paintings’? Post-Visit Click on image or link to view on external website

Shaun Gladwell (continued…) Shaun Gladwell has described new media art as an “organised series of still images”.  Create a plan to transform Kickflipper into a series of four paintings.  Sketch an outline for each painting.  What elements will you focus on? Post-Visit Shaun Gladwell Kickflipper: Fragments Edit (stills)

Lauren Brincat: Focus on performance Lauren Brincat creates artworks that document an action in endurance performances.  How is the artist affected by the performance?  How does the performance show time passing? Lauren Brincat Hear This 2011 Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser Post-Visit

Lauren Brincat (continued…) The Endurance Experience  Work in pairs to develop an idea for an endurance performance.  Present your performance to the class.  What are the challenges of your performance?  How did your audience respond? Lauren Brincat Hear This 2011 Post-Visit

Todd McMillan: Focus on time Todd McMillan By the Sea 2004 Caspar David Friedrich Monk by the Sea 1809 Post-Visit Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser.

Todd McMillan (continued…) The Artist’s voice: Watch an interview with Todd McMillan.  What were the challenges of his endurance performance? Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser Post-Visit

Todd McMillan (continued…) Todd McMillan By the Sea 2004 Imagine you are the performer in By the Sea:  Watch the work again and create a stream-of-consciousness response. Where does your mind take you?  Create a ‘time-lapse’ or summarised version of your response. What are the key thoughts, ideas or images that remain?  What form could your response take? (A performance? Drawing? Writing?) Post-Visit Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser.

Tracey Moffatt: Focus on montage In Other (2010) Tracey Moffatt uses ‘montage’ to build a narrative that investigates the idea of ‘first encounter’. How does this editing technique create meaning in the work? Tracey Moffatt Other 2010 Video not working? Click here to view in a browser. Click here to view in a browser Post-Visit

Tracey Moffatt (continued…) Create a DIY montage:  Think of your favourite lines from a movie, song or TV show.  Perform your quote in a group to create a montage.  Experiment with the order of your quotes - does this change the meaning of your performance?  Try this again...but based on a theme! For example, love, death or goodbyes… Tracey Moffatt Other (still) 2010 Post-Visit

Daniel Crooks: Focus on Sound Daniel Crooks Static No.12 (seek stillness in movement) Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser. In Static No.12, Daniel Crooks creates a soundtrack that involves a combination of sounds. What contribution does sound make to your experience of Static No.12? Post-Visit

Daniel Crooks (continued…) Daniel Crooks Static No.12 (seek stillness in movement) Static No.12 Sound Drawing Translate the soundtrack into a ‘sound drawing’.  As you listen to the soundtrack, create a drawing on paper that responds to the different sounds that you hear.  How will you represent the different layers of sound? Post-Visit Video not working? Click here to view in a browser.Click here to view in a browser.

The white cube vs. black box: How can new media art be displayed? Post-Visit

Extension project: ‘Every human being is an artist’ Experiment with narrative or the idea of ‘social sculpture’ by creating a 5 Vignettes video. That is, 5 clips x 5 seconds each = 25 second narrative.  Here are some examples. Click here to view in a browser. Post-Visit

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Our supporters: This exhibition has been supported by the Contemporary Touring Initiative through Visions of Australia, an Australian Government program, and the Visual Arts and Craft Strategy, an initiative of the Australian Government and state and territory governments. We also appreciate the support of Deutsche Bank, our Education Partner.