About
 Monuments and civic statues are perhaps the oldest forms of public art. The ArcelorMittal Orbit by Anish Kapoor will become the latest version designed to represent the London 2012 Games, encourage audience interaction and leave a positive legacy. This project saw schools working with professional architects to ask, ‘How would you create a landmark for your area, that reflects the key themes of the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games?’
Participating schools designed their own Olympic monument, using the Olympic and Paralympic Values to inform the physical shapes of each structure. Students visited their local area to look at existing public art/monuments and to pick and photograph a site to inform their design and consider how public art fits into the community.
The schools:
Barnet
Southover Partnership – students received a visit from a member of the staff team at ArcelorMittal to discuss the design process and challenges of construction.
Bromley
Southborough Primary School – Year 4 & 5 pupils learnt about panorama and perspective to inform their designs, whilst taking pictures of objects from home to inspire discussion about the Olympic Values.
Bromley
Uphall Primary school – pupils designed and created a giant maze decorated with over 900 poems for fellow pupils and parents to experience.
Enfield
Edmonton County Secondary School – 6th form students developed their critical skills, listening and working together to create models using card and Google SketchUp.
Greenwich
Woolwich Polytechnic School for Boys – Year 7 students created designs of monuments based on the qualities of the Olympic values respect, courage and equality.
Hammersmith & Fulham
The Bridge Academy – Year 9 students visited the Tate Modern to inspire their monument design which was presented to the local Mayor.
Hammersmith & Fulham
Sir John Lillie Primary School – Year 5 pupils worked together to agree a model to work on together, developing valuable negotiation, brainstorming and construction skills.
Redbridge
Oaks Park High School – Year 9 students inspired by the Olympic Values created a monument comprising of hands coming together in a star shape representing friendship.
|
Download the poster here...
Lead organisation:
RollingSound have been at the forefront of Digital Multimedia Education in London and the South-East since 2003. We specialise in developing and delivering accredited multimedia, Personal Social Development and Numeracy and Literacy courses.
Our Mission is to use creativity and multimedia to help re-engage young people across the UK, giving them a chance to grow personally and socially through meaningful projects and courses.
www.rollingsound.co.uk/
|