the pink elephant
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THE PINK ELEPHANT. Conservative Versus Controversial. Lindsay Bailor & David Grego A Ed 323 - Fall 2007. Our Space. Our Materials. Materials… 60 balloons Packing tape Double-stick tape Fishing line Poster board. There’s always time for fun…. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
THE PINK ELEPHANTConservative Versus Controversial
Lindsay Bailor & David GregoA Ed 323 - Fall 2007
Our Materials
Our Space
Materials… 60 balloons Packing tape Double-stick tape Fishing line Poster board
There’s always time for fun… …or maybe we were just light-headed.
Assembling the body
Suspending the body…
Easier said than done.
Viewer Responses… (from the peanut gallery)
Mike: “is there symbolism behind the color?”“What’s a pink elephant?”
Jon: “Is there symbolism behind it?” (we can’t really discuss that.)
Donna: “aww he’s cute… he’s like an awkward turtle but bigger.”
Kush: “I feel like I’m hallucinating.”“Ahhhh I see… let me think about that for a while.”
Practical Classroom Use
Appropriate Grade Level: grades 8 - 12 (due to societal pressures and issues of censorship
Procedure: Install Elephant before class - in same way presented todayStart lesson with open discussion, talking about societal norms,
boundaries of conversation, & defining “controversy”Relate to big ideas and themes through artworkAsking students to think of one idea (or sketch a few) that they
connect to personallyIntroducing artmaking: creating artwork integrating imagery and
text, exploring such topics discussed in class
Exhibition: Class critiqueDeciding where these artworks would best influence passersby
The obvious truths that everyone ignores…
…or do they?