NEW ISSUE
Making Do
Process 3, March 2011
Dialogues from out of this world
Artists, Designers and Children
creating new territories.
Making Do issue 3 is the product of a creative dialogue between artists, designers and children. The Making Do editors organised, set the parameters for these creative exchanges and invited twelve artists and designers to work in partnership with Manorfield Primary School in London. At the beginning of the process, the six artists worked with the children on different aspects of creating a new planet. Following, a second workshop took place in the school where the six designers along with the children continued the dialogue by processing, reflecting or re-thinking the ideas and production methods of the first workshop. Editorial decisions were made as a result of these collaborations by all parties, including the Making Do team that followed the actions into productions.
Contributors:
1st Workshop
Anette Bjelland
Orsalia Dimitriou
Pippa Gatty
Annie Pender
Jarrod Sanderson
Carla Wright
2nd Workshop
Ania Bas
Sophie Beard
Christina Christoforou
Andrea Francke
Tanya Kaprielian
Tracey Waller
Essay by:
Deborah Herring
Children
Abu-Bakr, Afiea, Alex, Amani, Angelina, Anisa, Anita, Areej, Arif, Azhar, Azim, Bonnie, Ezeqeel, Faheema, Fatima, Fayaj, Fokrul, Foysal, Haroon, Harry, Humaya, Husein, Jabed, Jay, Kayan, Kiara, Kya, Labib, Liam, Louise, Luke, Maahira, Mahbub, Mahi, Mahira, Mahiyah, Maisha, Majarul, Mansiyah, Masum, Matthew, Moshin, Reshia, Ryan, Sabique, Sadia, Sakariya, Samiul, Shahana, Siddiq, Sumaiya, Sumayyah, Tanvir, Teagan, Teddi, Yusuf, Zakariya, Zarin
Cover Illustration by Alex Butenko
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The latest issue of Making Do proposes Dialogues from out of this world between children, artists and designers, as a method for creative production. What are the parameters of these dialogues and how can the boundaries within education shift through collective processes and shared authorship?
To discuss these, Making Do found a generous partner in the Manorfield School in East London, it’s Year 5 children and teaching staff. Embracing the school’s activities subject: creating a new planet, Making Do invited six artists whose practice are related to the theme to develop a workshop.
Stage one involved dividing the children into six groups, each working with one of the artists within an area of enquiry. The workshops explored: the mechanics of the solar system, drawing with light and movement; communication and how to develop a language; building a house, architecture and forms of organisation of space; creating sound sculptures, recording sounds; exploring design processes through making armour and warrior clothes; understanding geographical and social relations through building a three dimensional map of an intergalactic metropolis.
Continuing the dialogue, stage two saw the editors visiting the school a week later, this time with a team of six designers who undertook a second workshop with the same groups of children. By processing and reflecting the material from the first workshop as well as bringing new ideas and production methods, the designers along with the children produced additional creative work for the publication.
Editorial decisions were made as a result of these collaborations by all parties, including the Making Do team who further transformed the processes, ideas and collected material into this publication.
Making Do will continue to explore issues of collective authorship and education through events and publications which will be available to download through its website. These can be printed and added to the current issue, further expanding the dialogue. We hope you enjoy the results of these processes.
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