Head of Middle School Transformation @ WSS
KATRINA AXFORD
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the could WE should We project

The Could We Should We Project is inspired by the work of Patricia Piccinini. 
WHAT IF IT GOES WRONG?

essential questions

​We as artists must challenge peoples thinking, in this project we are highlighting the ethics in science and technological advancements. Should we as citizens allow scientists to use genetic modification on human beings and as artists how can we bring this issue to peoples attention through artworks?   

ARTIST: patricia piccinini

Born 1965, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Lives and works in Melbourne

“What my practice is really about is the changing definition of what we consider natural and what we consider artificial. So, what I’m interested in are the things that move this definition around and often they are things like innovations in medical technology” Patricia Piccinini is an internationally acclaimed artist who works with a variety of media including video, sound and digital prints. Best known for her hyper-realistic sculptural installations featuring strange hybrid creatures, Piccinini examines the connections between science and nature, art and the environment. Repulsive and yet simultaneously endearing, these confronting figures challenge audiences to question what it means to be human in an age of rapid biomedical advancement and to think about the social and ethical implications of future medical developments. 

Research and investigation (become a expert on Piccinini)

Research and Investigation Task

Activities: Watch

Talking about hyper-realism in her work:
Interview for (tender) Creatures exhibition at the Artium, Spain, 2008

Examples of her work

Idea generation

Ideas for making Human mutant?    

  • HUMAN + CHEETAH = SPEED
  • HUMAN + DOG = SMELL
  • HUMAN + BIRD = FLY
  • HUMAN + BIRD = FEATHERS INSTEAD OF HAIR
  • HUMAN + TURTLE = LONG LIFE SPAN
  • HUMAN + BAT = NIGHT VISION
  • HUMAN + GIRAFFE = TALL


​OPTION 1 : THE 50/50 HEAD

  • You can divide your bust down the middle making one side the perfect human and the other side what went wrong.
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OPTION 2 : THE MUTANT HEAD

  • You can mix an animal and human features together to get a GMO human full bust gone wrong.
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What is a bust? Examples

STEP ONE - IDEA GENERATION

  • TASK A: IN A GROUP OF 3-4 PEOPLE YOU HAVE 20 MINUTES TO CREATE A MIND MAP OF ALL THE ANIMALS THAT YOU CAN POSSIBLY THINK OF.
  • TASK B: NEXT TO EACH ANIMAL WRITE THE MOST OBVIOUS CHARACTERISTICS OF THAT ANIMAL FOR EXAMPLE CHEETAH - SPEED -SPOTS (SEE ABOVE FOR OTHER EXAMPLES).

Step Two: Collect Source images to refer too

CHOOSE 1 or 2 ANIMALS THAT COULD BE THE FOUNDATION FOR YOUR HUMAN GMO CERAMIC BUST AND COLLECT AS MANY SOURCE IMAGES AS YOU CAN THAT CAN HELP YOU DEVELOP YOUR IDEA.

STEP THREE - CONCEPTUAL DRAWINGS

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CONCEPTUAL DRAWING EXAMPLE
How to draw (front and side) human profile

STEp Four - making armature

Step FIVE - build bust score, slip and coil technique

Like all mediums in art making, clay and ceramics have specific language. Please click on the button below and complete the definitions unique to using clay task. You will hear me, Ms. Axford use them consistently through the making process.  
Vocabulary and Definitions Task
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Step six - add detail

examples Student ceramic busts

PRACTITIONER STATEMENT

Fire

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