Artistic

Pedagogical

Experience

Gimnasio Campestre ELISA LUQUE JENSEN

LAND ART

PROJECT

GIMNASIO CAMPESTRE

10th GRADE

TEACHER: Elisa Luque Jensen

Characteristics of

the project

• Content Area: Urban Cultures and New Media

• Cultural Topics: Land Art and Open Spaces

• Skills: Development of spacial expression

• Duration: 1 bimester

• Visual Elements: Space and Scale

Our perspective of Land Art

Land Art was seen in class from the perspective of making an intervention in a open space, using big dimensions in scale, and having materials that interact in some way with natural resources.

Some of the Artistic References used in class were:

Christo and Jean Claude

Robert Smithson

Walter de Maria

Applying our

pedagogical strategy

• ABCT Model Activities:

1. Tech Tool Workshop

2. Creation Lab # 1

3. Artist Lounge

4. Art Discovery Journal

5. Written Workshop

6. Creation Lab # 2

7. Creation Lab # 3

8. Tech- Studio

9. Cultural Experience

10. Art Network

Steps from the ABCT Model

• Step 1: Tech-Tool Workshop

Students recieve a short lecture on “What is

Land Art”. A power point presentation is the

tool used in this excercise.

• Step 2: Creation Lab # 1

Teacher hands out printed pictures of an

open space in Bogotá. Students draw a

utopic Land Art project and insert it in the

picture. Concepts of SCALE and SPACE are

introduced.

• Step 3: Artist Lounge

Show the students different Land Art projects

made by recognized artists, in this case,

concentrating on:

a. Christo and Jean Claude

b. Robert Smithson

c. Walter de Maria

Step 4: Art Discovery Journal

Answer 3 questions:

a. What did I know about Land Art?

b. What did I learn in class ?

c. How am I going to apply this

knowledge on a personal project?

• Step 5: Written Workshop

Planning of the project in groups:

a. Intention (It had to be related to the “Basic

Learning Conditions” at school)

b. Materials

c. Place

d. Dimensions

e. Budget

f. Sketches from 2 perspectives

• Step 6: Creation Lab # 2

Students draw their project proposal using soft pastels.

• Step 7: Creation Lab # 3

Students make their Land Art Project.

• Step 8: Tech-Studio

a. Students use either film or photography to

register the making of the project.

b. Students are asked to edit the registered

material into a 2-4 minute video on Movie

Maker or iMovie. The video must include:

music, images, information about materials

and conceptual purpose.

• Step 9: Cultural Experience

Each group presents their video to the whole

class in the auditorium.

• Step 10: Art Network

Students upload their Land Art project videos

to a common you tube account that the

teacher gives them. It is a way of socializing all

the projects with the other classmates of the

10th grade.

Other projects:

Land Art Videos

Paper Spiral:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgdyNKp3Dao

Music Waves:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taJe0MrnTPQ

Umbrella Tree:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=81AcARKf21E&feature=related

Shadow Shield:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JzYgnBvsMo