Saturday 10 November 2007

Education Project #1 (school programme): Mapping Art: Psychogeographies









Psychogeographies produced by Lymm High School Y12 students of their tours of exhibitions at Cornerhouse (click on image for a closer look).

Cornerhouse

How does who you are change as you walk through different spaces? How do we change the world around us as we navigate the world? This is an activity which involves students going through the museum to make a map which reflects their favorite places, interesting objects, and the thoughts and connections prompted by certain objects in the collections. The emphasis is not on a literal map, but a map of one’s own journey which may not actually follow the layout of the museum and that makes use of the museum spaces and collections to springboard into other personal spaces and memories. The project is aimed at empowering students to think about how they can shape spaces, as well as how spaces might shape them.