DANCING TREES
curated by Chiara Corica, Bande à part
for One World Foundation, Free Education Unit, Preschool
Ahungalla, Katuwila - Sri Lanka
«You can draw with a pencil, pen, felt pen, the brush, with crayon, chalk, with a piece of brick, with charcoal, corrugated cardboard wrapping, wire mesh, plastic, iron wire, brass, aluminum, string, piece of ground, of cloth, whatever you want. [...] »
Bruno Munari, Drawing a tree.
Starting from the suggestions of Bruno Munari’s book, we worked and experienced the tree representation using different kind of paper, leaves found on the garden, small peace of colored fabrics. Each kid was invited to play in the realisation of the right drive shaft, using all the available colors of a size equal to its height.
At the end of, each one he has been able to wear his work, placing itself in the shade of his tree and simultaneously forming a collective forest.
The workshop was opened with the vision of a video with suggestions of artists (Christo, Ai Weiwei, Björn Braun, Giuseppe Pennone and many others...) who have worked with the theme of the tree archetype and closed with a collective dance.