Infra GCSE Resource

CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS
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VISUAL IMAGERY TASK
Julian Opie is known for his ability for reducing
the essence of a person down to the simplest
form: the outline of their body. He is able to
suggest digitally a person’s status, emotion
and level of confidence through their posture
and the way they walk – zooming in on the
fundamental details of a person’s physicality
and reproducing this in a digital form.
Cross-curricular note:
This could be combined
with an Art and Design
class if the students were
able to study and practise
the work of Julian Opie in
more depth within their art
lessons. They may wish to
photograph, sketch or paint
images from their trios,
duets and solos created
in the dance lessons.
Look at Julian Opie’s paintings, figure 1 and 2 below:
If there was another image before and after each of the images in these
paintings what would they be? Can you sketch them?
Fig 1.
Fig 3.
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 1
TASK 1: CONFIGURING DANCERS
TASK 2: PHYSICAL SIGNATURE SOLO
TASK 3: PERFORMANCE SCALE 1, 2, 3
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 5
TASK 1: SELECTING VOCABULARY
TASK 2: TOOLS FOR DEVELOPING VOCABULARY
TASK 3: CREATING A PARAGRAPH OF MOVEMENT
CREATIVE EXPLORATION TASKS: INFRA SECTION 7
TASK 1: EMPATHY DUET
TASK 2: PROSAIC PEDESTRIAN SOLO
TASK 3: CREATING A TRIO
Fig 2.
Look at Figure 3 opposite, a painting of Edward Watson (grey top) and
Marianela Nuñez (white top).
+ + What would happen if you extended the line of Marianela’s bottom arm?
+ + Where would this take the rest of the body and how would that influence
the movement?
+ + Imagine, dance or sketch some more alterations and the resulting
positions/movements.
VISUAL IMAGERY TASK
POETRY AND MUSIC TASK